{"id":4722,"date":"2025-01-13T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-employee&#038;p=4722"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:27:08","slug":"moritz-wiechert","status":"publish","type":"hbi-employee","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/moritz-wiechert\/","title":{"rendered":"Moritz Wiechert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moritz Wiechert joined the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) as a junior researcher in January 2025. 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