Since 1986 freelance journalist working for the Rheinische Post at first. Then traineeships and/or freelance work for P.M.-Magazin and P.M.-Perspektive, Südwestfunk television, public relations of the Verlag Chemie (Wiley-VCH, science publisher), Deutsche Presseagentur (German Press Agency), Süddeutsche Zeitung. The journalistic work was partly sponsored by fellowships from the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (a joint initiative of German industries to promote science and higher education) and the Fonds of the Chemische Industrie.

From February 1996 until November 2004 editor in the science department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung (foci medicine, gene technology, bioethics, ethic and fraud in research, chemistry and environment). Later working as a freelance journalist.

Since January 2007 regular freelance work for WDR Radio.

October/November 1999 further education abroad at the Libération and L’Express in Paris (sponsored by a fellowship from the Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk (Franco-German Youth Office).

Journalistic awards of the Friedrich-Deich-Stiftung (Friedrich Deich Foundation) and the Bayerische Akademie für Suchtfragen (Bavarian Academy of Dependency Matters).

• "Figures, statistics and the journalist: an affair between love and fear. Some perspectives of statistical consulting in journalism" (AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 2007, Vol. 91, p. 391-397)

• "Selling science in a soap selling style?" (Journal of Science Communication, Vol. 3, September 2006)

• "About these gene things - How to communicate on biomedical sciences" (talk at the Council of Europe: „Proceedings of the 5th European Conference of National Ethics Committees (COMETH), 42-47, Strasburg, September 2000)

• "Sustainable Journalism - About the difficulties of reporting on events that have not yet happened" (Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference of Science Journalists, Budapest, July 1999)
  

Talks (selection since 2005)

• European Forum on Science Journalism (Barcelona, December 2007): "Privileged? Brutalised? Beleaguered? Are science journalists needed anymore?"

• Atlantic Transfer Conference on Science Journalism (New York, October 2006): "Truth in Science and Journalism: Are they Identical?"
• Euroscience Open Forum (Munich, July 2006): "Distinguishing between story-telling and telling fairy tales - Some remarks on modern science journalism"
• Euroscience Open Forum (Munich, July 2006): "Between business and bribery: How independent is science journalism?" (panel discussion)
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly (Wien, April 2006): "Life or Lab? - The Art of Communicating Geosciences" (panel discussion)