Portrait von Verena
Hanna Karstens

Verena von Ondarza

Fellowship

Mercator Senior Fellowship

Granting institution

Partner institution

Period of the Fellowship

February 2022 - February 2023

Project title

Stepping up media reporting of sustainable finance

Project description

In her fellowship, Verena von Ondarza explores how the topic of sustainable finance could be highlighted and established to a greater extent in media reporting. She plans to use a media analysis, qualitative interviews and workshops to examine current reporting on sustainable finance in Germany. Furthermore, practical approaches and formats are to be developed that aim to see the topic reflected to a greater extent in business, finance and consumer editorial decisions.

Short biography

Verena von Ondarza is an economist and journalist. For over ten years she has been writing, filming, reporting and speaking on the radio stations of NDR, on ARD television and for the tagesschau.de news website. She firmly believes that economy and ecology are not mutually exclusive but can, if considered jointly, be the future. Selected publications can be found at https://www.torial.com/verena-von.ondarza