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Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (born 30 January 1971) is an
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (born 30 January 1971) is an Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n journalist
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and the first female editor of ''Der Standard
''Der Standard'' is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna.
History and profile
''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Sprin ...
''.
Biography
Born inHaslach an der Mühl
Haslach an der Mühl is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Haslach lies in the upper Mühlviertel
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, Upper Austria
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, Föderl-Schmid studied at the University of Salzburg
The University of Salzburg (german: Universität Salzburg), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university in Salzburg municipality, Salzburg state, named af ...
, followed by a doctorate in Communications Studies, also from the University of Salzburg.
Föderl-Schmid began at Austrian newspaper ''Der Standard'' in 1990 and was the newspaper's Germany
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correspondent
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and Brussels
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-based European Union
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correspondent.
She served as editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of ''Der Standard'' from 2007 until 2017.
Her other activities include:
* Re-Imagine Europa, Member of the Advisory Board
* Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) is a UK-based research centre and think tank founded in 2006, which operates Thomson Reuters Journalism Fellowship Programme, also known as the Reuters Fellowship.
History
The institute ...
(RISJ), Member of the Advisory Board
*European Press Prize
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, Member of the panel of judges since 2014.
Awards and honors
* 2005 – Austrian Press Agency Alfred Geiringer Fellowship, Reuters InstituteReferences
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