Silke Hassreiter

Lecturer (development of course content, giving lectures & tutorials to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students): - Media Production Courses (from Beginner to Advanced Level) • Storytelling Techniques (Documentary/TV Features/Short Film) • Cinematography & Video Editing (Theory and Practice) - Research Methodology (Media Studies) • Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods • Applied Research Methods - Graduation Supervisor - Coordinator of Student TV Station “mADE TV"

During my sabbatical I studied at UCT (MA Media Theory - dissertation only) for one year and worked as a research assistant for Dr. Jonathan Donner from Microsoft Research India. The research project aimed at exploring public Internet access and mobile phone Internet usage in the low income areas of Cape Town. My task was to collect data (observation, in-depth interviews).

During my sabbatical I studied at UCT (MA Media Theory - dissertation only) for one year and worked as a research assistant for Dr. Milagros Rivera from NUS. The research project aimed at exploring mobile phone usage of school leavers in the low income area Khayelitsha, Cape Town. I was in charge of collecting data (in-depth interviews, focus groups) and our peer researchers.

During my sabbatical I studied at UCT (MA Media Theory - dissertation only) for one year and worked as a tutor for my Professor Dr. Marion Walton.

• Preproduction, production, post production of kids news items • Instructor of workshops for new employees and interns: Cinematography and Video Editing

Production of a 30 min educational documentary about water supply in Bavaria, Germany

• Documentaries about Brazilian and Dutch youngsters working together on a music project in the low income areas of Fortaleza, Brazil • Several features about development projects in Brazil

Working together with youth in low-income areas in Fortaleza, Brazil and producing Digital Stories about issues of their concern. Teaching them how to use video cameras for Participatory Media Production.

• Preproduction, production & post production of various fashion and lifestyle shows, including two of Germany´s most successful Reality Shows for ProSieben (one of the three biggest commercial TV stations in Germany) • Preproduction, production & post production of trailers for pitching new TV programmes • Development of new TV programmes • Participation MIP COM 2004, International AudioVisual Content Market

From June 2001 to November 2003 I worked as a freelance Content Editor, Cinematographer and Video Editor living in Munich and working for national and international TV productions, such as: o “Lottoshow” - Family Game Show

From June 2001 to November 2003 I worked as a freelance Content Editor, Cinematographer and Video Editor living in Munich and working for national and international TV productions, such as: Disney Channel & ProSieben (commercial TV broadcasters) o “Beni Querbeet”– mini documentaries for teenagers

From June 2001 to November 2003 I worked as a freelance Content Editor, Cinematographer and Video Editor living in Munich and working for national and international TV productions, such as: TV features for travel programme 'Naturtrend'

RTL II o “Crazy” Game Show (Live)

• International, national & regional news preproduction, production, postproduction & working with press agency footage

'Digital Storytelling' unplugged: Public video voices and impression management in a participatory mobile media project for youth in Khayelitsha, South Africa. For one year I went on sabbatical to Cape Town, SA. For my research I received scholarships from Nokia Kenya & Microsoft Research India.

Due to a job offer as a lecturer for media production at NHTV, University of Applied Science in Breda, The Netherlands, I moved from Vienna to Breda and therefore had to stop my studies.