Antalya

M. Nizam Savas, born in 1948 in Eskisehir, Turkey, attended University of

Istanbul (Faculty of Forestry), University of Tokyo (Agriculture and

Technology) and is now a journalist (since 1993). Before that he had been, for

example, a researcher, chief of the seven lakes National Park (Zonguldak),

head of National Parks Antalya region and director of Pamfilya Tourism Inc.

(Antalya). He wrote many newspaper articles, mainly about environment,

forestry, bonsais and nature conversation in Turkey and Japan. Furthermore

he is an amateur photographer. M. Nizam Savas speaks Turkish, English,

German and Japanese.

Atlanta

Trevor Williams, 25 years old, graduated from the University of Georgia in

2007 with bachelor’s degrees in magazine journalism, religion as well as a

minor in Chinese language and literature. He is currently working as a

reporter and editor for GlobalAtlanta.com, an international business news

Website. He reports on international business in Atlanta and the state of

Georgia. Throughout his work, Trevor Williams has written numerous articles

and has interviewed officials. He wants to use photos and video interviews

within his articles to illuminate Nuremberg’s ties with Atlanta and the world.

He speaks English and a little Chinese.

Brasov

Dan Marius Ţăranu, born in 1981, studied Romanian and English languages

and literature at “Transilvania” University in Braşov. He is currently working

as a high school teacher for Romanian language and literature and has

previously been working as editor and external collaborator in the advertising

and PR business. In 2001 he participated to the young writers festival

“Berliner Festspiele“ by attending workshops in Polish and German. Dan

Marius Ţăranu is a fiction writer and published a novel as well as several

poetry books. Furthermore he published literary criticism, essays and reviews

and is a steady contributor to the magazines Vatra and Verso. He speaks

Romanian, English and French.

Charkiv

Philipp Dykan, born in 1975, studied history and political sciences at the State

University of Charkiv. For eight years he is working as a journalist for the local

TV channel, where he presents for example the program “Facing the City”

with varying contemporary issues. Furthermore he edited the page “Old

News” for the major regional news agency “MediaPort”

(www.starosti.mediaport.ua). Here worked up news from the old Charkiv are

published. Philipp Dykan also edited the culture news for Charkiv. He speaks

Ukrainian and English.

Cordoba

Mónica Jurado Mejías, born in 1977, studied journalism at the University of

Sevilla and has a master in Communication Management of the Universidad

Autónoma des Barcelona. She is currently working as a freelancer for a

communication agency in Córdoba where she is in charge of the edition of a

magazine for the andalusian youth. Before that, Mónica Jurado Mejías has

worked as reporter, editor, broadcaster and in the field of public relations in

a city council. She speaks Spanish, English, French, Italian and a little German.

Gera

Ulla Spörl, born in 1955 in Schleiz (Thuringia), ran through the common

education of the German Democratic Republic and escaped to West-Berlin

shortly before graduating from school. Family reasons forced her to return to

the GDR. After Stasi-arrest, a compulsory education and ten years of

Qualification ban she was able to start a distance study of education science.

After the “Wende” (turning point) she got involved with an Association for

the victims of the SED arbitrary and started her literary career. Since 2005

she writes regional history publications as a self-employed Non-fiction writer.

Her first novel “Kennwort LOGE” was published in 2009, the second novel

“Akte Doyle” in 2010. She speaks German and English.

Glasgow

Ian Black, born in 1944., is currently working as a freelance writer and a

journalist on different topics. Before that, he was a Chairman and Managing

Director of Marlborough Recruitment Agency Ltd. as well as a founder and

editor of Culture City Magazine. From 1989 to 1991 he did press and PR work

for Glasgow, European City of Culture. He has written several books and

articles about many topics for the Herald, the Guardian, the Independent,

and the Sunday Times. He is Treasurer of Glasgow’s Whisky Club. Ian Black

speaks English and very little German.

Krakau

Wojciech Bonowicz, born in 1967, studied Polish Language and Literature at

the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He has worked and is in some cases still

working as a co-writer, literary critic or editor for various newspapers and as

a reviewer for the Polish TV-Channel TVP Kultura. Furthermore he is writing

as a columnist for “Tygodnik Powszechny” weekly and intends to report

about his trip to Nuremberg in his column. He is author of several poetry

books and non-fictional novels. He was awarded with different prices and

had been nominated twice (2002 and 2007) for the NIKE Literature Award for

his works. He speaks Polish and English.

ShenZhen

Pang Bei, born in 1966, has a Bachelor Degree in British and American

literatures. He has been a translator and journalist for more than twenty

years. Pang Bei is currently working as chief reporter for international news

of Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, the official newspaper of the Shenzhen

Municipal Government in which he can present a special feature of

Nuremberg. Furthermore he is a screenwriter. He speaks Chinese and

English.

Youqian Fu, born in 1979, has a Master Degree in Mass Communication and

is currently working as a journalist in News Centre in the Shenzhen Media

Group. He is in charge of editing the daily news, collecting information and

making short documentary films about various topics like people and local

culture in Hong Kong and Macao. He speaks Chinese and English.

Skopje

Tome Smilevski, born in 1981, is an adviser for public relations of the city of

Skopje and has previously been working as an analyst for several non-profit

organizations. He graduated as Master of Political Sciences in 2006 at the

Institute for Sociological, Political and Judicial Research in Skopje. Tome

Smilevski coordinates the project “Dealing with conflict past” and is a co-

editor of the SEENPM Publication “Kosovo and the Media”. He speaks

Macedonian, English, Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian.

Venedig

Silvia Zanardi, born in 1981, lives in Venice. She studied linguistics, literature,

Anglo-American studies and German. She received a doctor's degree in

foreign languages and foreign cultures. The title of her dissertation: „The

American Dream in the Fifties: the privilege of a „fatherless“ society?“. As

Erasmus-scholarship holder, she spent six months at the Freie Universität

Berlin. After working for the Biennale in Venice, in the field of tourism, for

Internet editorial offices and in a press office, she is currently working as a

freelancer for different publications. Silvia Zanardi speaks Italian, English,

German, Spanish and French.