Anke Vehmeier is head of the local journalism program at the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb). After studying Medieval and Modern History, Political Science, and Journalism and Communication Studies in Göttingen, she did a traineeship at the Oberhessische Presse (OP) in Marburg. She then worked as an editor at the OP and at the General-Anzeiger in Bonn. In the meantime, she was head of the Bonn office of Medienfabrik/Bertelsmann and project manager of the local journalism initiative for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia "Initiative Lokaljournalismus in NRW" (INLOK).
She has been active for more than 20 years in journalistic education and training as a lecturer, seminar leader, trainer and coach.
She is an author and co-editor in professional literature. Her contributions include titles such as "Innovation in Local Journalism Needs Excellence. A Plea for Sustainable Staff Development," and "Resilient Journalism. How we make public discourse more resilient."
Anke Vehmeier is a member of the jury for the Cologne Research Prize.
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Mit Sylvia Binner, Anke Vehmeier and Wiebke Wetschera
Wie kann auf kommunaler Ebene ein gemeinsames Leben miteinander verhandelt werden? In der neuen Reihe der bpb, die beim bfuture Festival startet, blicken wir auf verschiedene lokalpolitische Themen, die die Menschen in Bonn - und anderen Städten in Deutschland - beschäftigen.