Michael Leitner

Michael Leitner currently serves as the Head of Data & AI and Audience Development Manager at KURIER Medienhaus since August 2019, focusing on audience research and analytics to enhance newsroom operations. Leitner also lectures on Data Driven Content Business at FH JOANNEUM Graz, teaching students about modern databases and data strategies for content automation. Prior experience includes a Redakteur role at futurezone.at, where responsibilities involved product and video game reviews, journalism fellowship at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism researching paywalls, and a brief internship at Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG. Academically, Leitner holds a Master of Arts in Content Strategy from FH Joanneum and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from FHWien der WKW, with additional education in Wirtschaftsingenieurswesen from HTL BULME Deutschlandsberg.