Overview

• WDR’s Stefan Brandenburg criticized NDR’s handling of the Julia Ruhs case as a “Desaster mit Ansage” and said conservative viewpoints are not represented well enough in public broadcasting.
• NDR’s new intendant Hendrik Lünenborg acknowledged communication errors, rejected claims of cancelation, and confirmed that Tanit Koch will take over the NDR editions of “Klar.”
• Julia Ruhs will no longer present the NDR-produced episodes but will continue as presenter for the Bayerischer Rundfunk installments.
• Roughly 250 NDR employees accused the pilot migration episode of breaching journalistic standards, while Brandenburg also called the episode’s approach undercomplex.
• NDR and BR plan to continue and expand the format, with alternating production from 2026 and a higher number of episodes.