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Bastian Benrath-Wright

Bastian Benrath-Wright

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Journalist at Bloomberg | Politics, Economics, Switzerland | views are my own

  • Education

    • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München

      2014 - 2017
      Master of Arts (M.A.) Journalism 1,9

      Masterkurs der Deutschen Journalistenschule, M.A. in Kommunikationswissenschaft an der LMU

    • Deutsche Journalistenschule

      2014 - 2017
      Master of Arts (M.A.) Journalism

    • Università degli Studi di Siena

      2013 - 2013
      Semester abroad Philosophy, Economics

    • Universität Bayreuth

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy & Economics

      Activities and Societies: English Debating Union, Student Newspaper "Der Tip"

  • Experience

    • Limelight Fernsehproduktionen

      Oct 2005 - Oct 2005
      High School Intern

      High school internship at a TV production company in Berlin

    • Ostfriesen-Zeitung

      Mar 2009 - Apr 2009
      Intern

      Internship at a local paper in Northern Germany

    • Pressestelle der Berliner Strafgerichte

      Mar 2011 - Apr 2011
      Intern

      4-week internship at the press office of the Berlin criminal courts

    • Selbständig

      Aug 2011 - Apr 2016
      Freelance Journalist

      Freelance reporter for:- dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Munich (on-site reporter at the Munich central station during the 2015 refugee crisis)- Handelsblatt Online, Düsseldorf- Fluter, Berlin- Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich- Nordbayerischer Kurier, Bayreuth

    • Nordbayerischer Kurier

      Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
      Freelance reporter

      First intern, then freelance reporter covering local city topics at the local paper of my college town. Biggest project: Profiling all 36 childcare facilities in Bayreuth, highlighting their specialties and interviewing their leadership.

    • Radio Mainwelle

      Sept 2011 - Oct 2011
      Intern

      4-week internship at a local radio station

    • Bayerischer Rundfunk

      Sept 2012 - Oct 2012
      Intern

      4-week internship at a post of regional Bavarian TV and radio, researching and producing radio segments

    • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      Nov 2012 - Dec 2012
      Intern

      4-week internship at the business and finance editorial team of the national daily newspaper‘s capital newsroom in Berlin

    • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

      Jun 2013 - Jul 2013
      Intern

      6-week internship at German national television‘s post in Rome

    • Deutsche Presse-Agentur

      Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
      Intern

      4-week internship at the capital newsroom of dpa, Germany's largest and best renown news agency

    • Handelsblatt

      May 2014 - Jul 2014
      Intern

      10-week-internship in the online newsroom of the national financial daily Handelsblatt, wrote several editorial and feature pieces in entrepreneurial, financial and political topics

    • WDR

      Jan 2016 - Mar 2016
      Intern

      3-month internship at regional TV in Germany's largest state, covering state-level politics and producing analysis segments for a politics TV show

    • Deutsche Presse-Agentur

      May 2016 - Apr 2018
      Editor and Correspondent

      2017-2018: Editor for international news and liason to dpa's English wire service, Berlin2017: Business and economics editor, Berlin2016-2017: Regional correspondent for Lower Franconia, Würzburg

    • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      Apr 2018 - Sept 2022
      Staff Editor Business

      2019-2022: Head of data-driven journalism in business; Responsible editor for the European tech industry, startups, and IT-security2019: Editor in the economic policy department, responsible for municipal finances2018-2019: Online editor at FAZ.NET

    • Bloomberg LP

      Sept 2022 - now
      Economy and Government Reporter Switzerland

      Covering the Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Swiss economy and government. Special responsibility for digital central bank money (CBDCs)

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Redakteur

      Deutsche Journalistenschule
      Apr 2016