

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)