Roland Nelles

Roland Nelles (born December 7, 1971 in Bonn ) is a German journalist . Since August 1, 2017 he has been working as chief correspondent for SPIEGEL ONLINE in Washington DC, USA.

Life

After completing school and high school (including at the Shiplake College in Henley-on-Thames , Great Britain), Nelles attended the journalism school of the Axel Springer Verlag in Berlin and Hamburg from 1990 to 1992 . During this time he worked as one of the first West German journalists for the former GDR newspaper “Der Morgen” in Berlin. He then became editor of the " Hamburger Abendblatt " and the newspaper " Die Welt ". From 1994 to 1999 he studied political science at the Otto Suhr Institute of the Free University of Berlin . Nelles graduated with a diploma. From 1999 to 2001 he was an editor in the capital city office of “Welt” in Berlin, then from 2001 to 2002 he was deputy head of politics at the newspaper “ Die Woche ” in Hamburg. In 2002, the then office manager Gabor Steingart brought him to the capital office of the news magazine DER SPIEGEL as a correspondent for federal politics , where he a. a. Co-supervised the SPD reporting. In 2009 he was appointed by the then SPIEGEL editors-in-chief Matthias Müller von Blumencron and Georg Mascolo as head of politics and head of the capital city office of SPIEGEL ONLINE . Since August 1, 2017, Nelles has been reporting from the USA as chief correspondent for SPIEGEL ONLINE . He is married to a French woman, has two daughters and lives with his family in Washington DC .

Journalistic work

In Washington, one of Nelles' priorities is current reporting on US President Donald Trump , the White House, and American domestic and foreign policy. He mainly writes about the Russia investigation by special investigator Robert Mueller , the dispute over the US gun laws , the development of the party system, trade policy and the Korean conflict. As a member of the editor-in-chief of SPIEGEL ONLINE and head of politics, Nelles was previously responsible for domestic and foreign policy reporting on the news site. In this role he was also involved in the development of new journalistic formats. This included the introduction of fixed daily columns at SPIEGEL ONLINE with Jan Fleischhauer and Jakob Augstein , the explanatory format “Finally Understandable” and the morning briefing “Die Lage” with more than 120,000 subscribers.

Others

Nelles' reports and analyzes are quoted in international media such as the "New York Times" as well as in political books. He appears as an interview partner in TV reports on German and international politics and others. a. in the media magazine “Zapp” or in the TV documentary “Nervöse Republik” by Stefan Lamby. He is one of the alumni of the “Young Leader” program of the “ Atlantik-Brücke ” and is a regular participant in conferences on political and digital topics such as the “Transatlantic Digital Media Conference” in New York.

Web links

• Politics / Berlin / Member of the editor-in-chief: Roland Nelles. In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved January 22, 2017 .