Experience

Bonn Institute

• Germany
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Jan 2023 - Present



The Wall Street Journal

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Producer of Audio

  • Sep 2019 - Oct 2022

  As EP of WSJ Audio, I was responsible for rebooting the existing slate of WSJ Audio's internal, always-on podcasts, including four daily news shows (What’s News, Tech News, Your Money Briefing, Minute Briefing) and the long-form tech and science podcast WSJ's Future of Everything. I also developed and launched As We Work, a weekly interview podcast about the changing workplace and edited Season 1 of WSJ's first limited series Bad Bets about the rise and fall of Enron. Besides leading an international team of producers in daily editorial decisions and rolling out special series, I worked hand in hand with partners in the newsroom to integrate audio into the overall strategy and collaborated with outside partners on new products, including Google and Apple. Show less



theSkimm

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Director of Audio

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  I oversaw the development and launch of a daily news podcast (Skimm This) for a millennial audience with a competitive listenership, as well as a long-form narrative explanatory podcast on current affairs (Skimm Notes) and the relaunch of an interview-based show with celebrity entrepreneurs (Skimm From the Couch). I hired the team, managed all daily editorial decisions and the production team; supported the technical build-out of the studio and a live stage; and worked collaboratively with design, marketing and social to promote the show and bring in ad sales. Show less

• Executive Producer

  • Oct 2018 - Dec 2018



Deutsche Welle

• Germany
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor/ DW Akademie

  • Oct 2016 - Oct 2018

  DW Akademie Trainee Program • Week-long intensive course in audio/radio feature writing and production for DW Trainees. Curriculum elements included ethics of journalism, vox pops, intro to storytelling, interview strategies, integration of nat sound/ambience, in-the-field reporting, script writing, voicing scripts, multi-track audio editing DW Akademie Trainee Program • Week-long intensive course in audio/radio feature writing and production for DW Trainees. Curriculum elements included ethics of journalism, vox pops, intro to storytelling, interview strategies, integration of nat sound/ambience, in-the-field reporting, script writing, voicing scripts, multi-track audio editing



ABC News

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Radio Assignment Editor/Writer/Producer

  • May 2011 - Sep 2018

  • Co-recipient Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in News (2013, 2014, 2015) • Assign stories to writers and correspondents, edit newcasts for anchors, edit and greenlight audio • Set editorial priorities, maintain journalistic standards and integrity, interact with clients • Interview sources for national and international breaking news and business coverage • Write air-ready, informative and engaging news copy under time pressure for America's most syndicated radio news • Train incoming news writers Show less



German broadcasters

• Reporter/ Correspondent

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2017

  Reported and produced radio and on-demand audio features and online stories on the environment, culture, and social politics for German and Swiss broadcasters, in English and German. Reported and produced radio and on-demand audio features and online stories on the environment, culture, and social politics for German and Swiss broadcasters, in English and German.



Deutsche Welle

• Germany
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Media Trainer/Consultant

  • May 2012 - May 2013

  Our Radio! Community Radio project, Ghana • I co-taught a professional development course in radio feature writing and production. Curriculum elements included all of the above, as well as adapting foreign language scripts. • Consulting: I helped facilitate the practical establishment of the Our Radio programming network, including mediating a memorandum of understanding on the proposed program exchange, including programming and editorial workflow, setting up online share platforms for the off-site network, training participants in the usage of online tools like Google Drive, Google Calendar, Dropbox, Facebook Chat, developing how-to sheets for use by the stations, conceptualizing and creating common show elements (openers, closers, jingles, etc.). Show less



Public Radio International (PRI)

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer at The Takeaway

  • Nov 2011 - May 2012

  Help select stories for rundown and close the morning drive-time radio show in the evening. Frame stories and find diverse, unique guests to deliver content. Manage evening staff of the show. Work closely with line producer, dayside producer, managing editor and editorial partners (BBC/NYT) to develop next-day programming. Edit host scripts, produce passdown note for morning crew, and liason with web team to finalize online content and community outreach. Edit and manage audio for next day show. Help select stories for rundown and close the morning drive-time radio show in the evening. Frame stories and find diverse, unique guests to deliver content. Manage evening staff of the show. Work closely with line producer, dayside producer, managing editor and editorial partners (BBC/NYT) to develop next-day programming. Edit host scripts, produce passdown note for morning crew, and liason with web team to finalize online content and community outreach. Edit and manage audio for next day show.



