Johanna Roth

Johanna Roth is the US correspondent for ZEIT ONLINE, based in Washington, DC. Previously, she worked in ZEIT ONLINE's Berlin newsroom, writing and editing features and commentary with a particular focus on European politics. In 2020, she was a freelance reporter covering elections and social issues in the Southern United States. Before that, she worked as an opinion editor at taz, die tageszeitung in Berlin, Germany. Johanna is an alumna of Deutsche Journalistenschule (DJS) in Munich. She holds a MA in Comparative Literature from Freie Universität Berlin and a BA in German, Islamic Studies, and Political Science from Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.