Simone Jost-Westendorf heads the Journalism Lab at the Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesanstalt für Medien NRW) in Düsseldorf. She protects and promotes journalistic diversity in North Rhine-Westphalia and organizes innovation and talent development programs for media professionals in the region through the Journalism Lab. Simone Jost-Westendorf previously served as the editorial director at the German-French TV channel ARTE, worked as a freelance film producer, and led the online magazine politik-digital.de in Berlin.
