Karl-Heinz Smuda (born 24 January 1961 in Eschweiler) is a German radio journalist, media-expert, ghostwriter
Radio career
Smuda was a correspondent for
Deutschlandradio, Germany's national radio public broadcast system, and head of a radio station in the former East German country of
Brandenburg. After the fall of the
Berlin Wall, he worked as a reporter in
Leipzig, and became known for his reports on the lives of the citizens of
East Germany. For the past 30 years, Smuda has worked for various radio stations in Germany, as well as making a series of broadcasts from the United States concerning politics and culture in the
Oregon, New York,
Massachusetts,
California and
North Carolina. He worked as an editor in the German department of
Radio Vatican in 1980 and 1981. Smuda has made 12000 reports from Germany and all over the world. He is a lecturer at the University of Wuppertal and Cottbus, trainer in the academy for communication and information of German Air Force in Strauberg, near Berlin.
Background
Smuda received a scholarship for his work in children's television in
Manila. He worked as a reporter in the crisis areas of
East Timor and
Kosovo. He has studied
social science. He currently resides in
Wilmersdorf area of West-
Berlin. Smuda has also worked as a speaker for the German detachment of
NATO Baltic Air Policing in Šiauliai in
Lithuania. Afterwards, he worked in the Operation Headquarter of EU in Potsdam for preparation Europe's engagement during the election in the Democratic Republic Congo (PR) and was Press Information Officer (PIO/ Major OF3) in Kinshasa. He was chief-editor of the newspaper "ECHO" during the multinational exercise ELITE 2006 for 16 countries.
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