In April 1991 Fleischhacker worked for
Kleinen Zeitung as editor for foreign politics. 1994 he became editor in the editor-in-chief's office, from 1995 until 1997 he was managing editor and 1998/99 he became deputy editor-in-chief. In addition, as publishing director he was responsible for strategic development and new media. In 2000 he joined Austrian daily
Der Standard and was managing editor until 2001. From 2002 he worked at Austrian daily
Die Presse and became editor-in-chief and chief executive in 2004. In October 2012 he left
Die Presse and became freelance journalist and contributed regularly in various daily Austrian newspapers. In July 2014 he joined the Austrian private network
ServusTV and became
News presenter of
Talk im Hangar-7. From 2014 he worked for
NZZ Österreich of
Austria and was primarily responsible for establishing an online presence. Later on he became chief editor and co-chief executive. == Personal life ==