What I Do | GERALD DRISSNER

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Gerald Drißner takes on assignments at home and abroad. As a freelancer, he can organize his time freely. Gerald therefore works on small jobs as well as long-term projects.

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Journalist

Reportage, interview, commentary, background stories

Researcher

Investigative (also in Arabic); fact-checking

Storyteller

Everything can be told as a story: digital or classic

Ghostwriter

Writing and designing non-fiction books of all kinds

Trainer

Seminars: Journalism; Research; Arab countries

Proofreader

Editing of all types of texts (except literature)

Developer

Storytelling and content creation for websites

Arabic nerd

Development of learning material for non-native speakers

Gerald is keen on exploring unexpected angles. His stories are based on thorough and well-documented research. His writings are well-researched narratives.
Gerald aims at providing the reader with a better understanding of complex events and phenomena. Gerald can easily adapt to various social environments since he grew up in a working-class family in a mountain valley in the Alps (Arbeiterkind).
Gerald can do research in Arabic and is very well connected in the Arab world. He has lived in Arab and Islamic countries for more than ten years. He has a deep understanding of the dos and don'ts in the Arab and Islamic world.
Gerald has studied Islam intensively. His approach was not scientific; he wanted to know how people live and understand Islam in everyday life. Gerald knows how to decipher hidden cultural and religious codes.
Gerald can read, understand and explain statistics. During his studies in economics, he specialized in empirical economic research (input-output).
Gerald is experienced in doing difficult and persistent research.
Gerald documents his research seamlessly and transparently.
Gerald designs digital content to work like a well-crafted series: smart structure, professional storytelling, thoughtful copy that users love to read and search engines understand.

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Gerald’s texts have appeared in the most important magazines and newspapers in the German-speaking world.

REVIEWS – What others say about Gerald’s work

REZENSIONEN – What others
say about his work

Gerald Drißner foresaw what would move the whole world some time later. You can’t expect more ingenious foreshadowing from a journalist.

Marc Thomas Spahl

Axel Springer-Award (Laudatio 2011)

The literary travelogue is considered a dying commodity. In his book ‘As a Spy on the Nile’, Gerald Drißner vividly describes how Egypt’s society has developed beyond Nile cruises and luxury hotels on the Red Sea in recent years. He explains convincingly why the revolution has brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power and why the military eventually won’t tolerate that.

Martin Wein

Die ZEIT

Living in Tunisia or travelling around the country is not easy at the moment, Gerald Drißner’s well-researched book makes that clear. Many things are in a state of upheaval and many things are in a state of departure. Drißner is, however, immune from developing an overly wildly romantic attitude of authenticity.

Stefan Fischer

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Gerald Drißner tours Tunisia from his small rented apartment in Tunis to the furthest corners of the country. The encounters with smugglers, farmers or revolutionaries and the conversations in the coffee houses let the reader experience Tunisian everyday life after the revolution.