Biography

Buhrow lived in the United States for two years while still at school. After finishing school with a high school diploma, he studied history and political science in Bonn. In 1978 he began his journalistic career in the local Rhein-Sieg editorial office of the "General Anzeiger". After his exams, Buhrow volunteered at Westdeutscher Rundfunk from 1985 to 1986. Buhrow then worked from 1986 to 1992, first as an editor for WDR television and later as a reporter and head of the service for the "Aktuelle Hour", which he also moderated. In October 1992, Tom Buhrow moved to WDR's Tagesschau editorial team as an ARD reporter. During this time he became a television correspondent for the ARD studio in Washington, USA from 1992 to 1993. Privately, Buhrow was married to the journalist Sabine Stamer from 1993 to 2016. He became the father of two daughters.

From 2000 to 2002 he worked as an ARD correspondent in the Paris studio. Meanwhile, Tom Buhrow became one of the authors of the ARD report "Oh God, America - 24 Hours of Los Angeles", which was awarded first prize by the "RIAS Commission". He also won the "Herbert Quandt Foundation" award for the article "Pioneer Square - Why America is Booming". On July 1, 2002, he became ARD correspondent and head of the ARD studio in Washington. Tom Buhrow worked there as a correspondent for ARD from March 1994 to December 1999. During this time, Buhrow became one of the most recognized reporters on German television. Ulrich Wickert was succeeded by Tom Buhrow on September 1, 2006 as the presenter of the ARD news program "Tagesthemen".

In 2009 he received the Media Prize of the Steuben-Schurz Society and in 2010 Buhrow was awarded the German Society for Speech Therapy e.V. Prize for Good Language. On May 29, 2013, Tom Buhrow was elected director of Westdeutscher Rundfunk. He moderated his last edition of ARD "Tagesthemen" on June 16, 2013.
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German TV journalist.

Had worked as correspondent of German network ARD in Washington D.C. and Paris, until he became the new host of Tagesthemen (1978) on 1 September 2006.

Has two daughters.

Studied history and political science in Bonn.