The #metoo moment forces us to ask: how do we shape newsrooms to empower women in journalism to shatter the glass ceiling. As the number of women in journalism climbs around the world we have to move ...
Astrid Maier
Astrid Maier is a senior writer for ada, a new journalism brand in Germany (belonging to the Handelsblatt Media Group, Germany’s largest business publication) covering how technology is changing society and future businesses. Prior to this Astrid was an editor at WirtschaftsWoche, Germany’s leading business magazine, where she led the companies&markets desk and the innovation&digital desk. She is a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. During her Fellowship year she explored how organisations can change their cultures, increase diversity and spur innovation. After leaving Stanford, Astrid co-founded Dverse Media, a non-profit, that aims at increasing innovation and diversity in German newsrooms. She teaches Design Thinking to journalism students in Hamburg and is on the advisory board of the Hamburg Media School Journalism Fellowship.
From mass media to social media; the internet has redefined the relationship between journalists and audiences. How do we (re)design journalism for that world? Using human-centered design, we’ll st...
