Georgia Tornow
Georgia Tornow (born April 23, 1948 in Vlotho ) is a German journalist .
After studying political science (1971), she completed an internship at ZDF and worked as a freelance journalist for print, radio and television. She was coordinator (member of the editor-in-chief) of the taz , deputy editor-in-chief of the Berliner Zeitung , editor-in-chief of Econy , columnist for the women's magazine Vivian , television presenter for the broadcaster Freie Berlin and the news broadcaster n-tv . As a scientist, she worked for several years at the Otto Suhr Institute with new technologies, changes in social structures and regional development. She learned systems analysis at Olivetti , and in 1985/86 she worked as a free-lancer for the Institute for Systems Engineering and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe and the Institute for Ecological Economic Research in Berlin .
From 1994 to 1999 Georgia Tornow was an active member of the Advisory Board of the Berlin International Film Festival , and until March 2001 she was deputy chairwoman of the Berlin press conference. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Potsdam . In 1995 she married the television journalist and presenter Ulrich Meyer .
From 2001 to 2008 Tornow was the general secretary of film20 , a lobby organization for film producers.
She heads the non-profit " Boulevard der Stars GmbH".
In 1998 the English rose breeder David Austin dedicated the rose variety ' Teasing Georgia ' to her.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Secret Meyer wedding celebration in the Berliner Zeitung on March 9, 1996
- ^ The name of the rose in Berliner Zeitung from September 26, 1998
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tornow, Georgia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vlotho |