display

The entire journalistic offering from WELT now comes from one house - a very special one, the Rem Koolhaas building in Berlin-Mitte.

"Journalism lives from the exchange, the debate, the critical distance to all political actors - and from the common struggle for the best possible story and narrative form," says Ulf Poschardt, WELT editor-in-chief and managing director, describing our work, and it is now even more possible .

Since March of last year we have massively expanded the current reporting on our news channel WELT.

We are now live Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

At least 14 hours.

Often much longer in breaking news situations.

Just think of the US election, the storming of the Capitol in Washington, the decision on the CDU chairmanship or the many prime ministerial conferences.

There's a lot to explain.

Much to classify.

Tatjana Ohm is the chief presenter and member of the TV & Moving Image editor-in-chief

Source: Anne Hufnagl for WELT

We encounter terms on a daily basis that were irrelevant 14 months ago.

7 day incidence.

Exponential growth.

We know vaccines by name and the associated vaccination reactions in every detail.

Everyone learns at the same time.

That the need for information has grown is also shown by the fact that our live series now has an average of 2.6 million viewers every day.

A third more than before the pandemic.

Much more women are watching WELT.

The proportion of women in the 14-49 year old audience has increased from 26 to 41 percent.

display

Our teams at the station started designing the new studio three years ago.

“Maximum flexibility” was the claim that our station editor-in-chief Arne Teetz correctly defined as a goal.

To react very quickly and convincingly in every news situation, in terms of content and appearance.

Source: Anne Hufnagl for WELT

The central element in the real studio: the moderation table.

We sit on it every day, often for many hours in breaking news situations.

The cooperation between the moderators must work just as much as intensive interviews and discussions with guests.

Emmy winner Florian Wieder designed the new table for us.

By the way, you can still see the editorial team behind us.

Our 175 square meter news studio can be changed permanently. In any news situation, we can create a different mood at lightning speed. This is possible because instead of a wall with wallpaper or something similar, a 30 meter long LED cyclorama forms the studio background. Here colors, photos and huge motifs can create a different atmosphere with a slight blurring. The nine high-resolution LED screens hanging in front of it enable a razor-sharp display. They can be moved over the entire studio wall under computer control and can be used individually or in any combination. Three screens together produce a picture in 16: 9 format. Here we explain graphics, show processes, videos and photos on the current topic as well as switching live to reporters all over the world and interviews.

display

Shotoku robotic cameras put us in the picture, which are AI-controlled and can orient themselves in the studio and are connected to the editorial program via software.

Our managing director Frank Hoffmann expresses what we all thought this morning: “Finally, what we have worked on for a long time and with a lot of passion is also becoming visible to our audience.

Our new news studio is technically and optically absolutely state of the art. Our live reporting gains even more image strength and variance. "

With this in mind: Welcome to WELT!