Lisa Steiner

Contact: lisa.steiner[at]chello.at
Nationality: Austrian
Work Experience:
- May 2010-present
Reporter/Editor for "Heute" (Vienna based daily newspaper)
• covering daily news from Vienna and Austria, from politics to cultural happenings
- Feb 2007-Dec 2009
Editor/News Speaker Radio „Ö1“ (ORF-Radio, oe1.orf.at)
• preparing and running news radio shows (up to 20 minutes)
• writing news bulletins
• presenting the news live on air
- 2006-present
Freelance journalist/reporter
• reporting/writing/speaking for different kind of media
• eg: Bayern3, "Wienerin" (women's magazine), "Übers weite Land" (magazine), "Auto Bild" (magazine), "Grünspecht" (local political newspaper)
- Sep 2005-Dec 2006
Editor/Reporter for "Radio Wien" (ORF, wien.orf.at)
• being around the city covering ongoing stuff (museum opening ---- demonstrations)
• create texts for longer features, prepare and do interviews
• audio production/postproduction
• moderations
- Aug 2005
Internship as Editor at Newscenter for ORF Radios
- April 2004-July 2005
Videojournalist for Puls TV (now: Puls4 from the Pro7-Austria-Group)
• creating TV-reports (as a „one woman show“)
• filming with a mini-DV-cam, cutting on final cut
• writing the texts and presenting it
- Aug 2001
Internship at NEWS (Vienna based magazine group)
Education:
- 2006-2008
Master of Arts (Journalism in Print, Radio, Television) at Danube University Krems
- 2004
Certificate for Videojournalism from Puls TV
- 2001-2004
6 semesters of Sociology (not finished) at the University of Vienna
- 2001
Matura (the Austrian equivalent to German Abitur) at BRG Krems Ringstraße
• completed with excellence
Further Skills and Education:
- Languages
• English – fluently (spoken/written)
• Portuguese – able to understand almost everything, lead basic conversations
- Journalism/Media
• Talking on TV/Radio – private lessons (Teacher: Petra Stachl)
• Several journalistic workshops – eg. gender and media, storytelling, the perfect interview
- Else
• Official Tutor (ÖH – Austrian Students League)
• Spinning Instructor (Johnny G. Spinning)
Personal Interests:
- Sports (running, swimming, biking ...)
- Reading (books, newspapers, etc.),
- Going to the Movies
- Discussions (with friends and „enemies“)
- Travelling whenever possible (Brazil, US, Turkey, around Europe ...)