ZDF political journalist Theo Koll actually wanted to retire. As the broadcaster has now announced, Koll will return as a political expert.
Last July, it was rumored that ZDF's longtime political journalist Theo Koll would retire at the turn of the year. This plan was still valid at the end of October, when Koll handed over the moderation of “Berlin Direkt” and the management of the ZDF capital studio. However, the period of peace did not last long, as Koll joined Phoenix in mid-January. Now Theo Koll is officially returning to ZDF.
Theo Koll will be “Moma's politics expert” in the future.
As confirmed by the Mainz broadcaster, Theo Koll acts as “Moma's political expert” for “ZDF-Morgenmagazin”, in which capacity he categorizes political events and comments “with his own punch”, as the broadcaster described his role. “We are very pleased that Theo Koll wakes up early for our viewers, even after his work in ZDF's capital studio, to classify political events and clarify complex connections in his special linguistic style,” says editorial director Andreas Wunn. From the ZDF morning magazine.
Philip Wortmann is also new
In addition, another new addition to the “Moma” staff is to be announced. From March, Philip Wortmann will expand the team of presenters of the morning show. The 29-year-old will perform next week (March 4-8). Wortmann is already known to the ZDF audience as a reporter and presenter of various programs such as the investigative format “Die Spur” or the news formats “ZDFheute live” and “heute Xpress”.
Regarding his new assignment, he says: “I have known ZDF's morning magazine from the perspective of a viewer for many years. Sitting in front of the camera in the studio is exciting and a great honor for me. I am very happy to be part of the Moma team and to start the day well informed with the viewers.
Edited by Oddsmeter
The original of this article “Theo Koll is not retiring: he is returning to ZDF” comes from TV Spielfilm.