Achim Killer
Achim Killer (* 1957 in Pforzheim ) is a German journalist.
Career
Killer studied political science, philosophy and economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Since then he has been working as a freelance journalist mainly for ARD . Between 1996 and 2000 he was head of the technology department at Computer Zeitung , Leinfelden-Echterdingen . He gained notoriety in the IT industry primarily through his glossy column for the internet publication silicon.de, which appeared between 2000 and 2015. Since 2000 he has been producing weekly online news for B5aktuell , the first regular ARD radio program with a focus on IT security. It is also published by BR24 under the heading “Killer's Security”. In 2017, Achim Killer was awarded the VDE Media Prize for the "generally understandable communication of computer technology and the Internet".
Radio productions for ARD (selection)
- From arithmetic servant to artificial intelligence - The computer turns 50, print version in "Heard read - The best broadcasts of Bayerischer Rundfunk", Munich, July 1991.
- Germany's largest health food store: Die Post, print version in "Heard Read - Selected Programs of Bavarian Radio", Munich, September 1993
- Fighting Internet Crime: Zombies in Cyberspace Deutschlandradio Kultur, 2015
- Series: Digital epidemic trains - the most famous computer viruses in history , Deutschlandfunk, research current, computers and communication, 2010
- Series: The 7 Deadly Sins of I-Sicherheit, Deutschlandfunk, Current Research, Computer and Communication, 2013 and 2017
WebLinks
- Books by Achim Killer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Satirical weekly reviews on silicon.de
- Homepage of Achim Killer
- Interview with Achim Killer for Association for Computing Machinery
Individual evidence
- ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Online News. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ^ Killer's Security. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Munich VDE Evening 2017. Accessed on October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Search. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Killer, Achim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pforzheim |