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AuthorsJan LublinskiJan Lublinski is project manager at DW Akademie and in charge of evaluation andresearch at this media development institution. As a media expert he has trainedand consulted in numerous media outlets in Africa and the Arab world, and he is anexpert in monitoring and evaluation frameworks in media development projects.Jan Lublinski started his career as a journalist with the daily newspaper FrankfurterRundschau and worked 20 years as a freelance reporter for various print media, includingthe magazine GEO, as well as for German Public Radio and Television (ARD).He has won several journalism awards for his work, among them the HoltzbrinckPrize for Science Journalism (2011) and the German Development Media Award(2010). For his PhD in journalism studies, he conducted newsroom research in aproject at the TU Dortmund University.Jan Lublinski,Project Manager,DW Akademiejan.lublinski@dw.deLaura SchneiderLaura Schneider works as project manager for DW Akademie. Her area of expertiseis media freedom measurement, particularly international press freedom indices.Her PhD thesis provides ideas for a new instrument for assessing media freedomglobally. Ms. Schneider has been a consultant for UNESCO, an analyst for FreedomHouse, and project coordinator at the International Media Center in Hamburg. Shehas worked as a journalist for several German media outlets such as Spiegel Onlineand the German press agency dpa, and was a radio and newspaper reporter in Mexico.Laura Schneider completed her BA and MA degrees in journalism, media andcommunication science, and Latin American studies at the universities of Hamburg,Guadalajara (Mexico), and Sydney.Laura Schneider,Project Manager,DW Akademielaura.schneider@dw.deAchim ToennesAchim Toennes has worked as a freelance consultant, coach and trainer for organizationaland human resource development, for clients from both the profit and thenon-profit sectors. He has worked as a consultant and trainer at DW Akademie forseveral years now, with particular focus on Latin America. Mr. Toennes studied politicalscience, Latin American studies and journalism at the University of Hamburg. Afterwards,he worked as a consultant in the field of media project promotion and consultancyin Latin America and Africa. Today, the focus of his work lies on the supportof change processes as well as the development and coaching of senior executives.For the furtherance of these projects he went on to gain an MA in Human Resources,advanced training in organizational development, coaching and consulting as well aslicensing in assessment tools MBTI I&II, 16PF, FIRO B.Achim Toennes,Consultant/Trainer,DW Akademieinfo@toennes-consult.bizMerjam WakiliMerjam Wakili works as a project manager and trainer for DW Akademie’s MediaTraining department. In her PhD thesis she examined the transformation process ofthe Afghan state-broadcaster RTA in the context of democratization. Her thesis providesan insight into the perspective of three groups of actors – RTA, media developmentactors, and civil society actors. Wakili studied journalism and philosophy at theTU Dortmund University. She has worked as a freelance journalist for several Germannewspapers and Deutsche Welle Radio and Television.Merjam Wakili,Project Manager/Trainer,DW Akademiemerjam.wakili@dw.deEdition DW Akademie In the Service of the Public 295