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Gabriele Hooffacker
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Gabriele Hooffacker

German journalist1

Gabriele Hooffacker (born February 10, 1959) is a German journalist, journalism instructor and professor at Leipzig University of Applied Science. Her work and research focus on online media, interactive and participatory formats in journalism, and digital teaching and learning media.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Gabriele Hooffacker (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Feb 10, 1959.1

About

From 2017 to 2025, she organized the annual Long Night of Video Games at HTWK Leipzig. As of May 1, 2026, Gabriele Hooffacker assumed the role of scientific director of the European Institute for Journalism and Communication Research e. V. at the Sparkasse Leipzig Media Foundation.

She is the editor of the journalism series Journalistische Praxis. Together with Horst Pöttker and others, she has been editing the online journal Journalism Research / Journalistik – Zeitschrift für Journalismusforschung since 2018.

From Wikipedia’s article on Gabriele Hooffacker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Career

Occupation: journalist, university teacher.4

  • Date not recordedUniversity teacher, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences3

Personal life

  • BornFeb 10, 1959, Munich5
  • CitizenshipGermany6

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