 2003 Fellows Hilmar Poganatz (left) and Adrienne Woltersdorf (right).
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2006
Ruth Ciesinger: Since March of 2004, Ruth has worked at the political desk of “Der Tagesspiegel” in Berlin. She edits the political pages but her job allows her to spend time on her own research. She work is focused on, the United Nations, parts of Asia, immigration issues and most recently, Iran and its nuclear program. In May, she traveled to Iran, which gave her the immense opportunity to learn more about the ongoing conflict. Her earlier professional travel has led her to Pakistan last November and to Sri Lanka after the Tsunami in January 2005.
From 2000 to early 2002 she was enrolled at the German School of Journalism in Munich. While in school she also interned for the daily newspaper “Der Tagesspiegel” and for “Inforadio Berlin Brandenburg” (Broadcast Berlin Brandenburg). After completing journalism school in March of 2002 her internships progressed into part-time employment. At Tagesspiegel she worked as an editor and reporter for the politics section and at Inforadio she was a program editor and anchorwoman. In 2004, she was offered a full-time position at “Der Tagesspiegel”. Though it was difficult to end her part-time work in broadcasting, she took the full-time position because it gave her the opportunity to focus on certain topics more in depth.
After completing high school, Ruth began her “stadium generale” at Sorbonne in Paris, France, where she also took language courses. She then continued her education by studying political science, law and economics at the “Ludwig-Maximilians-University” in Munich and the University of Edinburgh. There she completed her master’s degree with a thesis examining the process of devolution in Great Britain.
U.S. host newspaper: San Francisco Chronicle
Tamara Tischendorf: Since 2002, Tamara has worked as a Berlin-based freelance arts and culture correspondent and literary critic for nearly all German regional public radio stations and for the national program “Deutschlandradio”. Fellowships in journalism led her to Poland and Ukraine. As a Kellen Fellow, Tamara hoped to expand her knowledge of editorial work at a daily cultural magazine. She will produce pieces on the interrelation between New York and Berlin as cities of art and design, the US-media, German academics in America and the current cultural issues in New York.
As an exchange student at Berkeley, Tamara learned among other things that asking intelligent questions is not a philosopher’s privilege and that journalists actually make a job of it. Tamara made her first steps into the profession as an intern with the news department of KQED Radio, an NPR-member-station in San Francisco. Back in Germany, she subsequently worked as a reporter for the politics and culture departments at “Bayerischer Rundfunk” in Munich and at “Deutschlandradio Kultur” in Berlin. She also gained her first experiences in television when she assisted the editorial team at „kulturzeit“, a daily program on ZDF/3sat-stations.
Tamara studied philosophy as well as American literature and culture in Tübingen, Germany, and at the University of California, Berkeley. In Berlin, she received her master’s degree in Philosophy and American Studies from the Free University and Humboldt-University in 2003.
U.S. host radio station: WNYC, New York, NY
2005
Christine Meffert: Christine serves as editor of the features page for the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. She is also a staff-writer, working on general interest topics, writing mostly portraits and human-interest stories. Before she came to Der Tagesspiegel two years ago, she worked as a reporter for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany’s biggest daily national newspaper.
Christine studied communication science and German literature, and spent half a year in France as part of her curriculum. She is interested in the arts and the crossover of politics and everyday life. Last year she was nominated for the prestigious German feature-prize “Egon Erwin Kisch-Preis.”
U.S. host newspaper (Aug. 1 – Sept. 2, 2005): San Francisco Chronicle
Cornelia Stolze: Between 1987 to 1993, Cornelia studied biology at the universities of Karlsruhe and Tübingen, graduating with a m aster’s degree from Tübingen’s Max Planck Institute of Biology . In addition to her mother tongue of German, Cornelia is fluent in English and proficient in Spanish as well as French.
Following graduation, Cornelia worked at the press information and public relations office of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin between 1995 and 1997. She then worked as science editor of Berliner Zeitung for two years, before returning to academia, handling the press and PR for the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Munich from 1999 to 2000. During the following two years, Cornelia again served as science editor, this time for Hamburg’s Die Woche magazine.
In 2002, Cornelia was awarded an Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, which enabled her to work at the science section of Time magazine in New York City for two month that summer.
