Dr. Jessica Eisermann
Dr. Jessica Eisermann studied sociology, theatre, film and television studies, art history and political science in Cologne, Florence and Berlin. From 1993 to 1997, she had a scholarship to the European University Institute in Florence, where she gained her doctorate in 1999 with the thesis Media violence: the social control of the portrayal of violence in television. Jessica Eisermann was a research assistant at the Institute for Theatre, Film and Television studies of the University of Cologne. She worked as a media researcher for multimedia agency Pixelpark and was an editor at Grundy Light Entertainment. Since 2001, she has worked for the WDR, including a spell as acting director for Company Planning and Strategy, and since 2009, Jessica Eisermann has been head of the editorial department of Einsfestival.