Curriculum Vitae Claus Hecking Personal Profile • Dedicated journalist with a nose for exclusive news and a passion for op-eds and non-mainstream feature stories. • Eleven years experience as a staff writer and author for leading print and digital media such as Die Zeit, Spiegel Online and Financial Times Germany. Main topics: EU politics and policy, international finance and global economics. • Experience as a Brussels correspondent and as a Frankfurt correspondent who knows how to explain complex topics to a broad audience and who speaks several languages fluently. • Multimedia storyteller who writes stories, takes pictures, videos and audios. Experience Economics Correspondent , Die Zeit / Zeit.de, Hamburg (January 2015 to present) • Covering European and global economy, EU, finance, energy, environment, aviation. • Created “Countdown für das Klima” (“countdown for the climate”), a 13 week-long series of articles about the UN climate conference in Paris. Contracted Author , Spiegel Online, Hamburg & Freelancer, Die Zeit (2013 to 2014) • Covering European and global economy, EU, finance, energy, environment, creation of multimedia features (video, photo, audio, infographics, text) , • Created “Was wurde aus=?6 (3What happened to=?61, a series of articles about persons/events/places/topics that once made headline news and have disappeared from the public radar in the last years. • 2.14: 8omination for the German- rench ,ournalist Prize and one shortlist nomination for the German ,ournalist Prize. Blogger , Total Global, www.total-global.info (2.14 to present1 • Private blog about international economy, globalization and the EU. International Correspondent , 2apital, Berlin (2.12 to 2.141 • 2overing European : global economy, EU, energy, finance, aviation. • 2.14: State Street Prize for inancial ,ournalism for a sovereign wealth fund feature • 2.14: Two nominations for the German ,ournalist Prize EU and NATO Correspondent , inancial Times Germany, Brussels (2..9 to 2.121 • 2overing EU (euro crisis, foreign affairs, home affairs and migration, energy, environment, agriculture and fisheries, transport1, 8ATO, Benelux countries, sovereign wealth funds. • 2.12: 5arl Buchruc(er Prize for social journalism. Reporter , inancial Times Germany, Hamburg (2..6 to 2..91 • 2overing energy, international finance, European economy, sovereign wealth funds. • 2..9: 8omination for the German ,ournalist Prize. • 2..C: Regional ,ournalist Prize. Finance Correspondent , inancial Times Germany, ran(furt (2..0 to 2..61 • 2overing international finance, energy, commodities, currencies, bonds, sovereign wealth funds. • 2..6: State Street Prize for inancial ,ournalism for a commodities feature. Corporate Spokesperson , BMW, Munich (2..4 to 2..01 • Spo(esperson for motorsports ( ormula BMW, Touring 2ars, ormula 11. • Media trainer for Sebastian Eettel. Multimedia Trainee , Deutsche Welle, International public German TE/Online/Radio broadcaster, Brussels/Berlin/Bonn (2..3 to 2..41 • TE, Online and Radio journalism: features, news stories, op-eds. Freelance Writer , ran(furter Allgemeine Zeitung,Die Zeit, Sport-Bild (1990 to 2..01 Education Doctorate in Political Science University of Muenster, Germany and UniversitG Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (2..21 inal grade: magna cum laude / with great honor (among the top 0 I1 PhD thesis: 3BelgiumJs national conflict and the daily news media6 Master of Business Administration University of Muenster, Germany (October 199C1 inal Grade: 1.C (US Grade equivalent A-, among the top 3 I1 Language Skills German (native1, English, rench, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch (all fluent1, Arabic (beginner1 Miscellaneous Book: 3Das politische System Belgiens6 (3BelgiumJs political system61 Computer Skills: 2ontent Management Systems, Wordpress, MS-Office Activities: Inline S(ating, Tre((ing, Mountain 2limbing, Piano, Debating References Editor-in-Chief Spiegel Online: lorian Harms, Hamburg. Please watch his video reference at www.claushec(ing.com/referenzen / Deputy Editor-in-Chief Manager Magazin: Sven-Oliver 2lausen, Hamburg, Germany. Please watch his video reference at www.claushec(ing.com/referenzen/ .