Since 2003, Cornelia serves as medical writer for Stern spezial Gesund leben, a special health issue of Stern magazine. Furthermore, since 1993, Cornelia has freelanced for various German and Swiss newspapers and magazines including Stern, Die Zeit, GEO Wissen, FAZ-Sonntagszeitung, Technology Review, Facts, and Max Planck Gesellschaft.
U.S. host newspaper (Sept. 19 to Oct. 21, 2005): San Francisco Chronicle
2004
Corinna Emundts: Corinna received her master's degree in political sciences, political sociology and mass communication at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in 1996, combined with an editor's diploma from the Deutsche Journalistenschule ( German School of Journalism). During her studies Corinna worked from 1992-1996 as a freelance writer for dietageszeitung, Der Spiegel , andDIE ZEIT. In 1995, Corinna was awarded with the Theodor-Wolff-Price, one of the most important national journalism awards. In 1998 she was nominated as one of the top ten journalists of the Axel-Springer-Price for Young Journalists.
From 2001 to 2004 she served as staff political correspondent in the Parliament's office, Frankfurter Rundschau, Berlin, covering national politics. Since April 2004, Corinna serves as a freelance political correspondent, affiliated with the Parliament’s office of Frankfurter Rundschau, publishing also in different newspapers and magazines with a national circulation.
Corinna is the founder and leader of a political background circle of national and international correspondents meeting members of the government and parliament and ambassadors since 1999. She came to Berlin after working as a political editor for the national weekly Die Woche in 1999/2000 in Hamburg. She started her career in Munich in 1996 as magazine-editor and then national reporter at the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Corinna regularly visits the United States, including a trip in 1996, when she spent ten weeks as a freelance reporter in New York. She is fluent in German, English, French and knows Italian spoken and written.
US host magazine: Newsweek International (New York, NY)
Peter Wütherich: Peter received a master’s degree from the University of Hamburg in history, journalism and Middle Eastern studies. In fall 1997, he completed the international Journalism Semester Program at American University in Washington, D.C. During that time, he also interned at The Middle East Institute. To improve his Arabic language skills, Peter attended an intensive language course in summer 1996 in Damascus, where he lived with a Syrian family. In 1999, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) awarded him a scholarship for another Arabic course, which he completed at Université de Tunis in Tunisia. Peter is fluent in four languages (German, English, Arabic, French), in addition to basic skills in Spanish.
Peter is editor at the Berlin newsroom of French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). Before starting his work on the International News Desk of AFP’s German wire service in 2002, Peter completed a 15-month traineeship at the agency’s offices in Berlin and Paris. He started his career in journalism while he was a university student. Between 1997 and 2000, he completed several internships and freelance assignments, including Berlin-based newspapers Die Welt and die tageszeitung, two of Germany’s dailies with nationwide circulation. Peter also worked for Germany’s press agency dpa, regional newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt and Südwestrundfunk’s radio program.
During his time as a Kellen fellow, Peter plans on researching and reporting on ideological trends in American politics during the current election campaign, e.g. neoconservativism and the role of religion in politics. He’s also interested in immigration issues and the situation at the U.S.-Mexican border. Peter also wants to add an American perspective to his main field of study by reporting on the situation of American Arabs and the Muslim community in times of war, terrorism and strict security measures.
US host newspaper: San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA)
2003
Adrienne Woltersdorf: Ms. Woltersdorf is Berlin editor of taz, die Tageszeitung, one of Germany’s daily newspapers with a national circulation. From 2000 to 2002, Adrienne served as the Berlin correspondent for another national daily, Frankfurter Rundschau, after working as editor at the Berlin desk for Der Spiegel in 1999, and editor-in-chief for Potsdamer City-TV PSF in 1998. Upon completion of several internships and freelance assignments from 1994 to 1997, Adrienne received the German-Polish Journalism Price in 1997, and the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship to work two month at KTVU-Fox News in San Francisco, CA, in 1998.
