Melanie Amann

Melanie Amann
Amann at the talk show maischberger in 2019
Born (1978-05-18) 18 May 1978 (age 48)
Bonn Edit this on Wikidata
EducationUniversity of Trier, Aix-Marseille University, Deutsche Journalistenschule, LMU Munich Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationsJurist, journalist, economic journalist Edit this on Wikidata
Employers
Websitewww.melanieamann.de Edit this on Wikidata

Melanie Amann (born 18 May 1978) is a German journalist and lawyer. She was deputy editor-in-chief of leading Germany weekly Der Spiegel until 1 January 2026

Education and career

Amann was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier, Aix-Marseille III and at Humboldt University of Berlin. After graduating in law (Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen), Amann studied journalism at Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. She worked for Bonner General-Anzeiger and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Amann wrote as editor for Financial Times Deutschland mainly about issues in the middle east. In 2006, she joined Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung and wrote mainly on issues concerning employment law.

In 2011, she received a Ph.D. in law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München for a dissertation on the law of union elections.

She joined Der Spiegel in 2013, covering center-right party CDU/CSU and the then-rising right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). In 2019, she became head of the Berlin office. In May 2021, the magazine announced that Amann and Thorsten Dörting would join then-current editor-in-chief Clemens Höges to form an editorial triumvirate. After Höges left the magazine, the current editor-in-chief Dirk Kurbjuweit appointed Amann and Dörting as his deputies in October 2023.

Amann is a regular guest on political talkshows such as Markus Lanz or Anne Will, and appears in English-language shows such as NPR's All Things Considered in the United States. 1 September 2025 (FAZ): The power struggle at the top of *Der Spiegel*'s editorial team has been decided. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Melanie Amann is leaving. The relationship between her and Editor-in-Chief Dirk Kurbjuweit had broken down.

In January 2026, went from Spiegel to German publisher Funke Mediengruppe. Since May 2026, she has been the host of the podcast "Amann Unframed."

Published books

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Melanie Amann". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Melanie Amann". www1.wdr.de (in German). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Amann, Melanie; Bartsch, Matthias; Becker, Sven; Clauß, Anna; Dahlkamp, Jürgen; Dettmer, Markus; Eberle, Lukas; Gathmann, Florian; Glum, Luise (15 March 2021). "Fall from Grace: Merkel's Conservatives Mired in Scandal and Incompetence". Der Spiegel. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Steffen Klusmann beruft Melanie Amann und Thorsten Dörting zu Mitgliedern der SPIEGEL-Chefredaktion". Der Spiegel (in German). 5 May 2021. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Melanie Amann und Thorsten Dörting sind stellvertretende Chefredakteure des SPIEGEL". gruppe.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Reichelt-Skandal und die Folgen erschüttern Lanz-Runde: "Einige Frauen haben die Stadt verlassen"". Merkur (in German). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Lindner kritisiert bei Anne Will Merkel-Plan: "Sensibler Eingriff in die Grundrechte der Menschen"". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Germany Is Expected To Centralize Its COVID-19 Response. Some Fear It May Be Too Late". NPR.org. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Hanfeld, Michael (1 September 2025). "Ergebnis eines Machtkampfs: Melanie Amann verlässt den "Spiegel"" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  10. ↑ Corporate, Bülend Ürük Leiter; Affairs, Public (3 February 2026). "FUNKE gewinnt Melanie Amann als Chefredakteurin Digital der Zentralredaktion". www.funkemedien.de (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "FUNKE startet Podcast "Amann Unframed – Gespräche, die den Rahmen sprengen" mit Host Melanie Amann" (in German). 21 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.