Hi there!
My name is Johannes Eber; I am an economist and journalist living in Berlin, Germany.
I’m on LinkedIn and Bluesky and run the blogs How To Save Democracy and by accident.
Feel free to contact me.
See you,
Johannes Eber
CV
Born
- 8 January 1971, in Tauberbischofsheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Germany
Professional Background
- Editor, Economic Sciences, Wirtschaftsdienst, since 2024
- Author of How To Save Democracy, since 2023 and The Strolling Economist, since 2025
- Head of Content and Senior Economist (part-time), Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (New Social Free Market Initiative), think tank, Berlin, 2019-2023
- Head of Digital, Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft, think tank, Berlin, 2011-2019
- Co-founder of Solokarpfen, a content platform for journalists, later a Berlin-based communication agency specialised in content creation and building online reach, 2010-2018
- Amateur Photographer, johanneseber.de, since 2015
- Co-founder of justapps.de, review blog, 2010-2012
- Managing Editor, then macnews.de, now giga.de, latest perspectives and rumours on Apple products, 2010
- Project Manager for political campaigning at studiVZ, a social media platform, covering the German federal election, 2009
- Blogger, Pixelökonom, since 2008
- Managing Editor, zoomer.de, a German news portal for teenagers and young adults, 2007-2009
- Managing Editor, BusinessNews, a free daily newspaper with a focus on business, 2007
- Business Editor, Südkurier, daily newspaper, 2001-2007 / selection of texts (German)
Awards
- Ludwig-Erhard-Förderpreis für Wirtschaftspublizistik, 2005
- Friedrich-Vogel-Preis für Wirtschaftsjournalismus, 2004
- Ernst-Schneider-Förderpreis, 2003
Education
- Freelancer, Handelsblatt, correspondent office, New York, 2004
- Guest Student, See-TV (now regioTV), regional television station, Überlingen, 2001
- Scholarship, Johanna-Quandt-Wirtschaftsstipendium, purpose of this scholarship: to deepen the business knowledge of young journalists, Mainz, 2000
- Journalist Education, Südkurier, daily newspaper, Konstanz, 1999-2001
- Freelancer, Fränkische Nachrichten, Main-Post, Main-Tauber-Zeitung, daily newspapers, 1993-1999
- Master’s degree in Economics, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 1999
- Internship at the deputy office of Wolfgang Reinhart, member of the state parliament, in Stuttgart, 1993
- Baccalaureate, Wirtschaftsgymnasium Tauberbischofsheim, 1991
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