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Anna Sauerbrey

b. 1979

German journalist

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About Anna Sauerbrey

Born 1979. Anna Sauerbrey is a German journalist and editor-in-chief.

Anna Sauerbrey (born 1979) is a German journalist and a member of the editorial board of Der Tagesspiegel.

Career

Sauerbrey studied medieval and modern history, political science, and journalism in Mainz and Bordeaux. From 2005 to 2009, she was a research assistant at the Department of History of the University of Mainz. She received her doctorate with a dissertation on The Strasbourg Monasteries in the 16th Century. Sauerbrey was a guest editor at the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the broadcaster ZDF, and worked for several years as a freelancer for Rhein-Zeitung, a regional newspaper. Sauerbrey completed a traineeship at the Tagesspiegel in 2009, and became a member of its opinion editorial staff in 2011. In 2013, she was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow at The Philadelphia Inquirer. She writes a monthly column on Germany for The New York Times. Sauerbrey heads the opinion section of the Tagesspiegel and has been a member of the Tagesspiegel editorial board since 2018.

In 2019, Sauerbrey was a member of the jury for the Axel Springer Prize.

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Born
1979, Essen
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Education
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Anna Sauerbrey?

German journalist

When was Anna Sauerbrey born?

Anna Sauerbrey was born in 1979 in Essen.

What is Anna Sauerbrey's occupation?

Anna Sauerbrey is a journalist and editor-in-chief.

What nationality is Anna Sauerbrey?

Anna Sauerbrey is German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anna Sauerbrey

· Wikidata: Q79202135

· DBpedia: Anna Sauerbrey

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