Profile

From her office, Esther Schwarz-Weig keeps in touch with the international research scientists she works with. For some of them she writes, and realizes projects since many years. She still works for her first customer in 1999 and still likes it very much (see: References).

What To Expect?

• Easily understandable information due to journalistic expertise
• Clear and esthetic websites and print-products
• Analytical, strategic and structural thinking
• Management and of complex projects like books or newsletters with about 100 contributors including delivery on time
• Perseverance, so I don’t let myself get discouraged by obstacles when working on a project

Continuing Education

• Writing brain friendly (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich) 
• Social Media Update (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Grafic Design with Canva (Bavarian Association of Journalists BJV)
• Teaching with digital media: How to fascinate the audience (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Digital detectives: Verification of online sources (Bavarian Association of Journalists BJV)
• Social Media Manager (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Speech, breathe, rhetoric (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Science communication in practice - "Leitlinien-Coaching" (Wissenschaft im Dialog, Bielefeld)
• How to effectively use and write in Twitter (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Advanced training: Public Relations Strategies (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Kulmbach)
• Public Relations Strategies (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• (Self-)Marketing using Blogs, Twitter and other Social Media (Bavarian Association of Journalists, BJV, & Ulrike Langer Medialdigital)
• PR 2.0 - Public Relations in WWW (Social Media) (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Website Check (Bavarian Association of Journalists, BJV, Munich)
• Editorial Search Engine Optimization (SEO) (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Creative Writing - Public Relations (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Writing for Websites (Berlin Journalists‘ School, BJS, Berlin)
• From Journalist to Book Editor (Academy of the Bavarian Press, ABP, Munich)
• Public Relations (Effekt - Qualification Program of FounderRegio M, Bayreuth)
• Web Marketing and Active Content Management (Hochsprung, Excellence for Start-Ups by University Graduates, Bayreuth)
• Coaching and Teaching Adults: Basic Qualification of Bavarian Adult Education Programs
  (G1: VHS Bamberg und G2: VHS Bayreuth)

Experience and Stations in my Career

• Since 2018 trainer for science communication and outreach at www.Spicy-Science.de
• Freelance science editor and author for the biosciences and life sciences since 2000 (see: References)
• Established my editorial office: WissensWorte.de and Sci-Stories.com (this site)
  
• Maternity leave and work as a freelance science editor
• Professional experience: science communication  (WIKOM) and medical editing at the Springer publisher, Heidelberg (now: Springer Nature). The WIKOM department was then called "Corporate Publishing" and the publishing company formerly "Springer Science+Business Media"
• Editor for special interest print and online journals:
  one year lasting journalism training as “Editor for special interest journals”
  at Klett WBS, Munich. The institute is now called: WBS Training
• Doctorate in natural sciences, magna cum laude
  Interdisciplinary thesis on ethology and evolution, psychoneuroendocrinology, physiology and sociobiology
  at the University of Bayreuth
• USA: Approx. two years in San Diego, California, visiting UCSD, English language classes
• Three-year scholarship for doctoral work and a stay in the USA
  Ev. Studienwerk für Begabtenförderung, Villigst
  (Thank you very much!)
• Post-graduate degree in biology (Diplom-Biologe)
  with a focus on zoology, microbiology and biochemistry
  at the University of Bayreuth

Memberships and Networks

• Professional association: German Federation of Journalists (Deutscher Journalisten-Verband, DJV), state branch: Bavaria (BJV)
• Scientific organization: Ethological Society (Ethologische Gesellschaft e. V.)
• Business and Social Network: XING
• Local Network of editors: "Blauer Salon"
• Local Network: Friends and Sponsors of the Neubuerg Region (Förderverein Region Neubürg e.V.)
  

Esther enjoys to look out one of the four windows in her office whenever she feels a need for inspiration: There, she can watch Eurasian Jays (Garrulus glandarius) landing on the neighboring villa or Andalusian horses frolicking and galloping across the paddock. She shares her love of country life with her husband and two sons. She regenerates while developing her garden with differnt plants and enjoys walking with the familiy dog in the Fränkische Schweiz that sourrounds the village.