Hannelore Veit will deliver the 2025 Annual Botstiber Lecture on Austrian-American Affairs. Among her many accomplishments, Ms. Veit anchored the top-rated Austrian news program Zeit im Bild (1993-2012) and later served, from 2013 to 2020, as the Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief for Austrian Public Broadcasting (ORF). Ms. Veit is a graduate of both Notre Dame University and the University of Vienna. She currently works as a journalist, media consultant, and author. Ms. Veit will speak on “Fake News – Hard Facts – True Lies? How News Media Influence Public Opinion in Austria and the United States.”

The 2025 Botstiber Lecture will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 6:30 pm, at the Embassy of the Austrian Republic, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington, DC.