On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Aaron Wiener, Berlin Bureau Chief for the Washington Post.
Aaron Wiener is The Washington Post's Berlin Bureau Chief, covering Germany, Austria, Poland, and Hungary, as well as broader news out of Europe. He was previously a Housing Reporter and the editor of Retropolis, The Post's history section. Earlier, he was a Senior Editor at Mother Jones, a reporter at Washington City Paper, a Berlin correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and the editor of the Washington Independent. He has been the recipient of several awards, including a 2011 Arthur F Burns Prize for reporting, a 2013 Society of Professional Journalists Dateline Award for news reporting, 20214 Association of Alternative Newsmedia Award for best blog, 2015 Street Sense Award for commentary, 2015 Association of Alternative Newsmedia Award for beat reporting, and he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for illustrated reporting in 2024.
