Jan Koch is the host of the WDR news podcast 0630, where every morning he and his colleagues present the day’s top stories. Since the podcast launched nearly five years ago, he has been covering current political and social developments. As an editor in the WDR newsroom, he also serves as a domestic correspondent for tagesschau, the flagship news program of ARD.

In addition to 0630 and his reporting work for tagesschau, Jan co-created the documentary podcast CUT with other colleagues. The first season, Das Silvester, das uns verfolgt (The New Year’s Eve That Haunts Us), earned the team the German Radio Award.

Sessions

6 Sep 2025 – 16:45
Creator Stage (Creator Hub, Palais)
45 min
0630 Spezial von der IFA: Lifechanger KI?
AI is raising big questions for all of us - especially for young people.
What jobs still have a future? Will I be talking to an AI therapist soon? Do I need to question every image, every reel, every TikTok? How neutral are chatbots, really?

0630 - The News Podcast from 1LIVE asks AI expert Kenza Ait Si Abbou how we can find our way through the AI era - today and in the future.
Speakers J. Koch (WDR), R. Meyer (WDR), K. Ait Si Abbou (Scailers GmbH)
Language: German
AI
Connectivity
Content Creation
Audio
Communication & Connectivity
Photo, Video & Content Creation