Why did the two young, Tyrolean-born journalists Maria Retter and Viktoria Waldegger decide to pursue a career in this field? What drove them? Were there any role models? What challenges did they face then – and do they face now? What do they like about their job, and what truly excites them?
Maria Retter
Investigative Journalist, paper trail media, Munich
Viktoria Waldegger
Editor for domestic policy at Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF, Ö1
In conversation with
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid
France Correspondent and former Head of News at German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, longstanding Editor-in-Chief of Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard