Melanie Amann

Melanie Amann (born 18 May 1978) is a German journalist and lawyer. She is deputy editor-in-chief of leading Germany weekly Der Spiegel.

Education and career Amann was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier, Aix-Marseille III and at Humboldt University of Berlin. After graduating in law (Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen), Amann studied journalism at Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. She worked for Bonner General-Anzeiger and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Amann wrote as editor for Financial Times Deutschland mainly about issues in the middle east. In 2006, she joined Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung and wrote mainly on issues concerning employment law.

In 2011, she received a Ph.D. in law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München for a dissertation on the law of union elections. In 2019, she became head of the Berlin office. After Höges left the magazine, the current editor-in-chief Dirk Kurbjuweit appointed Amann and Dörting as his deputies in October 2023.

Amann is a regular guest on political talkshows such as Markus Lanz or Anne Will, and appears in English-language shows such as NPR's All Things Considered in the United States. date=1 September 2025 (FAZ): The power struggle at the top of *Der Spiegel*'s editorial team has been decided. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Melanie Amann is leaving. The relationship between her and Editor-in-Chief Dirk Kurbjuweit had broken down.

Since May 2026, she has been the host of the podcast ″Amann Unframed.″

Published books Die Belegschaftsabstimmung. Schriften zum Arbeitsrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht, Band 73. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2012. Angst für Deutschland. Die Wahrheit über die AfD: Wo sie herkommt, wer sie führt, wohin sie steuert. (Fear for Germany. The truth about the AfD: where they come from, who leads it, where it heads.) Droemer, München 2018.