Thomas Terhorst (M.A.)
Responsibilities
Research assistant at the Chair of Digital Journalism & Data Journalism

Background
- 2022 – 2025 Online editor, t-online (Team West / Ruhrgebiet)
- 2021 – 2022 Social Media editor, RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND)
- 2017 – 2021 Press spokesman, Employment Agency in Dortmund
- 2014 – 2016 Master of Arts (Journalism) | Focus: Innovative Journalism – Final thesis: Conception and Development of a pilot of a city portal
- 2013 – 2017 Freelance journalist at the Handelsblatt news desk
- 2009 – 2010 Traineeship in print/online at Medienhaus Lensing
- 2008 – 2013 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), Final thesis: Gaza conflict - analysis of reporting by German online media
Publications
- "The Most Dangerous Districts of Dortmund" together mit Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Holger Wolger, Tim Beige und Prof. Dr. Claus Weihs. In: Spiliopoulou, M., Schmidt-Thieme, L. und Janning R. (Hrsg.): Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery. Springer (2014), S. 13-21. Available under: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-01595-8_2