LUKAS LOTTERSBERGER

journalism & media creation

LUKAS LOTTERSBERGER

Hi, I’m Lukas Lottersberger.

I am a passionate journalist with a lens for informative, fascinating, extraordinary and underrepresented stories.

I am currently based in Berlin and working freelance as a Desk Editor for DW, for its German and English TV News programmes.

My journalistic career started in 2014 with an intensive one-year traineeship – the ORF Akademie – at the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF).

After that, I was a reporter, co-presenter, editor and social media editor for more than six years at Radio FM4, a bilingual public radio station. On the FM4 website and in the FM4 archive you can find my online stories and features from that time.

In 2020, I ventured into television territory and worked for the ORF regional studio Tyrol as well as for Magazin 1 and Hallo Österreich, two magazine programmes on ORF 1.

In 2021, I had the opportunity to start a Master’s in TV journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London.

This practical and full-on course has deepened my knowledge and skills, challenged me intellectually and allowed me to exchange and implement ideas with many talented people. I graduated with distinction in 2022.

I was able to shoot a short documentary (“solo doc” = self-directed and self-produced) in Lagos/Nigeria about the use of cryptocurrencies, and in our group documentary we collected different views on veganism in the UK and the possible impact of the Animal Sentience Act, which classifies animals as sentient beings.

Here you can find a showreel of work from the Master’s programme.

If you have an interesting story idea, questions or tips for me, drop me a line!

Education

2021–2022

Master’s programme in TV Journalism
at Goldsmiths, University of London

2011–2014

Bachelor’s programme in Media Technology (focus on Interactive Media)
at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences

2014

ORF Akademie

One-year traineeship in six different ORF editorial offices:

  • Radio FM4
    Bilingual radio station with alternative music
  • Zeit im Bild
    Austria’s most important TV news show
  • science.ORF.at
    Science portal of ORF
  • Hitradio Ö3
    Major radio station in Austria
  • ORF regional studio Burgenland
    Local ORF branch in the state of Burgenland
  • Heute Konkret
    A TV show focusing on consumer protection

Awards and scholarships

2022

Broadcasting Journalism Training Council – BJTC Awards 2022
Finalist for Best Social Short Video

2018

Eurotours
Research trip to Malta, financed by the Federal Press Service and Austrian Media Academy
Broadcast on Radio FM4 and published on fm4.ORF.at

2016

30 under 30
awarded by the magazine Österreichs Journalist:in (The Austrian Journalist)

2010

Jugend Innovativ (“Innovative Youth”)
3rd place in the Business category

Interests

  • Music from all over the world, records
  • Politics, history and current world affairs
  • Art and design
  • Environmental protection
  • Languages
  • Vintage watches
  • Vintage bikes
  • Cooking
  • Hunting mushrooms