Miriam Meckel

German journalist and professor

Miriam Meckel

Miriam Meckel (2017)

Born|  (1967-07-18) 18 July 1967 (age 58)

Hilden, West Germany

Education|

* University of Münster (Ph.D., 1995)

Occupation(s)| Journalist and Professor for Corporate Communication and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland
Spouse|

Anne Will

(m. 2016; sep. 2019)​

Website| www.miriammeckel.com

Miriam Meckel (born 18 July 1967) is a German journalist and professor for Corporate Communication, editor and publisher of the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche[1] and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

In 2020, Meckel co-founded ada Learning GmbH together with Léa Steinacker, Verena Pausder and the Handelsblatt Media Group, [2] with Meckel assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer and later Executive Chairwoman.

In November 2014, Meckel was appointed editor-in-chief of Germany's leading business weekly Wirtschaftswoche, as the first woman to hold that position.[3] In April 2017, she became the publisher of the magazine.[4]

From 2001 to 2005, Meckel served as the State Secretary at the department of the Premier of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and government spokeswoman, and later the State Secretary for Europe, International Affairs and Media. From 1999 to 2001, she was a professor of communication sciences at the University of Münster in Germany. Her publications include texts on media economics, communication, and cyberpolitics; in 2010, she wrote about her experience with burn-out syndrome. Her book became the basis for an award-winning television movie in 2016.[5]

As a member of the international jury for the Development Gateway Foundation of the World Bank, Meckel was instrumental in designing the Development Gateway Award (Petersberg Prize).

## Honors and awards

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* 2001: Cicero Speaker Award in the Science category
* 2020: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia [6]
* 2021: Ernst Schneider Prize (a German Business Journalism Award) [7]
* 2025: Rudolf Diesel Medal (Europe's oldest innovation award) in the category “Best Media Communication” [8]

## Publications (extract)

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* 1994: Fernsehen ohne Grenzen? Europas Fernsehen zwischen Integration und Segmentierung
* 1996: Internationale Kommunikation - eine Einführung
* 1998: Fernsehnachrichten. Strukturen, Funktionen, Prozesse
* 1999: Redaktionsmanagement. Ansätze aus Theorie und Praxis
* 1999: with Klaus Kamps, Patrick Rössler and Werner Gephart: Medien-Mythos? Die Inszenierung von Prominenz und Schicksal am Beispiel von Diana Spencer
* 2000: with Marianne Ravenstein: Cyberworlds. Computerwelten der Zukunft
* 2001: Die globale @genda. Kommunikation und Globalisierung
* 2005: Cyberpolitics and Cyberpolity, Zur Virtualisierung politischer Kommunikation
* 2007: Das Glück der Unerreichbarkeit, Wege aus der Kommunikationsfalle
* 2010: Brief an mein Leben: Erfahrungen mit einem Burnout
* 2011: 'NEXT - Erinnerungen an eine Zukunft ohne uns'

## Personal

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Meckel lives in Germany and Switzerland. She was married to Anne Will, a German television journalist from 2016 to 2019.[9][10]

## References

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1. ^ "Impressum". Wirtschaftswoche. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
2. ^ "ada Learning GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany". www.northdata.com/. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
3. ^ "Miriam Meckel becomes Chief Editor of Wirtschaftswoche". EFE. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
4. ^ "Miriam Meckel wird Herausgeberin der WirtschaftsWoche, Beat Balzli wird Chefredakteur". Wirtschafts Woche. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
5. ^ ""Brief an mein Leben": Marie Bäumer in einem Drama über Burn-out". Goldene Kamera. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
6. ^ "Ministerpräsident Armin Laschet verleiht den Landesverdienstorden an zehn Bürgerinnen und Bürger | Land.NRW". www.land.nrw. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
7. ^ "Preisträgerin Sonderpreis 2021". Ernst Schneider Preis (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2025.
8. ^ "Die Rudolf-Diesel-Medaillen 2025 gehen an Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel, Fabian Wildfang und Hans Beckhoff. – Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille" (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2025.
9. ^ Warn, Sarah (19 November 2007). "Germany's Top TV Journalist Anne Will Comes Out". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
10. ^ "Prominentes Paar hat sich getrennt". tagesspiegel.de (in German). Tagesspiegel. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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*[m.]: married
*[sep.]: separated