Assila Butterfly

Short biography
Assila was born in 1986 in Filderstadt (Baden-Württemberg). She grew up in Heilbronn and after her A-Levels, she went to Tübingen to study rhetorics. After one year, she left the university and completed various internships. After that, she went to Bielefeld to study journalism.

Motivation to study media studies
In general, Assila is interested in New Media and how media changes our society. During her Bachelor studies, Assila took many different courses but wasn´t able to focus on any specific areas. Now she wants to focus on the film and TV in particular.

Practical experience
Assila did internships at a PR agency in Vienna, a local newspaper in Heilbronn, a regional newspaper in Bielefeld, the TV station Pro7 in Munich, the editorial department Frontal21 in Berlin and the editorial department of the ZDF-Landesstudio in Berlin (which produces content for broadcasts such as heute-Nachrichten, morgenmagazin, Länderspiegel et al.).

International experience
Assila attended various exchange programs in her school years.

Professional goals
After her studies, Assila wants to work as a TV journalist.