Hugo Portisch

Hugo Portisch (19 February 1927 – 1 April 2021) was a longstanding, broadly recognized and popular Austrian journalist, as well as a writer.

Career In 1963 Portisch, a Vienna newspaper editor, published an article attacking the system at state broadcaster ORF that in practice forbade all mention of politics. After more than 800,000 Austrians signed his petition, ORF was given editorial independence. Portisch became a leading television personality and documentarian, with a popular Saturday night program.

Awards and honours 2010: Concordia Honorary Award 2012: Julius Raab Medal 2014: renewed Journalist of the Year Award for his life's work 2015: Viktor Frankl Prize 2016: Honorary Citizen of St. Pölten 2018: Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna 2019: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria In October 2022, a part of Würzburggasse, a street in Vienna, was renamed in Portisch's honour. The location was chosen as the ORF is headquartered here: Its address thus changed to Hugo-Portisch-Gasse 1.