Anja Reiter
Anja Reiter was born in 1988 in Graz. She studied journalism at the FH Joanneum in Graz. After that, she completed a master’s program in Eastern European History and Political Sciences at the LMU Munich. Today, she works as a freelance journalist for education, environment, and digitalization in Munich – for media such as Zeit, […]
Claudia Reiterer
Since 2017, she has moderated the ORF political talk show “Im Zentrum”. Prior to that, she moderated “konkret”, “Pressestunde”, “Report”, and “Hohes Haus”. She started at ORF 26 years ago in the Styria regional studio and then worked as a reporter for the ZIB 1 news in Vienna.Her journalistic career began in 1995 at the […]
Maria Retter
Maria Retter joined paper trail media as investigative reporter in November 2023. She studied International Economics as well as Political Science in Innsbruck and Paris and completed various internships during her studies, including in the business department of DIE ZEIT in Hamburg and at ORF Tirol. After completing her studies, she worked for Swarovski for almost two […]
Gabriele Riedle
Gabriele Riedle (born in Stuttgart) holds a degree in Literary Studies, is former culture editor of German daily newspaper taz, and worked as a reporter and editor for GEO for more than 15 years. Since 1998, she has been publishing reports from all continents, including areas torn by war and crises like Afghanistan, Yemen, Haiti, Tibet, Darfur, Libya, Papua […]
Sebastian Rötters
Sebastian Rötters is an energy campaigner at the environmental and human rights organization urgewald. In cooperation with partner organizations from the civil society network Business4Ukraine, he advocates for tougher sanctions against Russia, particularly in the energy sector. Otherwise, he has been working for over ten years on issues of supply chain responsibility in the field […]
Stefanie Ruep
Stefanie Ruep has been Salzburg correspondent for Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard since 2010 and works as an independent journalist. While she leads a car-free lifestyle in Salzburg, she is out and about in the mountains every week and published a hiking guide for public transportation users in 2023. As a lecturer for the study programme for Sports […]
Rebecca Sandbichler
Rebecca Sandbichler, born in Innsbruck in 1988, is a freelance journalist and event presenter. Her career began in the German state of Hesse, where she studied online journalism, founded her own magazines and was head of special publications at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. After the birth of her third child, she finally returned home to […]
Julia Schafferhofer
Julia Schafferhofer has been working as a journalist for 20 years, and since 2010, she has been an editor at Kleine Zeitung, where she has worked in various departments such as health, magazine, science, city magazine G7, Graz, and foreign policy. In 2016, she arrived at her beloved department of culture and media, and since […]
Josef Scheiring
Dedicated citizen Josef Scheiring was born and raised in Vienna. Thanks to his Tyrolean roots he returned to Innsbruck in 2006. After completing his civil service, graduating in Process and Environment Engineering and a three-year side-trip to Upper Austria, he now lives in Völs and works for Radlobby Tirol. “I dedicate my free time to fight for a […]
Colette M. Schmidt
Colette M. Schmidt is editor in the Department for Current Affairs and Domestic Policy at Austrian daily newspaper Standard in Vienna. She focusses on human rights, anti-democratic movements as well as national and international networks between right-wing extremists in the realm of politics and beyond.She was born in 1971 in Canada, grew up in Graz, where she […]
Renata Schmidtkunz
Renata Schmidtkunz, born in 1964 in Hattingen/Ruhr, has been working as a moderator, editor, and filmmaker in Vienna since 1990. Schmidtkunz is known, among other things, as the leader and later program manager of the ORF radio series “Im Gespräch” on Ö1. Schmidtkunz was raised in an evangelical parsonage in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and […]
