works in the parliamentary affairs bureau of the Tageszeitung (taz) with most of his reporting devoted to the Social Democratic and Left Parties. His most recent publications include: Schwartz vs. Grün: Ein Gespräch mit Günter Beckstein und Renate Künast (Black vs. Green: A Talk with Günter Beckstein and Renate Künast) published by oekom in 2021; 40 Jahre taz—Das Buch (40 Years of taz—the Book), taz Books, 2018; and Ströbele: Die Biographie (Ströbele: The Biography) which appeared issued by the Berlin Verlag in 2016.

is a political scientist at the Free University of Berlin. She teaches and does research on parties, democracy, elections, and political communication at the Office for the Political Sociology of the Federal Republic of Germany. She studied political science, sociology, as well as recent and current history in Bonn and Berlin. In 2023 the scholarly journal politik&kommunikation awarded her its »Young Thinkers« prize.