Elmar Theveßen

Elmar Theveßen (born 3 June 1967) is a German journalist and author.

Life
Born in Viersen, Theveßen studied history, political science and German studies at the University of Bonn. Also he studied Foreign Policy and journalism at the American University in Washington, D.C.. From 1991 to 1995 Theveßen was a tv-journalist for politics in ZDF-studio Bonn. Until 2001 Theveßen worked as a tv-journalist for ZDF-studio in Washington, D.C. From 2001 to 2002 he worked as a tv-journalist for Frontal21 at ZDF. From 2003 until 2007 Theveßen was a managing editor for ZDF-studio „Aktuelles" in Berlin. and then between 2007 and February 2019 its chief editor. Theveßen is a self-proclaimed expert for terrorism at ZDF, for example in the analysis of the 2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot.

Since March 2019 Theveßen has been the director of the ZDF-studio in Washington. D.C.

Theveßen is member of the Atlantik-Brücke.

Reception
Elmar Theveßen is criticized by other journalists for his numerous statements in which Elmar Theveßen called Donald Trump a "fascist", a "malignant narcissist", an "autocrat who wants to destroy American democracy with a wrecking ball" and making comparisons to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

Literature

 * 2002: Schläfer mitten unter uns. Droemer, München 2002; aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe: Knaur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-77730-4.
 * 2004: Die Bush-Bilanz. Wie der US-Präsident sein Land und die Welt betrogen hat. (The Bush record. How the US President betrayed his country and the world.) Droemer, München 2004, ISBN 3-426-27327-6.
 * 2005: Terroralarm. Deutschland und die islamistische Bedrohung. Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-87134-548-2.
 * 2009: Al-Qaida. Wissen was stimmt. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-06107-3.
 * 2011: Nine-Eleven. Der Tag, der die Welt veränderte. Propyläen, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-549-07381-0.
 * 2016: Terror in Deutschland. Die tödliche Strategie der Islamisten. Piper, München 2016, ISBN 978-3-492-05803-2.
 * 2020 Die Zerstörung Amerikas: Wie Donald Trump sein Land und die Welt für immer verändert. (The Destruction of America: How Donald Trump changed his country and the world forever.) Piper, München 2020, ISBN 978-3-492-07058-4.

Awards

 * 1994: Medienpreis by German Bundestag
 * 1996: Nominination for Telestar
 * 1998, 2002, 2003: radio-, tv- and New-Media-Award by RIAS-Commission
 * 2011: Bul le Mérite by Bundes Deutscher Kriminalbeamter
 * 2012: Deutscher Fernsehpreis for documentation 9/11