Some information in English

Prof. Dr. Klaus Meier, Dipl.-Journ.
Professor of Journalism
Dean of Study in the Faculty for Media with the programmes Science Journalism and Online Journalism
Hochschule Darmstadt, Campus Dieburg
University of Applied Sciences
Max-Planck-Straße 2, 64807 Dieburg, Germany
Tel. +49 / 6151 / 16-9421 oder -9420
E-Mail: km@klaus-meier.net oder meier@h-da.de

Dr. Klaus Meier, * 1968, has been a Professor of Journalism at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt (Germany) since 2001, where he was Head of the Programmes "Online Journalism" (2003 to 2005) and "Science Journalism" (2005 to 2007) and now is Dean of Study in the Faculty for Media.

From 1996 to 2001 he was Assistant Professor at the University of Eichstätt. He also temporarily lectured in journalism at the Universities in Bamberg (2001) and Zürich (2003/04). His research interests include editorial management, innovations in newsrooms, convergence, online journalism, science journalism and journalism education.

His latest publication is the text book "Journalistik" (2007); he also published the books "Internet-Journalismus" (3. ed. 2002), "Ressort, Sparte, Team" (2002) and "Experten im Netz" (1997). He has worked as a coach and consultant in about 40 workshops with several media and journalists in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Singapore and Bangkok. He is a former newspaper and television journalist (1989 to 1993).

Recent publication in English:

(2007) Innovations in Central European Newsrooms. Overview and case study. In: Journalism Practice (Routledge, London), 1 (1), 4-19. Free abstract. For the full paper, please send me a mail.

Papers at international conferences:

Barcelona, November 25 – 28: Good news from Spain: Our panel Media convergence in Europe was accepted for the conference 2nd European Communication Conference – focusing on Communication Policies and Culture in Europe of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association).

Lugano, May 1: Annual DGPuK conference "Identity and plurality in the Sciences of Communication". Presentation "Newsroom Convergence. New models of newspapers’ editorial organization – an international comparison" (together with José A. García Avilés, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain, and Andy Kaltenbrunner, Medienhaus Wien, Austria).

Luzern, March 7/8: Conference "Merging Media, Converging Newsrooms". Presentation in the panel "Total Symbiosis or the End of Serios Journalism? The Multi-Channel-Cross-Media-Newsroom".

For more information, please send me a mail.