Kristin Helberg

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Kristin Helberg (2015)

Kristin Helberg (* 1973 in Heilbronn ) is a German journalist .

Life

She studied political science and journalism in Hamburg and Barcelona . From 1995 to 2001 she worked for NDR . From 2001 to 2008 she lived in Damascus , Syria , where she was the only officially accredited Western correspondent for a long time . She works as a freelance journalist for ARD , ORF , Swiss radio DRS and Swiss television .

Kristin Helberg is married to a Syrian.

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Individual evidence

  1. Author entry on the Herder Verlag website
  2. Speaking time with Kristin Helberg: Syria: “Looking away does not work” ( Memento from August 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) WDR 5, September 8, 2016, on wdr.de