Overview
- Schönenborn will leave his post as WDR program director, and WDR will advertise the vacancy.
- He will join the Tagesthemen moderation team alongside Jessy Wellmer and Ingo Zamperoni.
- He will continue presenting ARD election results and analyses and remain a host of the ARD-Presseclub.
- ARD chair Florian Hager framed the appointment as a push for more depth and context in an era of online disinformation.
- NDR director Hendrik Lünenborg praised Schönenborn’s credibility, and outlets noted his roughly 40 years at ARD/WDR and age of 61.