Tagesschau (German TV series)

• 1964–1987 Karl-Heinz Köpcke (newsreader from 1959)
• 1987–1995 Werner Veigel (newsreader from 1966)
• 1995–1999 Dagmar Berghoff (newsreader from 1976)
• 2000–2004 Jo Brauner (newsreader from 1974)
• 2004–2020 Jan Hofer (newsreader from 1985)
• From December 2020 Jens Riewa (newsreader from 1994)

• Jens Riewa, since 1994
• Claus-Erich Boetzkes, since 1995
• Susanne Daubner, since 1999
• Thorsten Schröder, since 2000
• Susanne Holst, since 2001
• Astrid Vits, since 2004
• Michail Paweletz, since 2004
• Tarek Youzbachi, since 2004
• Judith Rakers, since 2005
• Linda Zervakis, since 2010
• Jan Malte Andresen, since 2014
• Constantin Schreiber, since 2017
• Karolin Kandler, since 2018
• Julia-Niharika Sen, since 2018

in alphabetical order

• Ellen Arnhold, 1987–2015^†
• Marc Bator, 2001–2013^†
• Ina Bergmann, 1997–2001
• Dagmar Berghoff, 1976–1999^†
• Jo Brauner, 1974–2004^†
• Elfi Marten-Brockmann, 1981–1984
• Lothar Dombrowski, 1967–1974^†
• Laura Dünnwald, 2001–2010^†
• Klaus Eckert, 1978–1983^†
• Karl Fleischer, 1960–1994^†
• Caroline Hamann, 2007–2009^†
• Jan Thilo Haux
• Eva Herman, 1989–2007^†
• Jan Hofer, 1985–2020^†
• Georg Hopf, 1975–1985
• Horst Jaedicke
• Silke Jürgensen, 2002–2005
• Karl-Heinz Köpcke 1959–1987^†
• Franz Laake, 1988–1993
• Siegmar Ruhmland, 1960–1963
• Diether von Sallwitz, 1959–1963
• Manfred Schmidt, 1962–1964
• Robert Schröder, 1988
• Susan Stahnke, 1992–1999^†
• Wilhelm Stöck, 1965–1984^†
• Martin Svoboda
• Harry Teubner, 1978–1980
• Martin Thon
• Werner Veigel, 1966–1995^†
• Cay Dietrich Voss, 1952–1962
• Wilhelm Wieben, 1972–1998^†
• Daniela Witte, 1985–1988^†
• Günter Wiatrek, 1974–1975
• Claus Wunderlich, 1959–1962

† The person who is/was currently or previously anchoring in the main 15-minute newscast of Tagesschau.

The long-term study of the Otto Brenner Stiftung by Hans-Jürgen Arlt and Wolfgang Storz from March 2010 on "Business Journalism during the crisis - The mass media handling of the financial market policy" analyzed working methods of the news broadcasts from 1999 to fall 2009, especially in news formats like Tagesschau and Tagesthemen. The study arrives at the conclusion that these formats failed during the crisis, due to the editorial team's lack of different perspectives, focusing solely on representatives of the German government, banks, some scientists and their points of view. "This narrowing of perspective leads to severe losses of reality which is to be considered as serious journalistic misconduct".[1]

In September 2014, following a critical review from the editorial council (Programmbeirat), ARD-aktuell stated: "Criticism of our news-coverage respecting the Ukraine has caused an echo on a hitherto unprecedented scale".[2]

In the case of the 2016 murder of the 19-year-old daughter of a high-ranking EU official[3] by an Afghan refugee, Tagesschau did not report the case in its main edition on 3 December, claiming it was of only "regional significance" and that "the special protection for juveniles" would apply in this case. Public broadcaster ZDF had carried the story. Tagesschau's reasons for not reporting it were subjected to criticism, Stern magazine wrote that they had given an "absurd" explanation for their "ignorance".[4][5] Two days later, ARD magazine Tagesthemen started to report about the case after public pressure.[6] When chancellor Angela Merkel was questioned about the case during the programme, she stated: "If the fact should prove true that an Afghan refugee is responsible, then we should absolutely condemn this, exactly as in the case of any other murderer, and we should clearly name this." ARD announced their intent to engage a "quality manager" henceforth to deal with the growing public criticism of their decisions.[7]

In the case of the 2017 murder of 15-year-old Mia V. by an Afghan refugee, unlike other German TV news broadcasters, ARD Tagesschau did not report the case at first. Only after public pressure Tagesschau featured the incident in its main edition.[8]