Jochen Wegner

Editor-in-chief of ZEIT ONLINE, Germany's most popular premium news site, and editorial board member of DIE ZEIT, Germany's most widely read weekly newspaper. Winner of the "Digital Leader 2018" award from the German Lead Awards, Germany's most prestigious digital "Grimme Online Award" for the democracy project "Germany Talks," and the 2018 "Scoop Award" for digital journalism. Named German "editor-in-chief of the year" 2017.

I never thought I could make a living out of writing, now I’m the editor of one of Germany`s major digital news organizations. With a team of 150, we at Zeit Online are trying really hard to inform you 24/7 about everything that is important to you. We love great stories, deep reporting and data visualizations. We also publish several of Germany's most popular podcasts. I never thought journalism could go beyond reporting, now I have the tools to change politics. We invented a platform called "My country talks“ which brings people together from both sides of the political divide: Those critical of Islam with multiculturalists, angry white men and young feminists, meat-lover and veggie-eaters. Check out mycountrytalks.org. I never thought a journalist should be part of the story. Now I’m preparing my TED talk. Funny how things change.

Have a long 1:1 discussion with a stranger who doesn't share your opinions. This may change your mind.

Pruning Bonsais.