What I Do | GERALD DRISSNER

What I do
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Gerald Drißner takes on assignments both at home in Germany and abroad.

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JOURNALIST

Reportage, interview, commentary, background stories

RESEARCHER

Investigative reporting (including in Arabic); fact-checking

Storyteller

Everything can be told as a story

GHOSTWRITER

Non-fiction books of all kinds

TRAINER

Seminars and workshops: journalism; research; Arab countries

ARABIC-NERD

Development of Arabic learning materials 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 to provide the reader with a better understanding of complex events and phenomena. Gerald can easily adapt to different social environments as he grew up in a working class family in a mountain valley in the Alps. In his writings, Gerald explores how social change affects people's everyday lives.
Gerald has an excellent network in Arab countries and can easily conduct research in Arabic. He also has a deep understanding of the dos and don'ts in the Arab and Islamic world.
Gerald has studied Islam extensively. His approach was not scientific; he wanted to know how people live and understand Islam on a daily basis. In addition, Gerald can decipher and explain hidden cultural and religious codes.
Gerald can read, understand and explain economics and statistics. In his economics studies, he has specialized in empirical economic research.
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.

GERALD'S CLIENTS

His stories were published in almost all important magazines and newspapers in German-speaking countries.

Reviews - what other people say about Gerald's 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 brings the Muslim Brotherhood to power and why the military will not accept this eventually.

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. However, it offers special experiences, especially because many things are in a state of upheaval and others 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.