Study programme:
Communication Science, University of Salzburg
Management coaching, media coaching, University of Innsbruck, Institute for Communication in Professional Life
Professional career:
Freelance culture and science journalist for various newspapers
Permanent member of the ORF science editorial team since 1988
2000 – 2017 I Producer of the radio programme Das Salzburger Nachtstudio
from 2006 I Producer of CityScienceTalk, 6 events per year
2006 – 2009 I Lecturer for media competence at the Medical University of Vienna
Functions:
- Chairwoman of the Club of Education and Science Journalists until 2012
- Responsible for foreign agendas within the EUSJA
- (European Union of Science Journalists Associations)
- Member of the board of the platform “Bildungsarchitektinnen”
- Chairwoman and director of Alters.Kulturen association for creative life design and WissensART
- R & D Advisor to the Rector of TU Graz
Awards:
2002 Austrian State Prize for Science Journalism
2008 Austrian State Prize for Educational Journalism
2008 Inge Morath Prize of the Province of Styria for Science Journalism – 2011 Press Prize of the Vienna Medical Association 2010
2012 Cardinal lnnitzer Journalism Honour Award
2017 Development of WissensART, as well as Alters.Kulturen
2020 Foundation of wissensART
2021 wissensART, podcast combining science and art.
2021 Podcast for “Friends of the Salzburg Festival” January to mid-August 50,000 clicks
Expertise:
Science journalism in print and electronic media Professional knowledge communication
