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[Start the timeline ↓](#timeline)[View résumé](https://johannesbecht.com/about/resume)01**Pforzheim**Origins & first bylines · 1998–201802**Frankfurt**Language, culture & university · 2018–201903**Oklahoma**Newsrooms, degree & film · 2019–202304**Berlin**Search, AI & publishing · 2024–present **1998**born in Pforzheim**15**career began in journalism**2**countries of newsroom work**B.A.**Communication Arts**10+ yrs**media experience Four chapters ## The résumé gives the facts. This gives them a direction. The stages overlap: journalism became education; education became film and multimedia work; publishing led to search and content systems. The timeline preserves that continuity while distinguishing employment, study, independent projects and recognition. 01 ### Origins & first bylines Pforzheim and Berlin · birth through the first five years of newsroom experience. [1998–2019 →](#era-1998)02 ### Oklahoma newsroom years University, campus reporting, local journalism, film sets and scholarship-supported work. [2019–2023 →](#era-2019)03 ### Creative expansion Independent films, a first book, professional recognition and a transatlantic transition. [2022–2024 →](#era-2023)04 ### Search, systems & AI Berlin-based digital marketing, international website work and owned publishing platforms. [2024–present →](#era-2024) Chronological record ## The full timeline. Use the filters to follow one thread through the story. “All” restores the complete chronology. Milestones include month-level dates wherever the underlying record supports them. Show milestonesAll 31LifeJournalismEducationFilmMarketing & SEOIndependent projectsRecognition 1998 22 June 1998Origins ### Born in Pforzheim, Germany Johannes Daniel Becht was born in Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg. The city and its surrounding region later became the setting for his first reporting and professional bylines. PforzheimGermanyJohannes Daniel Becht[Verified key facts →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/key-facts) 2014 2014 · age 15First newsroom ### Journalism begins at Pforzheimer Zeitung Work in local journalism began as a teenager and developed across reporting, online news, sports coverage and photography. This became a five-year practical foundation before university. **Why it matters:** the career started with real reporting, editors, deadlines and public accountability—not with a later switch into “content.”Local newsSportsOnline editingPhotography[Read an early PZ report ↗](https://www.pz-news.de/wirtschaft/wirtschaft-weltweit_artikel%2C-Umbau-und-Neu-Eroeffnung-im-SATURN-Pforzheim-PZ-news-klaert-die-wichtigsten-Fragen-_arid%2C518955.html) Summer 2014Internship ### A first look inside a major Berlin newsroom A sports-desk internship at *Der Tagesspiegel* broadened the view beyond local reporting. It included a published interview with Olympic sailing champion Willy Kuhweide about Olympic competition during the Cold War. BerlinSports journalismInterviewing[Read the interview ↗](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/ich-war-total-uberfordert-3594130.html) 2014–2019 Five-year newsroom foundationCareer development ### From early contributor to broader editorial responsibility Continued work for Pforzheimer Zeitung built experience across community reporting, public institutions, sports, digital production and online-news workflows. Published work included interviews, event coverage and reporting involving public authorities and civil-society organizations. ResearchDeadlinesPublic affairsDigital publishing[Organization context →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/organizations) 2018 2018–2019University ### American and English Studies in Frankfurt At Goethe University Frankfurt, the academic focus moved toward English-language literature, culture, history and analytical reading. This phase prepared the later transfer to the United States. **Clear credential label:** university study before transfer; not presented as a completed Goethe University degree.LanguageCultureLiteratureAnalysis[Education details →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/education) 2019 2019 · Transatlantic turning point ### From Frankfurt to Weatherford, Oklahoma The move to Southwestern Oklahoma State University connected academic communication studies with an unusually practical environment: a student newsroom, American local reporting, film production and independent creative work. 2019–2023Bachelor’s degree ### Communication Arts at SWOSU The program combined Strategic Communication with a Film Production minor. It connected audience, messaging and media theory with journalism, photography, video, sound, editing and collaborative production. Strategic CommunicationFilm Production minorWeatherford[Official commencement record ↗](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=grad_prog) 2019–2023Student newsroom ### Four years at The Southwestern Reporting grew into news editing and multimedia production. The archive documents campus and local coverage across public safety, COVID-19, higher education, politics, health, events and video journalism. **Editorial progression:** News Reporter → News Editor → multimedia and video contributor.ReportingNews editingVideoPhotography[Full staff archive ↗](https://thesouthwestern.org/staff_name/johannes-becht/) 2020–2021 Pandemic newsroom yearsNews Editor ### Reporting through COVID-19 and campus crises As News Editor, Becht produced frequent, service-oriented coverage of closures, case numbers, vaccinations, elections, public safety incidents and university decisions. The period demanded speed, verification and clear updates for a community facing uncertainty. Breaking newsPublic safetyCOVID-19Accountability[Browse the archive ↗](https://thesouthwestern.org/staff_name/johannes-becht/) Early 2020sIndependent publishing ### Morning News Tonight An independent news and commentary project created room to work across writing, SEO and social