JOURNALISM
As deputy editor of Berlin’s English-language magazine Exberliner (now The Berliner), I oversaw the production of over 50 print issues, spanning topics from sex and drugs to post-capitalism and political exiles.
My subsequent print and online journalism has covered food, travel, tech, art and social issues, always with a focus on finding and telling overlooked stories.
ARTICLES
“Meet the Mettigel”, the world’s only deep-dive into the roots and enduring popularity of the German meat hedgehog, for Atlas Obscura
As Jane Silver, the pseudonymous food expert: restaurant reviews and features for The Berliner and Berlin Food Stories
Food features for The Takeout: Germany’s ban on Cheetos, In-N-Out Burger in Berlin, America Week at Lidl
English features for queer magazine Siegessäule: Helping queer Ukrainians, Israel and the club scene, Queer Cuisine interview
“New life for Switzerland’s hippy valley”, Guardian travel piece exploring Valle Onsernone in Ticino
“Village People”, article on digital nomads in Brandenburg for Next Generation Living
Exberliner features: All about Berlin’s crayfish invasion, exploring women*-only music initiatives, visiting the Syrian businesses of Sonnenallee, the draconian music rights organisation GEMA, getting to the root of Germany’s fascination with the American Old West at a line dancing bar and a Wild West theme park, buying Bitcoin during the cryptocurrency’s first price hike in 2014, getting rejected from fancypants clubs, Foodsharing adventures gone awry and much more
Interviews: Olafur Eliasson, the late Mark E. Smith, Jenny Hval and Berlin locals Duc Ngo, Dylan Watson-Brawn, Gurr, Andre de Ridder and Batman
BOOKS
Research and writing for Frommer’s Travel Guides: Ticino, Graübunden and The Engadine Valley for Frommer’s Switzerland (2019); Berlin for Frommer’s Germany (2016)
Interviews and profiles for Startup Guide Basel Area (2022)
Profiles and additional text for Water Worlds (2022), about water habitats and the activists working to preserve them
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