Alexandra Föderl-Schmid facts for kids
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid was born on January 30, 1971, in Austria. She is a well-known journalist and currently works as a top editor for a big German newspaper called Süddeutsche Zeitung.
About Alexandra Föderl-Schmid
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid grew up in Haslach an der Mühl, a town in Upper Austria. She went to the University of Salzburg to study. Later, she earned a special degree in Communications Studies from the same university.
She started her career in 1990 at an Austrian newspaper called Der Standard. She worked as a reporter for them in Germany. She also reported from Brussels about the European Union.
From 2007 to 2017, she was the main editor, known as the editor-in-chief, for Der Standard. This means she was in charge of all the news and stories in the newspaper.
After leaving Der Standard in 2017, she became a reporter in Israel for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Since July 2020, she has been a Deputy Editor-in-Chief at this newspaper. In early 2024, she temporarily stepped back from her daily work. This happened because some questions arose about parts of her earlier academic and professional writings.
Other Activities
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid also helps out with other important groups:
- She is a member of the Advisory Board for Re-Imagine Europa.
- She is on the Advisory Board for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).
- Since 2014, she has been a judge for the European Press Prize.
Awards and Honors
- In 2005, she received the Alfred Geiringer Fellowship from the Austrian Press Agency. This was given through the Reuters Institute.
