title: Otto Schulmeister
text: # Otto Schulmeister
  
  Otto Schulmeister (1 April 1916 in Vienna - 10 August 2001 in Vienna) was an Austrian journalist, who was described as the doyen of Austrian journalism. He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989. He was the father of former ORF correspondent Paul Schulmeister, and economist Stephan Schulmeister. Formerly a NSDAP member, it was revealed in 2009 that he worked for the CIA from the 1960s.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1979: Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik
  * 1989: Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize
  
  ## Works
  
  * Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967
  * Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970
  * Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978
  * Der zweite Anschluß, 1979
  * Ernstfall Österreich, 1995
  
  ## Literature
  
  * Theodor Venus (2007), "Schulmeister, Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 685–686; (full text online)
  