Vanessa Kokoschka
- PhD student.
- PhD topic: Journalistic autonomy on platforms. An investigation into the influence of recommendation systems on editorial decisions in climate journalism.
- Project position for public communication at the INQA experimental space project DA_RuN - Darmstadt Approach to Developing Resilience and Curiosity.
- Editorial management of Grüner Journalismus, media portal on sustainability and climate
- Membership of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)
Short profile
Vanessa Kokoschka has been a research assistant at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da) since September 2022 and is doing her doctorate at the PhD Centre for Sustainability Sciences at h_da. Previously, she worked as a didactic assistant in the degree programmes Online Journalism and Media, Technology & Society.
In 2020, she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Online Journalism. This was followed by a Master's degree in Media, Technology & Society in 2021. During her studies, she worked as a freelance journalist for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur and the Ippen Group (Offenbach-Post, Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurter Neue Presse), among others.
about the person
Lectures
2023
Kokoschka, Vanessa (12.06.2023): Climate communication for young target groups. Darmstadt University of Technology
Kokoschka, Vanessa (12.05.2023): Interdisciplinary View on Climate Journalism. Jubiläumskongress "Fake News und Klimakommunikation" of the Initiative Psychology in Environmental Protection.
Kokoschka, Vanessa; Rademacher, Lars (17.02.2023): How autonomous is journalistic news selection? Media-ethical and democratic-theoretical implications of algorithm-oriented news selection on platforms. Lecture at the annual conference of the specialist group on communication and media ethics of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies in St. Pölten.
Kokoschka, Vanessa (09.11.2022): Climate and journalism
Between Ignorance and Alarmism - Climate Journalism in a Dilemma. Lecture and discussion as part of the University Programme of the Public Climate School.
Kokoschka, Vanessa (04.07.2022): Storytelling - telling sustainability. Lecture at the 30th C.A.R.M.E.N. Symposium in Straubing.
Workshops
2023
Kokoschka, Vanessa (13.05.2023): Storytelling. Anniversary Congress "Fake News and Climate Communication" of the Initiative Psychology in Environmental Protection.
Kokoschka, Vanessa (03.05.2023): How does climate journalism work? Basics, challenges and developments. Workshop at the Media Project Centre Offener Kanal Kassel.
2022
Kokoschka, Vanessa (01.06.2022): Climate Journalism. Online workshop at the Youth Press Baden-Württemberg.
Interviews
2022
Kokoschka, Vanessa; Cevatli, Andreas (03.12.2022): Journalism & Sustainability - What should be done? Green Journalism - A conversation with Vanessa Kokoschka and Andreas Cevatli. URL: https://youthmag.de/allgemein/journalismus-nachhaltigkeit-wie-sollte-getan-werden_8072/
Online contributions
2022
Kokoschka, Vanessa; Schäfer, Torsten (19.07.2022): Journalism and the climate crisis. URL: https://www.kreativwirtschaft-nachhaltig.de/wiegehtnachhaltig/magazin/journalismus-und-die-klimakrise/
Collaboration
2022
Eichler, Henning (2022): Öffentlich-Rechtliche Medien und kommerzielle Drittplattformen, Otto Brenner Foundation, Frankfurt/Main. URL: https://www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_data/stiftung/02_Wissenschaftsportal/03_Publikationen/AH110_OERM_Soziale_Netzwerke.pdf
2022
Kokoschka, Vanessa; Schäfer, Torsten (2022): Green Journalism: Media Forum for Sustainability and Climate Journalism. In: Communicatio Socialis, Volume 55, Issue 2: 219-222
Kokoschka, Vanessa; Wörtche, Joelle (2022): Broadcasting strategies for young target groups in climate journalism. In: Klima vor Acht: Medien in der Klima-Krise, oekom Verlag, Munich: 185-194
Further publications at:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7387-2569
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vanessa-Kokoschka