Miriam Meckel

{{Short description|German journalist and professor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Miriam Meckel

| image = 2017-05-09 Miriam Meckel (re-publica 17) by Sandro Halank–10.jpg

| caption = Miriam Meckel (2017)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hilden, West Germany
(now Germany)

| education = {{unbulleted list|University of Münster (Ph.D., 1995)}}

| occupation = Journalist and Professor for Corporate Communication and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland

| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Will|2016|2019|end=sep.}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.miriammeckel.com/}}

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Miriam Meckel (born 18 July 1967) is a German journalist and professor for Corporate Communication, editor and publisher of the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche{{cite web|url=http://www.wiwo.de/impressum/|title=Impressum|website=Wirtschaftswoche|access-date=18 October 2017}} and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

In 2020, Meckel co-founded ada Learning GmbH together with Léa Steinacker, Verena Pausder and the Handelsblatt Media Group, {{Cite web|url=https://www.northdata.com/ada+Learning+GmbH,+D%C3%BCsseldorf/HRB+90708|title=ada Learning GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany|website=www.northdata.com/|access-date=2023-08-13}} with Meckel assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer.

In November 2014, Meckel was appointed editor-in-chief of Germany's leading business weekly Wirtschaftswoche, as the first woman to hold that position.{{cite news|title=Miriam Meckel becomes Chief Editor of Wirtschaftswoche|url=https://efeurope.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/miriam-meckel-becomes-chief-editor-of-wirtschaftswoche/|accessdate=14 December 2014|work=EFE|date=10 November 2014}} In April 2017, she became the publisher of the magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleister/in-eigener-sache-miriam-meckel-wird-herausgeberin-der-wirtschaftswoche-beat-balzli-wird-chefredakteur/15000038.html|title=Miriam Meckel wird Herausgeberin der WirtschaftsWoche, Beat Balzli wird Chefredakteur|date=19 December 2016|publisher=Wirtschafts Woche|accessdate=17 October 2017}}

From 2001 to 2005, Meckel served as the State Secretary at the department of the Premier of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and government spokeswoman, and later the State Secretary for Europe, International Affairs and Media. From 1999 to 2001, she was a professor of communication sciences at the University of Münster in Germany. Her publications include texts on media economics, communication, and cyberpolitics; in 2010, she wrote about her experience with burn-out syndrome. Her book became the basis for an award-winning television movie in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenekamera.de/Best_of_Entertainment/article207467565/Brief-an-mein-Leben-Marie-Baeumer-in-einem-Drama-ueber-Burn-out.html|title="Brief an mein Leben": Marie Bäumer in einem Drama über Burn-out|date=25 April 2016|publisher=Goldene Kamera|accessdate=17 October 2017}}

As a member of the international jury for the Development Gateway Foundation of the World Bank, Meckel was instrumental in designing the Development Gateway Award (Petersberg Prize).

In November 2001, Meckel received the Cicero Award for best speech in the academia category.