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In the forest or at the desk: the transatlantic pre-school divide
When Carrie Anderson decided to send her 4-year old son Pierce to a German Kindergarten after the family’s move to Stuttgart from Alexandria, VA, she knew that he would be in for a completely different experience than his older brother … Continue reading
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A lot has happened (just not on the Flying Carpet)
This break was much longer than planned. Last year, the Flying Carpet flew back to Germany. Unlike my move to the US eight years earlier, my grandmother’s carpet did not just carry me and my two suitcases across the Atlantic. However, I’d … Continue reading
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Watch Out, Saudi-Arabia. Texas is Back!
Not even the West Texas wind can compete with the deep hum of the oil rig. Its white and red pole punctures the pale blue sky. The platform is surrounded by trucks and containers. A giant metal rack holds pieces … Continue reading
Egg Cells – Fresh or Frozen (Fertility, Part 2)
Sperm is a simple commodity compared to the much more delicate product that is traded on the second floor of the building that houses the Fairfax Cryobank. Oil paintings with flower motifs decorate the salmon colored walls of the Institute … Continue reading
A Sperm Donor Who Looks Like Matt Damon (Fertility, Part 1)
The basement of the Cryobank in Fairfax does not look all that different from a hobby brewery. Except that the stainless steel barrels don’t contain beer but nitrogen. They feed big white tanks to keep the temperature at below – … Continue reading
A Rockefeller Who Hates Oil (Gentlewoman Farmers, Part 2)
“I hope you brought something warm,” said Eileen Rockefeller after we had sat down for an interview for a Capital series about the world’s most famous families in business history. A chilly November wind was blowing around her white farm … Continue reading
Offroad with Sandy Lerner (Gentlewoman Farmers, Part 1)
“I am not someone who gets stuck in the rut,” Sandy Lerner had told me as we talked about the impressive range of her interests and activities during a drive across her farm – from computer programming to novel writing to organic farming. But … Continue reading
Am I the future or the past?
Not just the Washington Post is updating itself as I wrote in my previous post. As journalists, we all have to reinvent ourselves within a changing industry. In a fast-moving, connected world, we have to be able to use different channels … Continue reading
Good News from Death Valley
Could there still be hope in the media industry? Two years ago, I was less than certain about that. (see the post I wrote after the death of my former newspaper, Financial Times Deutschland). Things have become more refreshing lately, for several reasons. New … Continue reading
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Tagged Financial Times Deutschland, Media, N24, Washington Post
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Big Stories on the Small Screen
If anyone has been wondering what I do for a living these days: A year ago, I took my first steps in television, working in the DC office of German TV station N24. Those first steps were tiresome – especially … Continue reading
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