WNYC Radio

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editor and independent radio producer

  • May 2010 - Nov 2011

  As per diem editor for All Things Considered and Morning Edition, I assigned stories to reporters, edited for-air copy, and line-produced live news shows. As a reporter, I produced feature stories for WNYC to air on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, as well as online on www.wnyc.org. As per diem editor for All Things Considered and Morning Edition, I assigned stories to reporters, edited for-air copy, and line-produced live news shows. As a reporter, I produced feature stories for WNYC to air on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, as well as online on www.wnyc.org.



Deutsche Welle

• Germany
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager/Media Trainer: Making Finance Work For Africa

  • May 2009 - May 2010

  In September 2009 (Ghana) and February 2010 (Zambia) I lead a six-person team "Making Finance Journalism Work for Africa". The two 3-week professional development courses were aimed at improving the journalistic skills of financial journalists in sub-Saharan Africa, in order to help them improve financial literacy on the continent. We taught basics of business journalism, radio feature reporting, television feature reporting and online multi-media packaging. We also taught the participants how to set up their own blogs and we blogged during the workshop.As project manager, I wrote grant and budget proposals, planned, organized and executed the professional development trainings in Africa and via E-Learning, wrote the project reports, and collaborated with multilevel agency "Making Finance Work for Africa" (World Bank, German Development Agency) prior to, during and after the workshops. I was the media spokesperson for the project, and as such gave live interviews, organized media events and worked on promotional tools.Between the workshops, I developed and implemented an E-Learning component for Online/ Multimedia Reporting with some of the journalists we worked with in Ghana.We were funded by the German Development Ministry and the German Technical Cooperation in the realm of their Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership, and worked closely with the World Bank and the GTZ on location. Show less

• Producer and Host for "Money Talks" and "EuroVox" (Two Weekly Radio Magazines)

  • May 2007 - Apr 2009

  I was the host, editor and producer of Money Talks, a current affairs business program and EuroVox, a lifestyle program with This American Life-like hosting and enterprise stories. I was responsible for every aspect of production for the half-hour programs.As an editor, I bought in stories from freelance journalists across Europe, editing 3-5 feature scripts per show every week. I also worked with interns, helping them develop story ideas, walking them through the stages of scriptwriting and production, giving in-studio feedback on voice recording, and assisting them in the audio mixing. As host, I researched and hosted interviews for each show, relevant to the issues discussed in the broadcast. I wrote my own scripts and produced each 30 minute broadcast in the studio with a technician.As producer, I was responsible for choosing music, creating jingles, trailers, openers and closers, and developing a unique sound for each show.In addition, as a member of staff I was a regular guest on the live current affairs program for live cross interviews on beat topics. Show less

• Correspondent for UN FCCC Climate Change Summit

  • Dec 2007 - Dec 2007

  I was a television, radio and online correspondent to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, for Deutsche Welle. I delivered daily breaking news updates for live radio programs, did live on-air shots for television, wrote online articles and produced three feature stories during the one-week conference for Deutsche Welle's English broadcasts.



Minnesota Public Radio

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Journalist

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

  Wrote and produced enterprise stories for-air on MPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Wrote and produced enterprise stories for-air on MPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.



Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • 1998 - 2002

  I coordinated an interdisciplinary, international research project for the Gottlieb Daimler- and Karl Benz Foundation. I coordinated an interdisciplinary, international research project for the Gottlieb Daimler- and Karl Benz Foundation.