Alexandra Föderl-Schmid

Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (born 30 January 1971)[1] is an Austrian journalist and the first female editor of Der Standard.

Föderl-Schmid in November 2014

Biography

Born in Haslach an der Mühl, Upper Austria, Föderl-Schmid studied at the University of Salzburg,[2] followed by a doctorate in Communications Studies, also from the University of Salzburg.[3]

Föderl-Schmid began at Austrian newspaper Der Standard in 1990 and was the newspaper's Germany correspondent and Brussels-based European Union correspondent.[4]

She served as editor-in-chief of Der Standard from 2007 until 2017.[4]

Her other activities include:

• Re-Imagine Europa, Member of the Advisory Board[5]
• Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ), Member of the Advisory Board[6]
• European Press Prize, Member of the jury panel since 2014.[7]

Awards and honors

• 2005 – Austrian Press Agency Alfred Geiringer Fellowship, Reuters Institute

References

1. "Standard: Föderl-Schmid wird Co-Herausgeberin". Wiener Zeitung (in German). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
2. "Der Standard Editor-in-Chief Tells IPI Readership Up as 'Readers Turn To News They Can Trust'". IPI World Congress 2010. International Press Institute. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
3. Advisory Board: Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).
4. "Alexandra Föderl-Schmid". World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
5. Advisory Board Re-Imagine Europa.
6. Advisory Board: Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).
7. "Alexandra Föderl-Schmid". European Press Prize. Retrieved 2020-05-25.