Hermann-Josef Tenhagen
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Hermann-Josef Tenhagen (2014)
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January 22, 1963 Wesel, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Editor-in-chief of Finanztest |
Hermann-Josef Tenhagen (born 22 January 1963) is the Editor-in-Chief of Finanztest, the German monthly magazine dealing with financial issues published by Stiftung Warentest, the German consumer organisation.
Tenhagen was born in Wesel, Germany. After finishing school in 1982, he spent a year doing voluntary community service. He gained his first journalistic experience as a freelancer for the Rheinische Post. From 1984 to 1986 he studied Political Science, Economics, Literature and Education at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Bonn. He then spent one year at a graduate college in Waco, Texas, U.S. before graduating with a degree in Political Science at the Free University of Berlin in 1990.
From 1988 to 1990, Hermann-Josef Tenhagen worked as a freelancer; among other things he did an internship for the Associated Press news agency and worked for local radio stations in Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen-Buer. From 1991 to 1994 he was an environmental journalist for the die Tageszeitung daily newspaper in Berlin, where he was involved in setting up the Environment and Economy Department in 1992. During a sabbatical year he then worked as spokesman for the Klimaforum 95 (the Joint Coordination and Information Centre of German Environmental Organisations) and helped organise the activities of NGOs during the first world climate summit in Berlin in 1995.
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