Andreas is member of the management team, responsible for shaping and executing the long-term corporate strategy. His role includes project development, organisational management and advocacy of ECPMF's mission and values with partners and external organisations. Additionally, Andreas works closely with the boards.

He gained his Magister Artium in Communication and Media Science, American Studies and Psychology at the Leipzig University.

Sarah is part of the management and responsible for finances and administration. She is responsible for the overall financial strategy and planning of the organisation and works closely together with project coordinators and project partners. As Director Finances she is also contact person for public donors and administrative organisations on an operational level.

She holds the diploma in European Business Management and has gained international experiences in studying and working in Great Britain and France.

Alina coordinates the Journalists-in-Residence programme at the ECPMF, supports the fellow journalists in Leipzig and works closely with other international temporary relocation programmes. Before joining the ECPMF she used to organize socio-cultural events in Weimar and worked at the Department of International Relations at the Bauhaus-University. She also contributed to the work of the Museum Project of the House of European History at the European Parliament. Alina holds a degree in Science of Media from the Bauhaus-University Weimar.

Antje is the Mapping Media Freedom Consultant at ECPMF. She is responsible for the further development of mappingmediafreedom.org including the scientific framework and the methodology, as well as the operation and management of the platform.
Antje gained her master's degree in Computer Science with a focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP). As research associate she worked for various national & international projects in collaboration with partners from different companies, organisations and universities where she successfully implemented methods of NLP and Textmining in diverse topic areas.

Deniz joined the ECMPF in January 2022 and manages the UNCOVERED Conference and #IJ4EU Impact Award. Previously, she worked as research associate at various interdisciplinary institutions in Leipzig. She is trained in the field of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Boğaziçi and gained MA and doctorate degrees in American Studies at Leipzig University. Her dissertation focuses on spatialization processes as imagined in examples from the literature of the pre-Civil War Southern United States. She is the mother of two cats and enjoys writing and translating fiction as well as non-fiction.

Ena joined the team in December 2024, focusing on the EU-based advocacy, and developing advocacy approaches to promote Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and ECPMF work and programs.

With an MA degree in Human Rights and Democracy, and over 15 years of experience in the sector, Ena has been working on multifaceted projects aiming to improve freedom of expression and status of journalists, protect human rights defenders, gender equality and promote freedom of assembly and association. She has a thorough experience in digital rights research and policy development, and is a member of OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association.

Flutura leads ECPMF’s legal support programme which has supported hundreds of media workers across Europe. She also advocates with international organisations to improve legislation to defend freedom of expression. During the last decade, she has been engaged in building capacities of judges, prosecutors, police officers, and lawyers on freedom of expression across the Western Balkans. In addition, she advises journalists on pre- and post- publication legal matters such as defamation, access to information, contempt of court, and privacy. Flutura co-leads the Anti-SLAPP work at the European level as part of the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) and as an expert for the European Union and Council of Europe. She holds a PhD in Media Law from Ghent University, Belgium.

Gürkan was trained in the field of European Studies as a researcher on radicalization and polarization during his two masters degrees at Centre International de Formation Europeenne and Istanbul Bilgi University. He previously worked as a journalist and executive manager at dokuz8NEWS and frequently appeared on international media as commentator on Turkey and digital rights. He has served as board member for various anti-racism and rights-focued NGOs and social movements in Turkey, currently he is a board member for Turkey-European Foundation, Media Research Association and Trauma & Life Association. He is a registered member of Journalists Union of Turkey and International Federation of Journalists.

Patrick joined the ECPMF in November 2023 as a monitoring and research officer. He is responsible for the annual study "Feindbild Journalist:in", which focuses on violations of media freedom in Germany, with a special emphasis on physical attacks on journalists. Additionally, he is a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at the Institute of Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg. His research interests include democratization and autocratization studies, constitutional politics, and emergency laws. His dissertation analyzes the relationship between states of emergency and autocratization. Previously, he was a guest researcher at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, participated as project partner for Germany in the project 'Exceptional powers in times of SARS-COV-2' conducted by the University of Groningen, and was a research assistant at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies.