Miriam Meckel
German journalist and professor
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Miriam Meckel (born 18 July 1967) is a German journalist and professor for Corporate Communication, editor and publisher of the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche[1] and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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- University of Münster (Ph.D., 1995)
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| Born | 18 July 1967 |
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| Occupations | Journalist and Professor for Corporate Communication and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland |
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| Website | www |
In 2020, Meckel co-founded ada Learning GmbH together with Léa Steinacker, Verena Pausder and the Handelsblatt Media Group,[2] with Meckel assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer and later Executive Chairwoman.
In November 2014, Meckel was appointed editor-in-chief of Germany's leading business weekly Wirtschaftswoche, as the first woman to hold that position.[3] In April 2017, she became the publisher of the magazine.[4]
From 2001 to 2005, Meckel served as the State Secretary at the department of the Premier of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and government spokeswoman, and later the State Secretary for Europe, International Affairs and Media. From 1999 to 2001, she was a professor of communication sciences at the University of Münster in Germany. Her publications include texts on media economics, communication, and cyberpolitics; in 2010, she wrote about her experience with burn-out syndrome. Her book became the basis for an award-winning television movie in 2016.[5]
As a member of the international jury for the Development Gateway Foundation of the World Bank, Meckel was instrumental in designing the Development Gateway Award (Petersberg Prize).
Honors and awards
Publications (extract)
- 1994: Fernsehen ohne Grenzen? Europas Fernsehen zwischen Integration und Segmentierung
- 1996: Internationale Kommunikation - eine Einführung
- 1998: Fernsehnachrichten. Strukturen, Funktionen, Prozesse
- 1999: Redaktionsmanagement. Ansätze aus Theorie und Praxis
- 1999: with Klaus Kamps, Patrick Rössler and Werner Gephart: Medien-Mythos? Die Inszenierung von Prominenz und Schicksal am Beispiel von Diana Spencer
- 2000: with Marianne Ravenstein: Cyberworlds. Computerwelten der Zukunft
- 2001: Die globale @genda. Kommunikation und Globalisierung
- 2005: Cyberpolitics and Cyberpolity, Zur Virtualisierung politischer Kommunikation
- 2007: Das Glück der Unerreichbarkeit, Wege aus der Kommunikationsfalle
- 2010: Brief an mein Leben: Erfahrungen mit einem Burnout
- 2011: 'NEXT - Erinnerungen an eine Zukunft ohne uns'