''Falter'' ( en, italic=yes, Butterfly) is a weekly Austrian
news magazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do newspapers or n ...
published in Vienna.
History and profile
Established in 1977, ''Falter'' is published weekly on Wednesdays.
The magazine was founded by Walter Martin Kienreich. The publisher is Falter Verlagsgesellschaft.
[ The magazine has no political affiliation. Its headquarters is in Vienna.]
''Falter'' reports from a broadly left-liberal perspective on politics, media, culture and the life in Vienna. Since Spring 2005 a local edition has also been published in Styria. The weekly has a science supplement, ''Heureka'', which is supported by the Austrian Ministry of Education and Science. The supplement features critical analyses of scientific activities, science policy
Science policy is concerned with the allocation of resources for the conduct of science towards the goal of best serving the public interest. Topics include the funding of science, the careers of scientists, and the translation of scientific disc ...
, science/society relationships and university-based science and each issue focuses on a scientific topic, including genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...
, science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and politics
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among the others.[ It is distributed not only to the readers of ''Falter'' but also to university departments, the relevant ministries and other related institutions.][
In addition to its original role as a magazine of the arts and social life, ''Falter'' has also developed a reputation for ]investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years res ...
.[
The 2007 circulation of ''Falter'' was 63,000 copies.][ In 2010 its circulation was 48,000 copies.]
See also
* List of magazines in Austria
As of 2012 the magazine sector in Austria was under the dominance of Germany. This influence decreased at the end of the 1990s, but it continued on the women's magazines and fashion magazines. However, business magazines have not been subject to ...
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