Peter-Matthias Gaede
Editor-in-Chief of GEO. Graduated 1978 with a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Göttingen. 1979/1980 graduate of the G+J Jounalist School, Hamburg. 1980-83 editor/reporter for the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. Since November 1983 at GEO. Since 1994 head of the magazine. Born 1951 in Selters, Germany.
Margot Klingsporn
Works with the editorial teams of stern, ZEITmagazin, at Ulrich Mack and on the publishing management team of ZEIT. Founded and managed the photo and press agency FOCUS in 1979.
Giovanni di Lorenzo
Editor-in-Chief of DIE ZEIT. 1979-82 Neue Presse, Hannover. Education at the Deutsche Journalistenschule München. 1987-94 editor of the National Politics Department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, later Head of the Reportage Department. 1999 Editor-in-Chief of Der Tagesspiegel, since 2004 DIE ZEIT. Born 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Helmut Markwort
Editor-in-Chief of FOCUS magazine. Since 1991 board member of the Hubert Burda Medien Holding, since 1993 Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of FOCUS. Since 2001 Supervisory Board Chairman of Tomorrow Focus AG. Since 2004 publisher of FOCUS and Managing Director of the publishing group “Milchstrasse”. Born 1936 in Darmstadt, Germany.
Georg Mascolo
Editor-in-Chief, DER SPIEGEL. Joined the SPIEGEL group in 1988, initially with SPIEGEL TV. Moved to SPIEGEL 1992, served as political correspondent in Washington from 2004. Head of the SPIEGEL Berlin offices from July 2007. Born in 1964 in Stadthagen, Germany.
Nils Minkmar
Feuilleton-Chief at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from January 2012. Joined FAS in 2001 after serving as editor at ZDF, author at Süddeutsche Zeitung and GEO, editor at ZEIT. Degree and doctorate in Contemporary History. Born in 1966 in Saarbrücken.
Felix E. Müller
Editor-in-Chief of NZZ am Sonntag. Neue Zürcher Zeitung from 1997- 2002, after stints at Weltwoche, as a U.S. correspondent in Washington, and editor-in-chief of Weltwoche. Degree and doctorate in German Languages & Literature. Born in 1951 in Winterthur.
James Nachtwey
American documentary photographer, war reporter, photojournalist. He is regarded as one of the foremost representatives of contemporary feature photography, and especially war photography.
Thomas Osterkorn
Editor-in-Chief, stern. 1975-79 Senior Regional Editor at Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide. 1979-86 police reporter for the Hamburger Abendblatt daily, studied law on the side. From 1986, editor with stern, appointed Head of Department in 1989, Managing Editor in 1996. Since 1999 Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. Born in 1953 in Linz, Austria.
Jan-Eric Peters
Editor-in-chief of the Welt Group. Between 1990 and 2007, department head at the Abendzeitung in Munich, deputy editor-in-chief Hamburger Morgenpost, editor-in-chief in chief Max und Max-Online; Welt and Berliner Morgenpost. He also was the first editor in chief of Welt Kompakt. 2007-10 Founding Director of Axel Springer Academy. Since 2010 editor-in-chief of the Welt Group. Born in 1965 in Berlin.
Ines Pohl
Editor-in-chief taz. Worked as a freelance journalist for radio stations and regional newspapers. Trained at the Hessische and Niedersächsische Allgemeine. Later political editor. In 2008 became a correspondent for Mediengruppe Ippen in Berlin. Since 2009 editor-in-chief of the taz. Born in 1967 in Mutlangen.
Richard David Precht
Author and essayist. Honorary professor in Lüneburg, Fellow with the Chicago Tribune and the European Center for Journalism. Numerous books published. Essayist for several German newspapers and magazines.
Ulrich Reitz
Editor-in-Chief of the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Studied Politics and German Literature. Began his career at Die Welt, starting in 1992 Head of the FOCUS Editorial Office in Bonn. In 1997 Editor-in-Chief of the Rheinischen Post, since 2005 of the WAZ. Born 1960 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Anja Reschke
Presenter of the TV magazine Panorama. Prior to that, freelance author for Panorama, Extra 3 and NDR aktuell. Internship with NDR in 1998. Studied political science, history and social psychology. Born in 1972 in Munich.
Gerhard Steidl
Publisher and owner of the Steidl Publishing House and Printer (known inter alia for the largest book collection of contemporary photography). Publisher of the author Günther Grass. Born 1950 in Göttingen, Germany.
