The purpose of journalism is to provide people with the information they need to be free and self-governing. (Kovach/Rosenstiel: Elements of Journalism)
Karl N. Renner was a professor of television journalism at the Department from 1995 to 2016. He was responsible for the television editorial team of the master’s program in journalism as well as for the direction of the BA program in AVP and of CampusTV Mainz. Furthermore, he supervised the international study and training partnership with the Department of Journalism at the University of Memphis (USA). He retired in the fall of 2016.