Dr. Marcus Kreutler

• researcher and international exchange coordinator at the Institute of Journalism 
• reseacher at the Erich Brost Institute (coordination of two EJO studies on international media coverage of the Ukraine conflict and migration)
• Lecturing and cooperation visits to Brasil (São Paulo, Brasília, Florianópolis), Greece (Rhodes) and Turkey (Erasmus lecturer at Bilgi University, Istanbul)
• Journalism and communication trainer (workshops on migration coverage in Ghana and The Gambia, online communication workshops for public servants in Mozambique)
• freelance journalist (mostly online)

• 2002 - 2010 Journalism, political, and Portuguese Studies at TU Dortmund University, Charles University in Prague, and Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Dipl.-Journ.)
• 2004 - 2005 Full-time editorial training at regional newspaper Main Post, Würzburg

Kreutler, M. (2025). Entfernte Nachbarn / distant neighbours / vizinhos distantes. Transnationale Öffentlichkeit in afrikanisch-europäischer Nachrichtenberichterstattung. Springer VS. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-47945-9

Eberwein, T., Kreutler, M., & Fengler, S. (2025). Research with(out) values: Institutionalization and impact of Media Accountability as an academic field. Central European Journal of Communication, 18(1), 9-28. https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.18.1(39).675

Kreutler, M., Eberwein, T., Fengler, S., Głowacki, M., Mikucki, J., Rožukalne, A., & Velinova, N. (2024). Media accountability and its contribution to deliberative communication. Recent trends and current practices. In Z. Peruško, E. Lauk, & H. Harro-Loit (Eds.), European media systems for deliberative communication. Risks and opportunities (pp. 45-63). Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003476597-4

Kreutler, M., & Fengler, S. (2023). Media Accountability: Global Trends and European Monitoring Capabilities. Media and Communication, 12. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.7256

Kreutler, M., Fengler, S., Asadi, N., Bodrunova, S. S., Budivska, H., Diop, L., Ertz, G., Gigola, D., Katus, E., Kovacs, D., Kus, M., Láb, F., Litvinenko, A., Mack, J., Maier, S., Martinho, A. P., Matei, A., Miller, K. C., Oppermann, L., . . . Zguri, R. (2022). Migration Coverage in Europe, Russia and the United States. A comparative Analysis of Coverage in 17 countries (2015-2018). Central European Journal of Communication, 15(2), 202-226. https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.15.2(31).2

Kreutler, M., & Fengler, S. (2022). Germany. Risks and opportunities related to media and journalism studies (2000–2020). Case study on the national research and monitoring capabilities. In Mediadelcom (ed.), Approaching deliberative communication: Studies on monitoring capability and on critical junctures of media development in 14 EU countries, CS1 (pp. 161-189). https://doi.org/10062/89285

Kreutler, M., & Fengler, S. (2022). Germany. Critical junctures in the media transformation process. In Mediadelcom (ed.), Approaching deliberative communication: Studies on monitoring capability and on critical junctures of media development in 14 EU countries, CS2 (pp. 202-244). https://doi.org/10062/89302

Rodríguez-Pérez, C., Jivkova-Semova, D., Vara, E. P., Asadi, N., & Kreutler, M. (2022). Unravelling migration media coverage: How migrants and immigration were portrayed in Spain during the refugee crisis (2015-2018). Historia y Comunicación Social, 27(1), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.5209/hics.77537

Fengler, S., Speck, D., Kreutler, M., Lengauer, M., & Zappe, A.-C. (2022). Covering Migration. In T. Bettels-Schwabbauer, N. Leihs, G. Maksa, D. Speck, & A. Torbó (eds.), New Skills for Journalists. Comparative Perspectives from Europe (pp. 141-155). Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület. https://eda.eme.ro/handle/10598/33083

Kreutler, M., Maier, S. R., Diop, L., Miller, K., & Ravisankar, R. (2021). How media in the US cover migrants and refugees. In S. Fengler & M. Lengauer (eds.), Reporting on Media, Migration and Forced Displacement: Global Perspectives (pp. 24-26). TU Dortmund University. https://doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-22404

Fengler, S., & Kreutler, M. (2020). Migration coverage in Europe's media. A comparative analysis of coverage in 17 countries. Otto-Brenner-Stiftung working paper 39. https://www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_data/stiftung/02_Wissenschaftsportal/03_Publikationen/AP39_Migration_EN.pdf

Fengler, S., Kreutler, M., Alku, M., Barlovac, B., Bastian, M., Bodrunova, S. S., Brinkmann, J., Dingerkus, F., Hájek, R., Knopper, S., Kus, M., Láb, F., Lees, C., Litvinenko, A., Medeiros, D., Orlova, D., Ozolina, L., Paluch, A., Radu, R. N., . . . Zguri, R. (2018). The Ukraine conflict and the European media: A comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries. Journalism, 21(3), 399-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918774311

Kreutler, M., & Fengler, S. (2014). Das Afrikabild aus journalistischer Perspektive - Ergebnisse einer Inhaltsanalyse deutscher Zeitungen im Frühjahr 2013 [The image of Africa from a journalistic perspective. Results of a content analysis of German newspapers in spring 2013]. In V. Tatah (ed.), Afrika 3.0. Mediale Abbilder und Zerrbilder eines Kontinents im Wandel [Africa 3.0. Media (mis-)representations of a continent in constant change] (pp. 55-64). Lit.

Kreutler, M. (2010). Codes of Ethics in Europa. Ist ein gemeinsamer Kodex möglich? [Codes of ethics in Europe. Is a common codex possible?]. In H. Pöttker & C. Schwarzenegger (Hrsg.), Europäische Öffentlichkeit und journalistische Verantwortung [The European public and journalistic responsibility] (S. 380-395). Herbert von Halem.