Gemma Pörzgen

Gemma Pörzgen works as a freelance journalist focusing on Eastern Europe in Berlin. She studied Political Science, Slavic Studies and Eastern European History in Munich and volunteered at the Frankfurter Rundschau. She worked as a news editor, later as a foreign correspondent for the Balkans and in Israel / Palestine. The journalist works today in the editorial office of Deutschlandfunk Kultur, as author, as event moderator and media consultant. She is co-founder and board member of Reporter ohne Grenzen Deutschland.

Photo: Dietmar Gust