Impact Days 2024

5–7 Jun 2024 | Vienna, Austria

Martin Kotynek

Founding Director

Media Forward Fund

Vienna, Austria

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About me

Martin is a journalist and digital media executive with a passion for user-centered news innovation. He has been running DER STANDARD's newsroom as editor-in-chief and member of the executive board for six years since 2017. Before, Martin was deputy editor-in-chief at ZEIT ONLINE in Berlin, an investigative editor at DIE ZEIT, and a politics editor and topic of the day editor at "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" in Munich. Martin is an alumnus of the JSK Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

Martin serves as the vice chairman of the online publishers network "OP Next" in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He is a judge for the Online News Association’s (ONA) Online Journalism Awards and for the Society for News Design's (SND) Best in Digital Competition. He also holds a diploma in Biology (Neuroscience) from the University of Munich. Martin is from Vienna, Austria.

My organisation

Media Forward Fund

Speaker sessions (2)

Wednesday, 5 June 2024

16:00 - 18:00

Invest in journalism now! - Reception

Format:In-personLocation:Hofburg - TrabantenstubeTrack:Invitation Only
  • Democracy

Thursday, 6 June 2024

11:45 - 12:45

Invest in Journalism NOW!

Format:In-personLocation:Hofburg - KünstlerzimmerTrack:Breakout Session
  • Democracy

How we can empower and reap the rewards of a rapidly growing new wave of quality journalism startups with private capital. Explore why impact investment and journalism start-ups are a perfect match to secure a future for quality journalism.