Ursula A. Schneider and Annette Steinsiek
Annette Steinsiek and Ursula A. Schneider work as literary scholars for the Research Institute Brennero Archive at the University of Innsbruck. They edited prose by Christine Lavant (e.g. „Das Wechselbälgchen“ (The Little Changeling), 1998; „Aufzeichnungen aus einem Irrenhaus“ (Records from an Asylum), 2001), her letters („Kommentierter Gesamtbriefwechsel“ (Commented Comprehensive Correspondence), publication impeded) and lyrical works by Christine Busta („Erfreuliche Bilanz. […]
Nina Schnider
Nina Schnider is editor and founder of relevant.news, an independent platform for solution-oriented journalism. Shaping collective experiences and democracy for tomorrow becomes the subject and driving force of her projects. The Swiss native is also co-founder of Demokratie21 and Faktor D – the hub for democracy in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Timo Schober
Timo Schober is an investigative reporter at paper trail media. He studied international business administration in Vienna and Bordeaux. During his studies, he worked as a freelance journalist for various media such as Falter, Der Standard, Zeit Online and Datum. He graduated from the German School of Journalism in Munich. For paper trail media, he was a […]
Rainer Schüller
Rainer Schüller is deputy editor-in-chief of the STANDARD. He studied journalism and English and during this time worked for the Austria Presse Agentur and a local newspaper. He started at derStandard.at in 2000 and has since been involved in setting up and developing the online edition. First as editor for politics, then department head of […]
Linus Schütz
Linus Schütz was born in 1993 in Stuttgart. He grew up in Essen, where he began taking dance and acting lessons at an early age. During his acting studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts between 2014 and 2018, he performed at the Ruhrfestspiele and in Adolf Winkelmann’s Ruhrgebiet film “Junges Licht”. In 2016, […]
Nicole Selmer
Nicole Selmer is the deputy editor-in-chief of the football magazine ballesterer in Vienna. She came to sports journalism through a detour, having studied German and Scandinavian literary studies in Hamburg and Uppsala and worked as a freelance translator and copywriter. In 2004, she published a book about female fans (“Watching the Boys Play, Women as […]
Hannes Senfter
Hannes Senfter is a journalist in South Tyrol. He was born in 1983 and grew up in Innichen, he then went on to study Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck; before starting his journalistic career as a regional editor for South Tyrolean daily newspaper Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung in Bozen/Bolzano in 2010. Since 2013, Senfter has […]
Nana Siebert
Nana Siebert started her journalistic career when she was 17 years old, working for the training editorial department of NEWS led by legendary disclosing journalist Alfred Worm. She was involved in the dummy magazine period of tv-media, went on to lead the net department of e-media, and later led the special themes at NEWS. After designing […]
Uwe Steger
In 1992, Uwe Steger graduated in political sciences from the University of Innsbruck. During his studies, he worked for different marketing agencies, and from 1994 onward, he was responsible for setting up and leading the office for public relations at the University of Innsbruck. Between 2004 and 2008, he transferred to the Medical University of […]
Emma Strauss
Emma Strauss is a Hungarian-born, Berlin-based documentary filmmaker and video journalist. She has directed and edited films for leading brands and organisations, and shot reportage pieces extensively around Europe. Emma worked in countries like Ukraine, Kosovo, Turkey, Poland, Hungary and Germany in recent years. She is also a Co-founder of Oblique Collective, a Berlin based Video […]
Walter Strobl
Walter Strobl has been leading the Journalism Legal Service at the Press Club Concordia since 2021. In this role, he combines comprehensive expertise in copyright and media law with extensive experience in media management and teaching. As a trained lawyer, he initiated and managed the music publishing house Sunshine Enterprises from 2001. Starting in 2005, […]
