Peter Lokk
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Peter Lokk (born July 24, 1957 in Nuremberg ) is a German media educator and journalist. He heads the Journalist Academy Dr. Hooffacker .
Life
Career
During his studies of German and history he was on the state board of the Junge Presse Bavaria . Lokk founded the Nürnberger Stadtzeitung in 1977 and Kommunikation und Neue Medien e. V., the sponsoring association of the CL network . He has been involved in grassroots journalism for more than 25 years : alternative press, free radios, online citizen networking.
Publications
To date, Peter Lokk has published nine non-fiction books as a co-author as well as essays and contributions to books. As early as the early 1990s, he warned against right-wing extremist activities on the Internet . In 1997, together with Gabriele Hooffacker, this resulted in the online guide on politics and society , which on the one hand showed the possibilities of political participation and on the other hand the dangers of political agitation online. His other publications include Wir macht Zeitung , published in 1989 by Steidl-Verlag, Göttingen, expeditions to the Internet , the Internet travel guide , health, medicines, materials and computers: writing, designing, organizing and communicating with the PC for the foundation cooperation . In 2011, "Pressework Praxis " appeared in the journalistic practice series .
Teaching
In 1997, Peter Lokk designed one of the first communal Internet cafés in Germany for the city of Nuremberg's educational center . Since 1999 Peter Lokk has been the managing director of the Munich Journalist Academy , where he teaches journalism and press work. Peter Lokk had and still has numerous teaching positions, including at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg , the Leipzig University of Technology, Economics and Culture and the Leipzig School of Media .
Awards
Together with Gabriele Hooffacker , Peter Lokk received the first prize from the Society for Media Education (GMK) in 1997. He is a member of the juries of the Alternative Media Prize , which he initiated, and of the German Human Rights Film Prize .
Web links
- Biography of Peter Lokk
- Literature by and about Peter Lokk in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lokk, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German media educator and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |