Elmar Theveßen

June 3, 1967 born in Viersen
1987 until 1993 Studies in Political Sciences, History and German Philology in Bonn, (degree: Magister Artium), freelancing with newspapers and local radio broadcaster
1990/91 Studies in Foreign Policy and Journalism at the American University Washington, D.C., freelancing with Channel 5 Fox and the German Broadcasting Agency RUFA
1991 until 1995 Freelancing with ZDFdomestic bureau Bonn. Editor/producer for the weekly magazine on current affairs in the capital "Bonn direkt". Reporter for domestic and educational politics, and national security matters
July 1995 until Jan. 2001 North America Correspondent at ZDF’s bureau in Washington
Jan. 2001 until Dec. 2002 Reporter and editor at ZDF’s investigative magazine “Frontal21” in Berlin
Jan. 2003 until May 2007 Managing Editor of ZDF’s Editorial Division ‘News and Current Affairs’
June 2007 until Feb. 2019 Deputy Editor-in-Chief/Deputy Director Main Editorial Office, Head of Editorial Division ‘News and Current Affairs’
March 2019 – until today Bureau Chief North & Central America, Washington D.C., Security Analyst

Awards:
1994 Media Prize of the German Parliament
1998, 2001, 2002 TV Prize of the RIAS-Commission
2011 German Television Award
2023 Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis