Fellowships
Ms Alexandra Frech
Ms Alexandra Frech
Ms Alexandra Frech
- Foreign Affairs Editor, Austria Press Agency, Austria – Michaelmas 2008
- Fellowship Sponsor: Austrian Press Agency
Alexandra Frech holds a PhD in Spanish Literature from Vienna Universityas well as an MA in Journalism from Danube University Krems (Austria). She began her career as a freelance radio and television journalist at the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF in Linz. Since 2003 she has been working for the Austrian press agency APA where she is now employed as a full-time foreign affairs journalist and desk editor. In 2004 Ms Frech participated in the research project "Media Markets in Central and Eastern Europe" at Danube University Krems, in which she composed the article "News Agencies - The Hidden Nerve Centre of the Media," published in 2005.
Research Project
‘Mass Migration’, Crime and ‘Decent People’: The Portrayal of Polish Migrants in British Newspapers. Download here.
Internet Picks
Title: The Economist
Web: http://www.economist.com/
Summary: The homepage of the renowned British weekly focusing on international politics and business. A useful source for finding recent articles on developments in different parts of the world as well as country briefings.
Title: The CIA World Factbook
Web: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/Summary: Provides country profiles that are updated on a regular basis and include informatio about the political system, the economy and the military of the state in question.
Title: Google
Web: http://www.google.at/ or http://www.google.co.uk/ or http://www.google.es/Summary: My favourite tool for general internet searches