media outside an established newsroom. The original website was later discontinued, but surviving records preserve the project. News writingSEOSocial media[Surviving article records ↗](https://muckrack.com/johannes-becht/articles) 2021–2022 Dec. 2021–May 2022Professional learning ### A concentrated learning phase across media and marketing Dozens of verifiable LinkedIn Learning courses and four broader learning paths expanded skills in cinematography, video production, media and communications, SEO, writing, marketing, public relations and social media. A HubSpot Social Media Marketing certification was issued in April 2022 and remained valid through May 2024. **Full record:** the Education page lists all 47 credentials individually with dates and verification links.SEOMedia & communicationsCinematographyMarketing[View all credentials →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/education#certificate-title) 2022Studio production ### College Secrets and the Green Screen Studio Award The student talk-show and mini-series project developed practical directing, producing and camera experience in SWOSU’s Green Screen Studio. The work received a departmental Green Screen Studio Award. Talk showDirectingProducingStudio camera[Contemporary record ↗](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb0hvmrpuKq/)[Awards page →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/awards) 2022Early short films ### Learning film by making films *Alas I Am Free*, *Mord* and *Good Bye* expanded practical experience in acting, writing, directing, producing, cinematography and editing. These smaller productions became building blocks for later, larger work. DirectingEditingActingCinematography[Complete filmography →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/filmography) June–August 2022280-hour program ### Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation internship An eight-week funded placement at The Lawton Constitution turned student reporting into daily local-news practice. The program record documents more than 60 published contributions across reporting, photography and video. LawtonLocal newsPhotographyVideo[ONF program record ↗](https://cdn.ymaws.com/okpress.com/resource/resmgr/publisher_archive/2022/october2022publisher.pdf) 2022–2023 academic yearScholarship ### Jack B. Shelton & Walter Crouch Scholarship The SWOSU Foundation scholarship recognized an essay about Ukrainian photographer, filmmaker and war correspondent Mstyslav Chernov and the role of visual journalism during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Authentic journalismVisual reportingUkraine[University archive ↗](https://dc.swosu.edu/barknews22/137/)[Award context →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/awards) 2023 April 2022–April 2023Short film ### Consume: in front of and behind the camera In Zachary Hokeah’s psychological horror drama, Becht played Franz Koch while also working as second assistant director, boom operator and camera operator. The production later screened publicly with a Q&A at SWOSU. Actor2nd ADBoomCamera[SWOSU feature ↗](https://www.swosu.edu/news/?p=zachary-hokeah-premieres-short-film-consume)[Project page →](https://johannesbecht.com/portfolio/consume) April 2023Feature-film production ### On set for Resurrection Road Becht joined the production of Ashley Cahill’s feature film as a Confederate Soldier, gaining experience on a larger professional set alongside his independent film work. Resurrection RoadActorFeature film[Filmography details →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/filmography) June–August 2023Multimedia reporter ### Summer return to The Lawton Constitution Becht returned to the newsroom for another summer of local reporting, photography, video and digital production across public institutions, community affairs, education and events. Multimedia reportingLocal newsPhotographyVideo[Portfolio record ↗](https://muckrack.com/johannes-becht) August–mid-December 2023Multimedia reporter ### Final semester at The Lawton Constitution Multimedia newsroom work continued through the fall semester and concluded in mid-December, alongside the final months of the degree at SWOSU. Multimedia reportingFall semesterDigital production[The Lawton Constitution ↗](https://www.swoknews.com/)[Portfolio record ↗](https://muckrack.com/johannes-becht) Fall 2023Scholarship ### Jack B. Shelton & Walter Crouch Scholarship The SWOSU Foundation again selected Becht for the 2023–2024 Jack B. Shelton & Walter Crouch scholarship. This recognition was tied to the essay on journalism’s structural pressures that later became *Journalists on Fire*. SWOSU FoundationJournalism ethicsScholarship[Foundation announcement ↗](https://swosufoundation.com/swosu-announces-spring-2024-jack-b-shelton-walter-crouch-scholar/) October 2023First book ### Journalists on Fire published An essay submitted for the 2023–2024 Jack B. Shelton & Walter Crouch scholarship examined structural problems facing journalism. After submission, a lightly expanded version was independently published as an e-book. **Continuity:** academic reflection became a public-facing publication rather than ending with the scholarship application.JournalismMedia criticismE-book[Amazon listing ↗](https://www.amazon.com/Journalists-Fire-Perspective-Journalism-Journalist-ebook/dp/B0CLL2C416) December 2023Graduation ### B.A. in Communication Arts completed Graduation from Southwestern Oklahoma State University completed the transatlantic academic path: Strategic Communication as the primary direction, supported by a Film Production minor and four years of applied newsroom experience. Bachelor of ArtsSWOSUCommunication Arts[Commencement record ↗](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=grad_prog) 2023–presentCreative umbrella ### Becht Works Media Production An independent media-production identity brought film, video and visual projects under one creative umbrella. It preserves a direct connection between the Oklahoma production years and later public-facing media work. FilmVideoIndependent production[YouTube channel ↗](https://www.youtube.com/@bechtworksmediaproduction9283) 2024 2024 · Return to Germany ### From Oklahoma media work to Berlin digital strategy The next chapter did not abandon journalism. It moved its habits—research, structure, sourcing and audience awareness—into SEO, content systems, website optimization and the emerging question of how AI systems discover information. 