Petra Stuiber
Petra Stuiber has been deputy editor in chief for Austrian daily newspaper STANDARD since 2018. She studied Communication Studies and Theatre Arts and started her career in journalism at STANDARD. In 1999, as an editor for domestic policy, she transferred to the team of “Format” and between 2001 and 2007, she worked as an Austria correspondent for German […]
Gerlinde Tamerl
Gerlinde Tamerl, born 1978 in Innsbruck, is deputy managing director of Wagner’sche Buchhandlung. The art historian with a doctorate worked for fifteen years at Haymon Verlag as project manager and press spokesperson, among other positions. From 2018 to 2020, she worked as culture editor at the Tiroler Tageszeitung. Among other things, she is a guest […]
Ulrike Tanzer
Ulrike Tanzer, born in 1967 in Steyr (Upper Austria), is a German scholar who has been a Professor of Austrian Literature at the Institute of German Studies in Innsbruck and the director of the Brenner Archive Research Institute at the University of Innsbruck since 2014. From 2017 to 2023, Tanzer was also Vice Rector for […]
Tina Themel
Tina Themel is a communication scientist specializing in Gender & Diversity. She studied Journalism and Communication Science, Political Science, and Spanish at the University of Salzburg. She is a certified Public Relations and Media Manager. Since 2018, she has been collaborating closely with Katharina Cibulka as part of the feminist art project SOLANGE: publishing numerous […]
Ma Thida
Ma Thida is a medical doctor, writer, human rights activist and former prisoner of conscience. She believes in freedom of expression and once a medical doctor loved doing surgery and revolution. She edited a Shwe Amyutay magazine, Info Digest journal, and also voluntered at a local free clinic. In 1993, she was sentenced to 20 years in […]
Martin Thür
Martin Thür has been active as a television reporter for more than twenty years. He realised numerous reports and documentaries and was responsible for the programmes on the occasion of the election of the Austrian Federal President and National Council with commercial broadcaster ATV. Among other matters, he reported on the ramifications of the Paris terrorist […]
Armin Thurnher
Armin Thurnher, born in 1949 in Bregenz. Studied English Studies, German Studies and Theatre Arts in New York and Vienna. He is now editor of the Vienna weekly newspaper Falter, that he co-founded in 1977, and joint proprietor of the publishing house Falter-Verlag. Author of fourteen books. His most recent novel „Fähre nach Manhattan“ (A Ferry to Manhattan) […]
Robert Tibbo
Robert Tibbo is a Canadian human rights lawyer, currently practising law in Nova Scotia Canada. His current practise includes criminal, constitutional and administrative law. He also does work on commercial and labour litigation as well as family law. Mr. Tibbo appears at all levels of provincial and federal courts and does significant criminal appeal work. Previous […]
Anna Tratter
Anna Tratter is a student at the German School of Journalism in Munich. As a child, she wanted to become a vampire – today, instead of sucking blood, she prefers to absorb good stories about molecular ice machines, self-healing bones, and the quirks of Nobel laureates. Contrasts are not taboo for her: Mozart and Harry […]
Tanja Traxler
Tanja Traxler is head of the science department at the daily newspaper Der Standard. After studying quantum physics at the University of Vienna, research stays took her to the University of California/Santa Cruz (US), Twente University in Enschede (NL) and Churchill College Cambridge (UK), among others. Traxler has been science editor at the Standard since […]
Robert Treichler
Robert Treichler, 55, born in Graz, is the deputy editor-in-chief and head of the foreign affairs department at the news magazine profil. He is the co-author of the book “Kickl and the Destruction of Europe” (together with Gernot Bauer; 2024, Zsolnay Verlag).
