Here you'll find two things that belong together for me. On one hand, excerpts from my exchanges on LinkedIn and Instagram, where I'm engaged in ongoing dialogue with the industry. On the other hand, articles in which I take a stand on developments in the media world, on new narrative forms, on the question of how content, technology, and audiences will come together in the future. As a journalist and networker, sharing perspective has always mattered to me, here it gets a permanent place.
In Exchange
Articles
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Understand first. Then argue. On media, campaigning, and the job the media may be forgetting right now.
Read Article: Erst verstehen. Dann streiten. Über Medien, Wahlkampf und die vielleicht wichtigste Aufgabe, die Medien gerade vergessenI watched a video about the AfD for 44 minutes this week. That doesn't sound particularly remarkable at first and, to be honest, it's not entirely accurate either. For one thing, because I see many videos every day, and…
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Lifetime — or: Why the Credits Might Not Be the End of Our Work After All
Read Article: Lebenszeit – oder: Warum der Abspann vielleicht gar nicht mehr das Ende unserer Arbeit istI was standing in Beijing in July, in temperatures of around 35 degrees and humidity so high that, as a Central European, all you can really think about is which air-conditioned space to head for next. All around me were people…
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Vertical Drama: The Next Transmedia Hype?
Read Article: Vertical Drama: Der nächste Transmedia-Hype?Anyone who moved in the media industry in 2009, and I did, remembers the collective euphoria around transmedia storytelling. Conferences and panels unanimously proclaimed that linear content had had its day…