Overview
- Schreiber says he left the 8 p.m. Tagesschau in May after four years because the presenter role was purely scripted and left him feeling underused as a journalist.
- He describes a routine of arriving shortly before airtime, choosing a tie, and reading texts he did not write, which conflicted with his desire to report and shape coverage.
- He says controversy over his writings on Islam also factored into the move, noting a 2023 cake attack in Jena that led him to pause public comment on the topic for a time.
- He recounts a recent threatening interaction with a security worker after an event who challenged his books on Islam, an episode he says changed his sense of personal safety.
- Since September he has worked as a reporter and author at Welt and resumed commentary on Islam and Islamism, while warning that colleagues increasingly avoid contentious topics and that media incentives favor declared positions over perceived neutrality.