2024–presentCurrent role ### Digital Marketing Manager at WEVENTURE Berlin-based work spans SEO, content, website optimization, accessibility and digital visibility. The role connects editorial skill with technical website systems and increasingly AI-aware approaches to discovery. SEOContentAccessibilityAI visibility[Author archive ↗](https://johannesbecht.com/portfolio/publisher/weventure)[Work context →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/organizations) January 2024Feature-film production ### On set for Bloodstained Ivory Becht appeared as a Showcase Attendee in Klein Haley’s psychological thriller, adding another professional feature-film set to his acting experience. Bloodstained IvoryActorFeature film[Filmography details →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/filmography) December 2023–February 2024Independent short film ### Pallaton filmed, completed and privately premiered Filmed from December through February, the 22-minute English-language action drama became the most complete independent film credit of the Oklahoma period. Becht directed, wrote, produced and edited the film, appeared on screen as Hartman and premiered the finished work to a selected audience in February 2024. DirectorWriterProducerEditorActor[Project page →](https://johannesbecht.com/portfolio/pallaton)[Filmography →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/filmography) Presented 2024 · for 2023 workPress award ### Second place in Video Journalism or Marketing The Oklahoma Press Association recognized *The Preamble*, a weekly Lawton Constitution format created with Scott Rains that introduced the weekend edition’s stories with humor. **Collaboration:** Scott Rains is described here as a versatile Lawton journalist and, from Becht’s personal perspective, a genuine local-news legend.Oklahoma Press AssociationVideo journalismThe Preamble[Award details →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/awards) 2024–presentIndependent platform ### Health Compass An independent health-information and publishing project brought together editorial production, WordPress, multilingual planning, health communication and search visibility. Its content is informational and does not replace individual medical advice. Health publishingWordPressMultilingual planningSEO[Visit Health Compass ↗](https://health-compass.org/) 2025 2025–presentSpecialist publishing ### Medical-Coding.org A specialist information platform expanded the owned publishing portfolio into medical coding, claims, denials and professional development. The project combines information architecture, SEO and plans for practical digital resources. Specialist publishingInformation architectureSEO[Visit Medical-Coding.org ↗](https://medical-coding.org/) 2026 August 2026Website relaunch ### Johannesbecht.com relaunches The relaunched website introduces a clearer, faster and more accessible user experience, a new blog and a stronger structure for exploring work, expertise and projects across devices. Website relaunchBlogUser experienceAccessibility[Visit johannesbecht.com →](https://johannesbecht.com/)[Explore the blog →](https://johannesbecht.com/blog) **No milestones match this filter.** Choose another topic or return to “All.” Where the timeline leads ## One profile, four connected practices. The current work is easiest to understand as a system. Journalism supplies the method; strategy and SEO shape distribution; film and design add visual thinking; independent projects provide a place to test ideas directly. 01 ### Journalism as a method Research, interviewing, verification, narrative structure and an instinct for what an audience actually needs. [Explore portfolio →](https://johannesbecht.com/portfolio)02 ### Search & digital visibility SEO, content systems, structured information, accessibility and the mechanics of being understood by search and AI systems. [Explore expertise →](https://johannesbecht.com/expertise)03 ### Film & visual storytelling Directing, acting, editing, producing, camera work and the ability to think in scenes as well as pages. [View filmography →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/filmography)04 ### Independent publishing & experiments Owned websites, books, tools and interactive projects that turn ideas into visible, testable products. [View organizations →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/organizations) Evidence trail ## Sources behind the timeline. The timeline draws on primary archives, institutional records and first-party project pages. Labels distinguish employment, university study, independent projects and recognition. 01 ### Newsroom archives The Southwestern, Pforzheimer Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, The Lawton Constitution and Muck Rack preserve published work and role context. [Student newsroom archive ↗](https://thesouthwestern.org/staff_name/johannes-becht/)02 ### Institutional records SWOSU commencement material, Foundation announcements and the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation document the degree, scholarships and internship. [Commencement record ↗](https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=grad_prog)03 ### Creative & professional profiles Project pages, IMDb, TMDb, Amazon, LinkedIn credentials and current employer archives connect later creative and digital work. [Verified identity hub →](https://johannesbecht.com/about/key-facts) ## Want the concise version? The résumé turns this chronology into a faster employer-focused overview. 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