I still remember my first day in the newsroom. It was a fairly large office with 25 journalists with lots of opinions and very little self-restraint. The place was noisy, chaotic, and intimidating.
I’ve got the job in an audition without any prior formal education in journalism. They thought I was a good fit, but I struggled at first.
The outlet (as most others) didn’t have any space where the newcomers would learn the practicalities of the media business.
This is especially discouraging for young people who are not necessarily journalism graduates but are still interested in working in the…
Berlin plans to ban old diesel cars from eleven of its most polluted streets in November, following Darmstadt, Hamburg and Stuttgart in their efforts to reduce NOx emissions. The ban has, however, a considerable opposition across Germany; many people believe it’s pointless while businesses fear unnecessary costs.
The diesel ban in Berlin will affect cars and trucks up to and including EURO 5 emission category. These cars — there are around 200.000 of them (every sixth car) — are no longer allowed to enter a combined three kilometres of roads in the German capital.
The city hopes that the prohibitive…
Tim Schumacher is a co-founder of Eyeo, a company behind Adblock Plus, the most popular browser extension which, as the name suggests, blocks advertisements and filters content on the open web.
Eyeo and Schumacher — as one of the faces of the company — have won a considerable following among web users, but also made some powerful enemies.
A couple of hours prior to our conversation at the beginning of October Schumacher received exceptionally good news. Eyeo has just won a years-long legal battle against the media giant Axel Springer.
The influential publisher from Berlin owns household newspaper and magazine…
Slovenian based Viberate is looking to utilize the blockchain technology and practicality of crypto tokens to bring more transparency to the live music industry.
Their aim is to develop a comprehensive marketplace where musicians will be able to sell and promote themselves to event organizers; while the latter could book musicians directly through Viberate service using cryptocurrencies and by utilizing smart contracts.
They also plan to integrate a ticketing platform and a crowdfunding service where users could back up musicians doing live performances.
Targeting garage bands
“Our potential users are 80 percent of all musicians — all those who do not have their…
Aleš Živkovič had gone from trying to fix Slovenian healthcare system to being an entrepreneur in London — probably equally hard (for different reasons), but certainly a more lucrative business.
After co-founding a high quality broadcaster dedicated to medical research, Živkovič eventually sold his stake and went on to pursue a career as a psychotherapist (he has his own practice in London where he deals with overstressed and burnt-out entrepreneurs) while also working on an application for “connecting people”.
What is YAC
YAC (or Your Actual Contact) is according to Živkovič and his brother Alen (who is a cofounder and director of the…
Cybersecurity is regarded as one of the fastest growing tech businesses in the world. Worldwide spending on information security has reached 75 billion dollars in 2015 (an increase of almost five percent over 2014), according to a report from Gartner. The market is expected to be worth 170 billion dollars by 2020.
Threats everywhere
The growth of security expenditure is driven by the increased threats of all sorts of attacks. Dell has estimated that the number of malware attacks has doubled last year and one third of companies surveyed by PwC has admitted to have been a victim of a…
Blažej Kupec
Content strategist and journalist based in Berlin
