Martin Fleischhacker

Martin Fleischhacker has been Managing Director of the Wiener Zeitung media group since 2018. He is convinced that new approaches and perspectives are needed for the future of journalism in Austria.
He transformed the world's oldest daily newspaper into a contemporary, digital compass medium that produces constructive journalism for young people. Martin established the Media Hub Austria, which includes the Media Innovation Lab, the 360° Journalist:innen Traineeships and the Center for Media Knowledge. He also developed new business areas such as his own content agency and EVI as the digital successor to the Amtsblatt. Martin also set up the digital platforms for publications, company and citizen information auftrag.at, auszug.at and wirtschaft.at.
Martin's work stands for a new era of the Wiener Zeitung media group and for Austria as a modern media location.