Hi, I'm Marcus.
- 📰 Journalist covering tech, AI, antitrust, chips, and platforms
- ✏️ Senior editing: structure, fact-checking, script rewrites, headline framing
- 🎙️ On-air work, hosting, and fast-turn field producing (booking & logistics)
- 🎧 Podcast development and narrative series—from concept to launch
- 🎬 Video interviews and event coverage for broadcasters and brands
About me
Journalist · Senior Story Editor · Audio/Video Producer
San Francisco–based journalist translating Silicon Valley for European audiences. Former ARD West Coast correspondent.
Skills:
- Journalism
- Story Editing
- AI/ML Coverage
- Antitrust Reporting
- Tech Policy
Tools
- Podcast Production
- Video Interviews
- DaVinci Resolve
- Premiere Pro
- Avid Pro Tools
My Opinion
Your time
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Meine Woche im Valley
Wie das Silicon Valley Verantwortung entdeckt – und sie gleich wieder fürchtet
Awards & Recognition
implicator.ai
- Anthropic Wins. Sacks Walks. Apple Surrenders.
- Anthropic Wins Injunction After Judge Calls Pentagon Actions 'Orwellian'
- Wikipedia Editors Vote 44-2 to Ban AI-Written Articles Over Reliability Concerns
- David Sacks Steps Down as AI Czar, Predicts Congress Will Pass AI Bill Within Months
- Apple's Siri Overhaul Isn't an AI Strategy. It's a Distribution Play.
- Google Ships Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, Extends Voice Search to More Than 200 Countries
Latest Articles
(In German)
Meta's AI Offensive Stalls, Layoffs Loom
Meta is among the most aggressive investors in the global AI boom. But its new flagship model is delayed, internal conflicts are growing, and thousands of jobs may be at risk.
Mar 18 · FAZ
Tax Returns With AI: How Finding Receipts Becomes Child's Play
Open-source software and a small home server turn the annual tax chaos into a searchable spreadsheet. A self-experiment.
Mar 14 · FAZ
$100,000 Per Visa: Trump's Visa Fee Hits Startups Hardest
New fees and a salary-weighted lottery are changing the most important work visa in the United States. Young technology companies in Silicon Valley are hit hardest.
Mar 11 · FAZ
Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Labs of Data Theft
Anthropic accuses three Chinese AI labs of plundering its language model Claude on an industrial scale: 24,000 fake accounts, more than 16 million queries, answers repurposed as training data.
Feb 25 · FAZ
Germans in Silicon Valley: Sebastian Thrun Taught Cars to Drive
Sebastian Thrun is one of the most influential Germans in Silicon Valley. He helped make Street View a success, co-built a secret Google lab, and raced a robot car through the desert.
Jan 29 · FAZ