Professional experience 

Media Consultant                                                                   ongoing

Gründungs-Berater, Job-Coach, CV-Writer                         ongoing

Vola Life GmbH, CEO                                                              ongoing

Vola beteiligung GmbH, CEO                                                   ongoing

Lecturer /Europa-Univ, Frankfurt, FU Berlin)                            ongoing

 

FreeTech - AS Academy of journalism & technology.        2020 - 2022

      deputy director journalism education

 Axel Springer Akademie, Berlin                                            2010 - 2020

   School of Journalism, deputy director

Axel Springer Akademie, Berlin                                             2007 – 2010

   School of Journalism, managing editor

Journalistenschule Axel Springer, Hamburg                        2000 –  2006

   School of Journalism, deputy director

Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin                                                    1990 – 2000

    Daily newspaper, managing editor (Chef vom Dienst)

Radio Hundert,6, Berlin                                                           1988 - 1989

       Private radio station, head of news department

Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin                                                    1986 - 1988

   Daily newspaper, reporter

The Keene Sentinel, Keene, NH, USA                                     1986

   Daily newspaper, New Hampshire / USA, intern

Ullstein-Verlag, Berlin                                                              1984 - 1985

   Media house, educational training, trainee (Volontariat)

Evangelischer Presseverband, epd, München                      1980 – 1984

   Weekly paper/news agency, München/Erlangen, editor

Freelance journalist                                                                1979 – 1984

    Journalist to different papers, agencies, radio stations as:

   Nürnberger Nachrichten, Saarländischer Rundfunk, dpa, e.a.

 

Educational background   

Master of Business Administration (MBA)                         2004 - 2006

Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

Adama Mickiewcza University Poznan, Poland                 

 

Law / Jura                                                                               1979 – 1983

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen/Nürnberg

 

Side line - part time

Lecturer universities, academie

    Freie Universität Berlin                                        2015 - 2022

         Internationales Journalistenkolleg

     Europa Universität Viadrina Frankfurt                2009 – 2023

         Lehrstuhl Schutz Europ. Kulturgüter

     WestfälischeWilhelms-Universität Münster       2016 - 2021

         Juristische Fakultät

     Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Bonn/Berlin            2002 - 2014

        Political foundation, lecturer and coach

     Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel                     2009

         Seminarreihe Schlüsselqualifikation 

     Euro Business College Berlin                                2009

         Internationales Medienmanagement

      Akademie der Bundeswehr für Information

       und Kommunikation (AIK), Strausberg            2001 – 2006

          lecturer for journalism

 

Media projects

       #sachorjetzt                                                        2016 – 2017

         SnapChat Holocaust project AS Akademie

          Awarded with

                   Henri-Nannen-Preis 2017

                   European digital media award 2017

                   Axel Springer Preis 2017

       Harbour Tales, Tel Aviv, Israel                           2011

          Media project, Zeitungsverleger-

           Verband Hamburg

      Media off spring, Kabul, Afghanistan                2005

          Kick off democracy, Deutsche Welle, Kabul

      CCI Europe, Aarhus, Denmark                           1995 - 1996

         Developing media editing systems, Ullstein

 

Entrepreneural

      VolaLife GmbH, HRB 241 762 B                        ongoing

      Vola Beteiligung GmbH, HRB 241 503 B           ongoing

      Pferdepension Porsch, Spreenhagen                1993 - 1999

        

  

 Dates

·       born July, 16th in Hof (Bavaria)

·       divorced; three sons (* 91,* 93,* 98)

·       evang.-lutherische Kirche

 

        14193 Berlin (D)

        49000 Angers (F)