___________Curriculum Vitae
Journalism
and Consulting
Since 2003 freelance foreign correspondent based in Cape
Town/ Johannesburg, covering southern Africa predominantly
for German print and broadcast media
Consulting for Media Focus on Africa Foundation (Kenya, 2007)
and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (South Africa, 2007-2009) in
the field of political communication and training of print
and radio journalists
2000-2003 freelance journalist, Deutschlandfunk and
DeutschlandRadio Berlin
Academic
Education
Since 2011 DPhil Candidate, Politics & International
Relations, University of Oxford (Jesus College)
2009-2011 PhD Student, Sociology, University of Cambridge
(Sidney Sussex College)
2006 Masters Degree, South African and Comparative Politics,
University of Cape Town
2005 Honours Degree, South African and Comparative Politics,
University of Cape Town
2000-2003 Undergraduate studies at Dresden University of
Technology (Political Science, Modern History and Philosophy)
2000 Matriculation
Scholarships
and Awards
Booz Allen Hamilton (2005); German National Academic
Foundation (2002-2005); Haniel Foundation (2002); Youth for
Understanding (1997-98)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (2000-2005 journalism academy;
2009-2012 PhD scholarship)
In 2008 Medium Magazin featured her among the ‘Top 30
under 30’ most talented young journalists in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland
German journalism award "Weltbevölkerung"
(2009)
"European Journalist Award for Excellence in Journalism"
on population matters and reproductive health (2009)
Publications
“Reisefuehrer
Suedafrika” (high-end travel guide on South Africa),
Merian, 2007
”Weltmacht Wasser”
(chapter on water regulation and access to water as a human
right in South Africa), Herbig, 2009
”Gewaltfrei fuer den
Frieden” (chapter on a conflict mediation project in
South Africa), Brandes & Apsel, 2009
Book on newspapers worldwide (chapter on South Africa),
Institut fuer Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik, forthcoming