Adrienne received her master’s degree in sinology, political sciences and modern history from Freie University in Berlin in 1994, after studying two years in China at Jinan’s Shandong University in the late 1980s. Other international experience include one year in Australia for work and study, followed by a study trip through India. Since 1999, Adrienne is a board member of journalists.network, responsible for organizing fact-finding-trips and journalistic exchanges to and with China and Southeast Asia. Based on her international experience and because of her bilingual Education in German and French, Adrienne is fluent in four languages (German, French, English, Chinese), in addition to commanding a basic working knowledge of Spanish.
Adrienne plans on researching and reporting on Arab-American communities in the United States and national security vs. human rights issues in a post-9/11 America.
US host newspaper: Dearborn Press & Guide (Dearborn, MI)
Hilmar Poganatz: In September 2002, Mr. Poganatz founded the freelance news agency Blockfrei in Berlin. The agencies regularly sells journalistic work to major German newspapers like Die Welt, Welt am Sonntag, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, etc. In early 2002, Hilmar spent two months at La Nacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to freelance for several German publications. During his two-year-long traineeship at part of the Axel Springer School of Journalism, Hilmar worked for the business and travel desks of Die Welt and Welt am Sonntag, in addition to assignments with Bild, n-tv, Computerbild, and Extra. Prior to his formal journalism training, Hilmar freelanced for several German media between 1996 and 1999, including Germany’s press agency dpa, Westfälische Rundschau, die tageszeitung, and Radio Antenne Münster.
Hilmar received a master’s degree in political sciences, sociology and English philology from the Westphalian University of Münster in 1999. During his studies, he took courses in journalism and political sciences at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain, and he spent a year at the University of East London as part of a European Union exchange program, resulting in fluency in Spanish and English, in addition to basic skills in the French language.
Hilmar’s research and reporting interests during his time on the fellowship focus on social issues, such as lack of health care in the United States, “work-for-welfare” programs, and state budget crisis, among others.
US host magazine: Village Voice (New York, NY)
2002
Jochen Arntz: Mr. Arntz is a senior features editor of Berliner Zeitung, one of Berlin’s daily newspapers. From 1995 to 1999 Jochen edited and reported for the paper’s cultural and features sections. Jochen began working for Berliner Zeitung in 1994 as a trainee, after reporting for the political desk of the Berliner weekly Wochenpost in 1993. Other assignments as part of his journalism training were at the Kölner-Stadt-Anzeiger (daily in Cologne), Der Stern (magazine in Hamburg), Die Zeit (weekly in Hamburg), and taz (daily in Berlin), where he freelanced from 1984 to 1992.
Jochen received his master’s degree in history and German literature from the University of Cologne in 1992. Part of his journalistic research and reporting took him on assignments to China, Israel, and Egypt. He spent an internship at the English-edition of the Egyptian Gazette in Cairo, and researched on the economic situation in Hong Kong as part of a fellowship from the “Journalist Network”. He is fluent in English and has basic skills in French and Arabic.
US host newspaper: The Eagle-Tribune (Boston)
Freia Peters: Most recently, Ms. Peters spent two months in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she worked for the Sunday Times as part of a Fellowship by the International Journalists’ Program. Prior to her stint overseas, Freia worked for seven months as editor at the background news desk of Die Welt / Welt am Sonntag, a Berlin-based daily with a circulation of over one million. Freia still freelances for this publication in addition to filing articles to Allegra and Maxim magazines.
Freia has a degree in Latin American Science Studies from the University of Cologne and was trained for two years at the Axel-Springer School of Journalism in Berlin. In 1999 she served an internships in Germany at RTL, a private German television station, and in Palma de Mallorce, Spain, at the German radio station “Mallorca 95,8.” She also freelanced for the morning show of WDR, a German national public radio station in Cologne from 1997 to 1999. Additionally, she served as a freelancing author for Könemann-Publishing for two years during the same time period, and worked as assistant at the news desk of VOX, a private German television station from 1995 to 1996. In 1994, Freia interned at the daily newspaper La Voz del Interior in Córdoba, Argentina. She is fluent in Spanish and English, and has a basic knowledge of French and Portuguese.
