Moritz Döbler is editor-in-chief of the Rheinische Post. Döbler studied business administration and graduated from the Henri Nannen School of Journalism. He spent his early career at news agencies, first at dpa in Hamburg and Munich, then at Reuters in Berlin, where his roles included head of digital and head of the capital office. He then spent ten years at the Tagesspiegel in Berlin, most recently as a member of the editorial board, followed by five years as editor-in-chief of the Weser-Kurier in Bremen. Döbler has been editor-in-chief of the Rheinische Post since the beginning of 2020. Over the years, he has reported from Bosnia and Rwanda, covered numerous EU, G8, and G20 summits, and accompanied both Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel to the White House.
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With Astrid Maier, Keri Mitchell, Kimberly Spencer, Moritz Döbler and Thomas S. Leatherbury
The U.S., birthplace of democracy, now faces threats to press freedom: public media defunding, silencing critical newsrooms, and rolling back journalist protections. Will democracy’s guardrails hold? The world is watching.