75 years of Hans-Jörg Vogler: A life full of journalism and passion!

75 years of Hans-Jörg Vogler: A life full of journalism and passion!

The well-known journalist Hans-Jörg Vogler celebrates his 75th birthday today and looks back on an impressive career in local journalism. It all started for him at the “Dörnigheimer Echos”, a newspaper that no longer exists. These first steps in journalism paved his way to the Hanauer Anzeiger, where he completed a traineeship and worked as a local editor for several years. His support during the founding of the Main-Kinzig Circle and its first years was particularly formative, a time that gave him many insights and valuable experiences, such as Advance Online reported.

After years of journalistic work in local reporting, Vogler took on the role of editorial director at the German publishing house in Frankfurt. He is a true advocate of local journalism and emphasizes its immense importance for journalistic training. This fascination eventually led him to an American chemical company, where he worked on customer magazines for a decade. In doing so, he developed the ability to explain complex technical processes in an understandable way, which is extremely valuable in today's world.

Diverse topics and passion

His repertoire ranges from specialist articles on stamp production to electronics miniaturization, and even an essay on color testing techniques in the Vatican Library received attention beyond Germany's borders. Vogler is not only recognized as an author on technical fire protection, he has also published several books on German and Austrian cuisine.

Life in Roßbach, a small town in Biebergemünd, has a special value for him. He has lived there for over 30 years and sees the quiet surroundings as an ideal place for research and creative writing processes. As a father of three sons and co-owner of a cat, he always finds a good balance between family and work. He also certainly has a knack for his hobbies, which focus on model building and restoring historic tube radios.

A politician with principles

However, Vogler's commitment does not stop in the editorial department. Between 1977 and 2011 he was active as a CDU member of the Main-Kinzig district council, although he had to accept a brief interruption in his political career. The reason for his separation from the CDU was the change in values ​​within the party, which he no longer saw as conservative. Nevertheless, he continues to maintain contact with many of his former political companions.

At 75 and with over 55 years of experience in journalism, Vogler is far from thinking about retirement. He remains active and has become very familiar with the development of local journalism. This one has in recent years like dfjv.de explains, is very important, especially for print and online media, and remains an important part of the information available to the local population. Despite the challenges faced by both new and established local newsrooms, local journalism still offers good development opportunities for aspiring journalists.

Fire protection education in the Main-Kinzig district

Local journalism plays a key role in raising awareness of important issues, most recently as part of fire safety education in the Main-Kinzig district, which is strongly supported by the commitment of Oliver Groß and the volunteer fire brigade. A fire safety education equipment truck took part in events in Hessenpark and Bad Soden-Salmünster that were aimed at children and adults. These information stands not only offered insights into fire safety education, but were also very popular with parents, who gave positive feedback about the content of the 3rd grade, such as ffmkk.de reported.

Hans-Jörg Vogler remains a role model in regional journalism, and it is clear that his life's work not only enlightened people, but also greatly enriched the news landscape in the Cologne region and beyond. And so it's no wonder that he looks to the future with a fresh eye while remaining active as an author and journalist.