Employment record and education
I do confess – I have neither studied journalism nor economy nor finance.
But maybe it‘s just one of the biggest advantages for a journalist to have a very
broad background
since 2001
Editor for the weekly WELT am SONNTAG, economic and
financial desk, as a correspondent in Frankfurt, since 2007 (after
merger) for the daily DIE WELT as well
2000 - 2001
Editor for the investor‘s magazine „Aktienresearch“
1997 - 1999
PR-consultant and editor in a PR-agency
education
2005
Intensive studies of Chinese language in Shanghai (3 months)
1997/98
Studies of Public Relations at Initiative Communication,
Heidelberg
1990 - 1996
Studies of Political Science, Slavic languages and History of
Eastern Europe in Freiburg and Heidelberg, Master degree
1988
Exam at Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Pfullingen
Skills in foreign languages
fluent: English, Esperanto
good:
Russian, French,
Spanish
basic knowledge: Chinese
Longer stays abroad
+++++++2009 Two months
research trip through China,
supported by a premium-
sponsorship of the Alfried
Krupp von Bohlen und
Halbach-Stiftung and the IJP +
+++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++ 2005 Two months
Sponsorship by International
Journalist Programme IJP for
research studies in Hong Kong
on Asian economy +++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++ 1993
Working for six
months as an assistant teacher
for German language in the
region of Omsk (Western
Siberia/Russia) +++++++++++
