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Wolfgang Krach

Wolfgang Krach

Editor-in-Chief, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany

Wolfgang Krach is currently Editor-in-Chief of Süddeutsche Zeitung, the largest selling national quality newspaper in Germany, based in Munich. Wolfgang studied philosophy, worked for several news agencies (AP, Reuters, dpa) and served as Munich correspondent for the regional daily Donaukurier. From 1993 to 1997, he was a political reporter at STERN magazine in Hamburg. Following this post, Mr. Krach was deputy chief in the Berlin office of the news magazine DER SPIEGEL, after which he headed the national desk at DER SPIEGEL based in Hamburg. In 2003, he came to Süddeutsche Zeitung to serve as the paper's managing editor, and in 2007, he was appointed to the role deputy editor-in-chief.

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