International awards contribute to raising awareness of the importance of journalism and of the risks that this profession presents. The latest, important, example of this is the Nobel Peace Prize ass...
Alexandra Foederl-Schmid
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid is Israel correspondent of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and former co-publisher and editor-in-chief of the print and online edition of the Austrian daily Der Standard until 2017. The first woman in Austrian history to have held such a post, she previously reported extensively on European issues, including the wars in former Yugoslavia and EU enlargement.
She was born 1971 in Haslach, Austria, and is a graduate of the Wels Journalism School. She gained her master degree at the University of Salzburg followed by a doctorate in Communications Studies, also from the University of Salzburg. She has reported extensively on European issues, mainly from a base in Germany. Alexandra is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.
Concepts around economics and business are more complex than ever. At the same time clearly communicating what is happening in the global economies and in business is also more important than ever a...
