Summary
Bernd Oswald is an experienced journalist and project manager who blends deep newsroom roots with a focus on AI in media; since October 2023 he leads the AI for Media Network at Bayerischer Rundfunk’s AI + Automation Lab. With over a decade as a freelance media and tech journalist and earlier leadership roles at sueddeutsche.de, he combines editorial judgment, fact-checking expertise and practical training skills in digital journalism. He designs and runs seminars on AI for journalism and has managed digital projects from website relaunches to sector studies, bridging research, newsroom practice and product work. Based in Munich, he brings a pragmatic, research-informed approach to building cross-disciplinary networks of AI experts for journalism while retaining hands-on experience as an author and trainer.
11 years of coding experience
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Redakteur, Journalismus, Redakteur, Journalismus at Deutsche Journalistenschule
German, English, French, Spanish