Professional experience 

FreeTech - Academy of journalism & technology.           since oct 2020

      Academy of journalism and technology

      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

Degree with excellence

Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

Adama Mickiewcza University Poznan, Poland                 

 

Law / Jura                                                                                       1979 – 1983

Successfull for 6 semesters,

then discontinued for familiar reasons

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen/Nürnberg

 

Accomplishments                                      

 Driver’s licence I – IV (motor bike, car up to 7.5 t)

 Driver’s licence Motorboot Binnengewässer

 Deutsches Reitabzeichen in Bronze

 Staatlich geprüfter Jagdaufseher im Land Brandenburg

 Member  Verein freier Golfspieler (VCG)

 

Skills                                  

Language

      English           X X X X O

      French            X O O O O

      Italian             X O O O O 

     

Social media

       Facebook         3.500 friends

       Linked in         3.900 contacts

 

  

Side line – part time

Lecturer universities, academies

 

     Freie Universität Berlin                                               2015 - 2020

         Internationales Journalistenkolleg

     Europa Universität Viadrina Frankfurt                2009 – 2020

         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

 

      Pferdepension Porsch, Spreenhagen            1993 - 1999

          Horse stable

 

Acknowledgements          

Mentioned in the following books:

 

          Mann mit Grill sucht Frau mit Kohle

                                                          Alexandra Kilian                        2012

 

            Texten fürs web: Grundlagen und Praxiswissen

            für Onlineredakteure               Stefan Heijnk                2002

 

 

 Dates

·       born July, 16th, 1956

·       in Hof (Bavaria)

·       divorced (since 2010)

·       three sons (* 91,* 93,* 98)

·       evang.-lutherische Kirche