8 Mar
2022

Alum chat: Hannelore Veit and Gregory Perreault in discussion about journalism

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Join us on Zoom as alums Hannelore Veit and Gregory Perreault interview each other.

Join us for our next alum chat with Fulbright Austria alums Hannelore Veit and Gregory Perreault as they interview each other to discuss digital journalism, journalism during the pandemic, coverage of a presidential campaign, doubt in the media, and sport journalism.

We are so grateful for excellent partners. This event is co-organized by the Botstiber Institute of Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS), which promotes an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria. BIAAS generously funds the Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professor of Austrian-American Studies awards in Austria and in the US.

Following the interviews, there will be a Q&A session with Hannelore and Gregory.

 

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Hannelore Veit

1980–81 Austrian Fulbright Student

Hannelore Veit is a journalist, moderator and author. Until January 2021 she served as the North America correspondent and bureau chief for ORF, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, in Washington, DC, covering the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  For 19 years prior to that she worked as an anchor for ORF’s evening news Zeit im Bild and anchored many breaking-news programs and special broadcasts. The defining moment of her career was hosting ORF’s 9/11 broadcast, which she considers both her most interesting and most disconcerting assignment. Hannelore began her career at ORF in 1991 as the Far East correspondent in Tokyo. She traveled extensively in Asia, with reporting assignments in South Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Russian Far East. 

Before joining ORF, Hannelore worked for the Swiss-based European Business Channel.  As the Tokyo correspondent, she provided background stories and daily Nikkei stock market updates.

Hannelore began her career in journalism as a radio correspondent at the Voice of America’s East Europe bureau.  Based in Vienna, she covered Austria and the Warsaw Pact countries for VOA’s English service. She was awarded VOA’s Foreign Service National Award of the year in 1988.

Hannelore graduated with a master’s degree in American studies from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, which she attended on a Fulbright scholarship. “My studies in the US paved the way for my international career: Fulbright made me who I am today”, she says of her two years at Notre Dame.

Hannelore is also a graduate of the University of Vienna.   She currently serves as the president of the Alumni Association of the University of Vienna.

Her most recent book, Zeit des Zweifels, co-authored with ORF Brussels correspondent Peter Fritz, was published in 2021 and deals with current US-European relations.   In 2020 she and her colleague David Kriegleder published USA – Stimmen aus einem gespaltenen Land.

Gregory Perreault

2020–21 Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professor of Austrian-American Studies in Austria

Gregory Perreault is an associate professor of multimedia journalism at Appalachian State University and was the 2020–21 Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna.

Gregory is a media sociologist whose research is motivated by a concern for societal justice and an interest in scholarly collaboration; his work primarily examines phenomena associated with journalism and gaming. His recent work examines news coverage of hate, lifestyle journalism, and gamification. His current book project "Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Online Hate" is under contract with Routledge (2022). Gregory’s research appears in: New Media & Society; Digital Journalism; Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism; Journalism Practice; Journalism Studies; and Games and Culture.

His papers have won awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Prior to entering academia, he worked as a journalist for seven years. Gregory has worked as a sports reporter for the Palm Beach Post (circ. 145,000), served as managing editor of the hyperlocal multimedia website Columbia Faith & Values, and had work published at USA Today, the Miami Herald, and the Los Angeles Times.

Greg holds a PhD from the Missouri School of Journalism and an MA in communication, culture, and technology from Georgetown University. He serves on the Standing Committee of Research for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

About the alum chat webinar series: This webinar series is an initiative to feature notable Fulbright Austria alums who continue to make a positive impact beyond their Fulbright Austria experience. In turn, we hope our alums’ accomplishments, accounts, and expertise will inspire other members of our community as they strive to achieve their own aspirations.