DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
Sten Hankewitz was born on April 16, 1979, in Tallinn, Estonia
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
EstonianWorld.com
September 2013 – present
Editor
Alpari (UK)
July 2011 – August 2013
Editor
Roubini Global Economics
January 2010 – February 2011
Freelance journalist and writer
January 2008 – present
Editor-in-Chief
Kalev Meedia, news portal www.kalev.ee
May 2007 – January 2008
Chief Communications Officer
If P&C Insurance
June 2006 – May 2007
Head of Online
Estonian Daily Newspaper (Eesti Päevaleht)
July 2001 – April 2006
Online News Editor
Enternet Providers, news portal www.mega.ee
August 2000 – July 2001
News Editor, Reporter
Evening Newspaper (Õhtuleht)
December 1999 – July 2000
Closer
Holiday Club Estonia
October 1999 – December 1999
CEO
Hankewitz Agency Ltd
March 1999 – October 1999
News Reporter
Business Day (Äripäev)
January 1998 – March 1999
Location Manager, AD
German film company ZDF, film project “Heimkehr in die fremde”
June 1993 – January 1994
FREELANCE AND VOLUNTARY WORK:
Voluntary work for Simon Wiesenthal Centre
Voluntary work for Estonia’s Self Help and Advisory Centre of the Elderly
EDUCATION:
Law
Institute of Law (Õigusinstituut)
September 1996 – May 1999
Secondary School
Tallinn Secondary School No. 20
September 1985 – June 1996
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English – excellent
Estonian – native
Finnish – good
Russian – good
German – average
Spanish – beginner
Hebrew – beginner
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
Politics, American, European, Middle Eastern and global
History of the 20th century
History of the Holocaust
Chess
Technology, computers, internet
Quiz shows
Self-improvement, education