I am a writer and technologist, based in Berlin.
I work at the intersection of journalism, technology, and business — on theory, digital strategy, and on how to build next-generation media products.
I have spent two decades in the media industry, as a writer, editor, strategist, and product person. Media products are what I do best — I especially like things that cut across the editorial/tech divide.
As a journalist, I have worked in editorial and management roles at DIE WELT, BILD, VANITY FAIR, and NZZ. My writing has appeared in DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT, CAPITAL, and elsewhere.
As a product manager, I have worked for AXEL SPRINGER, BUSINESS INSIDER, SAMSUNG NEWS, NZZ, and FUNKE — on apps, websites, CMS development, AI recommendation and personalisation, messaging, and newsletters. I also coach organisations on setting up and running product teams.
I am, or have been, a mentor at HACKS/HACKERS, LSE GENERATE and the NEXT MEDIA ACCELERATOR, and an alumnus of CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY and the LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.
I have a strong interest in the macroeconomic, political, and philosophical dimensions of technological change, and in the role that media plays in shaping them. What transpires when a ‘Leitmedium’ changes? How does capitalism work when growth is decoupled from labour? Can universal truths and cohesive narratives emerge when public discourse splinters into tribes on Twitter? That sort of thing.
Most of my writing deals with topics like that (and some, occasionally, with tweed), and is also mostly in German.
Fortschritt
Kohlhammer · Author · DE · Coming soonHow we lost the future — and how to get it back.
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Die Radikale Mitte
Kohlhammer · Editor & author · DEThe institutions of the 20th century have become overwhelmed by the challenges of the 21st — this volume collects ideas on how to fix that.
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