Tamar Tsvaigrach
Tamar Tsvaigrach is a senior editor at Haaretz, Israel’s leading liberal newspaper, known for its journalistic integrity worldwide. She currently serves as the deputy editor of the newspaper’s Weekly Magazine, leading wide ranging features and investigations. In her previous role, she led the paper’s news team as the deputy head of the News Department. Prior to […]
Roger Vontobel
Roger Vontobel was born in 1977 in Zurich and studied directing at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. He has directed productions at various prestigious theaters including the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Schauspiel Bochum, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theater, Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris, Royal Danish Theatre in […]
Nicola Weber
Nicola Weber (*1973) studied architecture in Innsbruck, Vienna and the USA and works as a curator and cultural mediator at the interface of architecture, design, graphics and urban space in Innsbruck. Since 2019 she has been director of the Tyrolean design forum WEI SRAUM and is also a freelance journalist for cultural and architectural topics. Her articles […]
Elisabeth Weilenmann
Elisabeth Weilenmann was born in 1982 in Sankt Pölten, Austria. She studied Political Science and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna. While still pursuing her degree, she started to write and direct audio dramas and radio documentaries for various German-language radio stations (DLF, NDR, SWR, RBB, SRF…). Her efforts have been honoured with multiple awards, […]
Lea Weinmann
Lea Weinmann has been an editor in the Investigative Research team at Süddeutsche Zeitung since 2022. She is responsible for online research, utilizing methods known as Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). She covers topics related to war and crisis zones, cybersecurity, as well as instances of abuse of power and MeToo cases. Before her traineeship at […]
Günter Weiss
Günter Weiss oversees the Department for Internal Medicine II at the University Clinic of Innsbruck and is a renowned expert in the fields of internal medicine, infection, and immunity. His outstanding expertise is mainly based on his research achievements on immunological mechanisms involved in the defence against infections and on iron metabolism–especially regarding genetic disorders […]
Christine von Weizsäcker
Christine von Weizsäcker, biologist, researcher, author and activist. She has been working on technology assessment for civil society since the seventies. Participant in UN negotiations on Sustainable Development and of the Convention on Biological Diversity since 1992. She is president of Ecoropa, a European network. member of the Advisory Committee of the Federation of German Scientists […]
Simon Welebil
Simon Welebil, born in 1983 and raised in Tyrol, currently residing in Vienna, is a trained historian and comparatist. Since 2010, he has been an editor at Radio FM4, focusing on politics, climate, and sports. He is passionate about fast-paced sports that often go unnoticed in mainstream media, mountains, and sustainable mobility.
Nicola Werdenigg
Nicola Werdenigg is a former ski racer and an activist against abuse of power. In 2017, she got the ball rolling on investigating several cases of harassment in the realm of skiing. With her initiative #wetogether Werdenigg is now committed to prevention work.
Tilo Wesche
Tilo Wesche has been professor for Practical Philosophy at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg since 2018. With his research, he focusses on theories of democracy, sustainability, ownership and a good standard of living. His recent publications: Die Rechte der Natur. Vom nachhaltigen Eigentum (Nature’s Rights. About Sustainable Ownership), Berlin: Published by Suhrkamp 2023; Einführung in die Theorien des Eigentums (Introduction to […]
Zsolt Wilhelm
Zsolt Wilhelm, born in 1983, is head of Dienst Audio at STANDARD and heads the podcast department. In this function he is responsible for format development and all editorial contributions. This includes the research podcast “Inside Austria” in cooperation with SPIEGEL, the news podcast “Thema des Tages” (Topic of the Day) as well as thematic […]
Maria Windhager
Dr. Maria Windhager is lawyer based in Vienna focusing her activities on the protection of media and privacy, copyright, broadcasting and TV law, internet rights as well as fundamental and human rights.
Philipp Wissing
Philipp Wissing, M.A., studied Political Science, Philosophy and Sociology at LMU Munich and Sciences Po Paris. Besides his lectureships at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and TU Munich, he is writing his PhD as a member of the research group of Assoziation E e.V. In addition to that, he consults non-profit as well as profit-oriented organisations implementing European […]
Marco Witting
Marco Witting (born in 1977) was a newcomer in the world of journalism when he joined Moser Holding in 2006 to work for different Departments, including Current Affairs, Tyrolean and Local Affairs. From 2018 onward, the graduate of the body for journalist training in Austria “Kuratorium für Journalistenausbildung” held the position of Head of Local Affairs. Since April 2023, […]
Elke Ziegler
Elke Ziegler has been working as a science journalist since 1996. She started out as a freelance journalist writing, for example for Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard and news magazine profil. After her graduation from a post-graduate study programme in Science Communication in 2004, she started to work as an online editor for science.ORF.at. Since 2013, she has […]
Christina Zühlke
Christina’s research as journalist focuses on mainly two topics: “child abuse in church” and “police”. In 2021, her book Tatort Polizei – Gewalt, Rassismus und mangelnde Kontrolle (Crime scene police – Violence, racism and lack of control, C.H. Beck) was published, which she wrote together with Jan Keuchel. After a time as a reporter for the tagesschau […]
