Steffen Kühne
Tech Lead (AI Automation Lab, BR Data)
Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolSteffen Kühne is a Tech Lead with 12 years of experience building AI-driven newsroom tools and interactive data journalism products for Bayerischer Rundfunk. He combines hands-on software development in web, cloud and automation with strategic evaluation and implementation of emergent AI formats, enabling automated content generation and newsroom workflows. Previously an interactive news developer and data journalist at Süddeutsche Zeitung, he has deep expertise in data analysis, visualization and storytelling that informs technical decisions. He also teaches workshops on data journalism and digital publishing, translating complex techniques into practical skills for journalists. Based in Bavaria, he blends newsroom instincts with engineering rigor to deliver production-ready systems that make data-driven stories more discoverable and scalable.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichBachelor of Arts (BA), Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Journalism at Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
English, Portuguese, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (86)
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static-site-generator10
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angularjs10
fastest10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
stekhn/leaflet-workshop
Oct 2017 - Sep 2020
🗺 Kartenvisualisierung mit Leaflet lernen
Contributions:37 commits, 4 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 11 months
leafletmitmaplernen
br-data/2017-merkel-nach-zahlen-longread
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:94 commits, 3 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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