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Sebastian Turner started his professional life in the media business as a founder: In 1985 he launched Medium, today Germany’s leading magazine for journalists. As CEO he turned the international communications agency Scholz & Friends, into the largest independent agency network in Europe. He initiated the leading global science conference Falling Walls. During his tenure as publisher and shareholder Tagesspiegel established a vertical digital eco system and became Germany’s leading capital newsorganisation, moving from rank four to rank one with the best circulation performance of all German dailies. As founder of the media tech holding Trafo he ventures into the growing field of media tech and content tech.

Portrait of Sebastian Turner
Credits: Deniz Saylan

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LVR LandesMuseum

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Is deep journalism the future of media?

With Jean-Christoph Boulanger and Sebastian Turner

Redundancies, disappearing titles, the end of the free web model, fake news, algorithms and AI... There's no denying that the press is at a turning point. What path should we follow to overcome this challenge? Sebastian Turner, publisher of Table.Media, a fast-growing BtoB online media on politics based in Berlin, and Jean-Christophe Boulanger, publishing director of Contexte, another a fast-growing BtoB online media on politics, based in Paris and Brussels, both believe that the solution will emerge from a new way of practicing journalism: “deep journalism”.