Once upon a time they were the audience. Then "the people formerly known as the audience". Then came the backlash, with comment sections closed down and a revolt against social media. Then a counter-m...
Hanna Israel
Hanna Israel is head of ZEIT ONLINE's political dialogue platform My Country Talks that sets up one-on-one discussions between people with completely different views. Since 2017, more than 200.000 people worldwide have signed up to have a personal discussion with a complete stranger. Before ZEIT ONLINE, Hanna Israel worked as a freelance journalist and moderator, editor for the leading German quality TV talk format Anne Will and founded the online magazine InPerspective. She studied political science and international relations in Maastricht and Berlin and has worked and lived in Madrid, Brussels and Washington D.C.
Media organisations have launched innovative ways to engage their readers: by bringing them into controversial debates, both among themselves and with the respective newsrooms. The idea is to reconnec...
