Lia Becker

Lia Becker (born 2002) passed her Abitur in the Hannover region in 2022. She then did a voluntary year in child and youth work and began studying social work at Hochschule Hannover.

From the 2024 winter semester she also began studying journalism alongside social work. She gained her first journalistic experience during an internship at Radio Tonkuhle in Hildesheim.

E-Mail: lia.becker@stud.hs-hannover.de
Instagram: @theliabecker

After dark

Sleeping better: sleep researcher Thomas Penzel’s rules.

Good sleep starts long before bedtime. An expert explains what really matters for a restful night.

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Comment and debate

Between reasons of state and journalistic integrity

The German-Palestinian journalist Farid Dabour on media, power and responsibility

Water

Water privatisation in Chile: a village fights for its water

In hardly any other country is this resource so completely in private hands. In Patagonia, one community is fighting back against the consequences.

Final projects

Body donation for medical school.

Julia Bellack’s Bachelor’s thesis is about future doctors in the dissection course.

Collecting

The world’s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures

It all began in a child’s bedroom – today Oliver Schaffer owns the world’s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.

Power and control

ADHD in adults: ‘Don’t make such a fuss’

Forgotten appointments, constant self-doubt – and the sentence our author heard for years.

What holds us together

All sweetness and light in the Ore Mountains? When staying put becomes resistance

Altenberg in Saxony looks idyllic – until you look more closely. A portrait of a young man standing up to the rise of the far right.

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