Clemens Wergin

Clemens Wergin (born February 11, 1969 in Munich ) is a German journalist .

Life

After graduating from high school in Winnenden , Wergin did community service in Nes Ammim and then studied Middle East history, Islamic studies and journalism at the University of Hamburg . Wergin is married and has two children.

Journalistic activity

After graduating in 1998, he started as a volunteer at Tagesspiegel . In 2003 he won an Arthur F. Burns Fellowship with whom he worked at the Chicago Tribune . In 2007 he moved to the world group , where he headed the international department until 2014. Wergin has been commenting on the New York Times since 2013 . Since 2014 Wergin heads the foreign office of the World in Washington, DC

He was awarded the 2003 George F. Kennan Prize for his comments .

Web links

• Wergin Blog: Flatworld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clemens Wergin on Cicero.de ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Clemens Wergin on the New York Times website.
3. ↑ Clemens Wergin: Article, contact & profile - author page. In: welt.de . November 26, 2012, accessed October 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ George F. Kennan Commentary Prize 2000-2003 ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.