US host newspaper: The New York Daily News (New York, NY)
2001
Robert Mosberg: Mr. Mosberg is an editor and reporter in the political department at n-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen, a German national news channel. Robert began working for n-tv in 1999 and has worked at every news department at the station – sports, parliament, as well as the planning, online and daily magazine departments. Robert received his degree in Political Science from the Free University in Berlin in 1997 and a Journalism degree from the Henri Nannen Journalism School in 1999, also in Berlin. Robert has worked for various news agencies in Germany and freelanced for the Berliner Morgenpost. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
US host newspaper: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
Maike Rademaker: Ms. Rademaker took a job in March of this year with Financial Times Germany, covering trade and employment issues as well as providing economic analysis for the paper. Before moving over to FT, Maike worked for two years as a reporter for the German daily newspaper, die tageszeitung, as an environmental reporter. She has freelanced for several news outlets in Germany, including Der Tagesspiegel and the radio station Deutschlandfunk. Maike’s background is in Biology and Agricultural Studies. She began her career with the German NGO Urgewald as an activist on the social and environmental consequences of World Bank Projects. In 1992, she was director of the Latin American Program for Urgewald. Maike received two degrees, in Latin American Studies and in Biology, both from Albertus Magnus University. She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.
US host Newspaper: Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
2000
Armin Lehmann: Mr. Lehmann is an editor at the Berliner Tagesspiegel, where he oversees the political page. Formerly, he worked for the editorial department of the Argentinisches Tageblatt, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and corresponded for the Tagesspiegel. He has also previously covered sports at the Tagesspiegel and freelanced for other Berlin newspapers. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin in 1997 with a M.A. in history, politics and German literature. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has some knowledge of French.
For the purpose of this fellowship, Lehmann was interested in learning more about Latin American immigration to this country and American foreign policy toward both Latin America and Europe.
US host newspaper: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
Michael Streck: Mr. Streck is a freelance editor in Berlin. He works regularly for the political section of the Tagesspiegel, and has written and produced many stories on environmental issues. He is a founder and partner of Sieckmann and Streck, a freelance office for print and broadcast journalists. In 1998, Michael participated in the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship in San Francisco where he worked with the National Public Radio Station KQED FM. He has a graduate degree in Geography from Humboldt University Berlin. He is fluent in English, Bahasa Indonesian, and Russian.
As part of his fellowship, Streck was particularly interested in researching genetically modified farming and urban renewal in the United States.
US host newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
1999
Christoph von Marschall: The 1999 Kellen Fellow was Christoph von Marschall, the editorial page editor at Der Tagesspiegel in Berlin. He has held this position since 1995. Previously he worked as editor and reporter for the features section. He also worked at the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich as a correspondent in Hungary from 1989-1991. He has a Ph.D. in Eastern European history from Freiburg University and is fluent in Polish, French and English.
Von Marschall had several interests concerning the attachment phase of his program. He was interested in working at a small paper in the Midwest, where he could learn about community newspapers and possibly explore personal genealogy. He was also interested in working in Washington, D.C., where he could further explore his foreign policy interests.
US host newspapers: The New Republic (Washington, DC; one month); and The Wisconsin State Journal ( Madison, WI; one month)
1997
Anette Frank: Anette Frank is a reporter and editor in the politics department at Berliner Morgenpost. A graduate of the University of Bamberg, Frank spent one year abroad as an exchange student at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has worked for the Berliner Morgenpost since October 1994. Her experience there includes coursework at the Axel Springer School of Journalism and assignments at the Springer News Agency in Great Britain and Bild Zeitung in Munich.
As a Kellen Fellow, Frank’s particular reporting interests included the American Jewish community, higher education, the Church of Scientology, and U.S.-German relations.
US host newspaper: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA)
Kirstin Wenk: Kirstin Wenk is also a reporter and editor in the politics department at the Berliner Morgenpost. A graduate of the Free University of Berlin, Wenk spent three and one-half years abroad in Beijing, China, as a student at the People’s University of China and as an intern at the public relations office of the Deutches Ostasien Zentrum Berlin. She has worked for the Berliner Morgenpost since October 1995. Her experience there includes coursework at the Axel Springer School of Journalism and assignments at a television station in Kiel and at Bild Hamburg. She is also a reporter for das neue China, a bimonthly magazine on China published in Berlin.
As a Kellen Fellow, Wenk wished to focus on the Asian-American community, high-tech business, U.S. employment, and immigration to the United States.
US host newspaper: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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