Katrin Rönicke is a journalist, blogger and educationalist. Her research focuses on issues of gender democracy, digital participation in society and Internet feminism. In 2008, her blog Maedechenmannschaft.net won the Deutsche Welle’s "Best German Weblog Award". Rönicke publishes in numerous analog and digital media – she currently writes often for "The Leftist Elite" blog – and is a member of the not-for-profit Digital Society e.V.