55 years of profile. 55 years of revelation journalism

Auditural journalism is the DNA of the weekly political magazine. Since the first edition in 1970, the investigative editorial team is born in political scandals-committed to passion and democracy. On the occasion of the anniversary, profile brings its most important revelations onto the stage of the Akzent Theater.

Profile is annoying. Profile is uncomfortable. The magazine has stood for political independence since the first edition. Only this commitment is possible to identify the profile in Austria and has lived against all attempts at intimidation for more than five decades. To show abuses, to expose twisted truths, false claims and dishonest spins are important contributions to a political discourse and profile contribution to a stable democracy. Investigative journalism, as profile understands him, does not take into account the person or institution, whether chancellor or church, facts count. Media are known as the fourth power in the state, which can only meet its control function through this profound discovery journalism.

55 years of uncomfortable truths – profile revelations on stage

The Waldheim affair, the AKH scandal, Cardinal Groer as abuse, the destruction of the Signa Group, the Ibiza scandal, the spy affair around Wirecard and the Russian mafia: profile shape revelations. You have changed the country sustainably. What revealing journalism can, how the investigative editorialization lives this responsibility, what you experience in your research, what the sceny situations were and what it is right is the editor and editor-in-chief Anna Thalhammer for the anniversary of the magazine in her own format on the stage of the theater accent. In a five-part program series, journalists discuss: inside, contemporary witness: inside, but also by the revelations, affected by the respective recording story, their formation and how they work up to the present. The artists Clara Luzia, Ankathie Koi and Oska are musical framework.

Anna Thalhammer: “In times of information and truth wars, professional journalism is more important than ever. So that people understand what we do, why we do it, how we do it- and why it has added value, it is important to be able to look behind the scenes every now and then. We want to give these insider insights here and make journalism, profile.”

Profile managing director Richard Grasl: “It is also the uncomfortable truth for the media industry and profile that we have to change quickly in times of digital upheavals. It is the more gratifying that profile is economically on solid legs and, according to their DNA, can show uncomfortable truths in politics, economy, culture and science. Propaganda spins on social media are increasingly giving up. ”