Jan Georg Plavec (b. 1984) is an editor at Stuttgarter Zeitung (Stuttgart Times) and Stuttgarter Nachrichten (Stuttgart News) focusing on data journalism. Emphasis is hereby given to editorial innovation. In 2018, the Fine Particle Radar project he led was awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize and a European Newspaper Award. Plavec completed a traineeship at Stuttgarter Zeitung in 2011-12 and went on to become an editor. He studied communication, political science and finance at the University of Hohenheim. He is a co-inventor of JoT-CoN 2019.

Dr. Jan Georg Plavec
Editor at Stuttgarter Zeitung / Stuttgarter Nachrichten
11:00-12:00
// Guido Burger, Maker - fab-lab.eu
// Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Chair:
Dr. Jan Georg Plavec, Stuttgarter Zeitung / Stuttgarter Nachrichten
18:30-19:30
// Dr. Jan Georg Plavec, Stuttgarter Zeitung / Stuttgarter Nachrichten
// Dr. Jakob Vicari, tactile.news
// Hendrik Lehmann, Der Tagesspiegel
// Isabelle Buckow, Freelance Reporter
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