Your specialist for dental communication
You are looking for a professional project partner who is equally specialised in dentistry and journalism? I have practical experience as a dentist in nearly all the subspecialties of oral medicine.
I have worked as an editor, independent journalist and PR professional for over 25 years – holding, for example, a position as a freelance contributor to the professional journal die zahnarzt woche / dzw since 2013, and contributing as an IDS reporter to the zahnärztliche mitteilungen /zm since 2005.
Some professional career details
- Degree in dentistry at the Universitiy of Berlin, medical licence as a dentist in 1990, thereafter employment in various dental practices and as an academic assistant at the dental clinic, ZMK-Klinik Giessen (Germany). Main focus on conservative dentistry, paediatric dentistry and periodontology.
- Doctorate in 2000. Member of the Bavarian Dental Association (Bayerischen Landeszahnärztekammer) and German Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (DGZMK).
- 1995-1998 freelance translator and author of specialist articles for publishers and dental companies.
- 1998-2000 editor and thereafter deputy editor in chief for dental spiegel (FranzMedien, München/Munich, Germany).
- Since 2000, freelance specialist journalist, ghostwriter and consultant for dental companies and media; main current focus on prevention, periodontology, endodontology, implantology, function and molecular biology diagnostics.
- Regular attendance at journalism and PR advanced training courses. The latest seminar, concerning Artificial Intelligence in professional journalism and writing – was in April 2024 (attendence).
Dr. med. dent. - and now?
What are the different paths into specialised journalism and PR in oral medicine? Dr. Jan Koch gave some answers in an interview in 2017 with "Die junge zahnmedizin" (Springer). Many contacts to other areas of medicine have become much stronger since the interview, with new prospects and income opportunities.
You would like to know more?
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