I Break The News

Hello everybody, Welcome back to your favorite blog about no-expenses-spared birthday festivities! I created this blog in 2012, when I had just recently started studying Journalism in London. It was a time filled with a lot of uncertainty. All I knew, was that I wanted to create my own little corner on the chaotic internet. A place for self-expression, observations and calm.     If my blog were a child, I would now have a bratty teenager on my hands. 💁🏼‍♀️ But my path turned out a bit differently.  Maybe unusual even, for someone from my region. No herd mentality for me. Especially not in my younger years. I had this calling, I just could not silence. It somehow had to do with music and journalism.  It was never easy, but it was also necessary, to follow it. Would I have ever thought, when I started this blog,  that the world would be in the state it is currently in - 14 years later?  Absolutely not, because I had high hopes. Still, this is a place for ...

Hello everybody, Welcome back to your favorite blog about independent journalism.  This blog will turn 14 in September! 🎉 ☺️ Over the years, this space has grown in a very natural way. What started as a personal project, some thoughts, observations and creative work shared freely, has slowly evolved into something more intentional. The topics have become deeper, the research more extensive and the time behind certain pieces… significantly longer. Some of you have been here for a while. Others found this blog more recently. Either way, I have always tried to keep this space open, thoughtful and independent. That part isn’t changing. What is changing slightly is how I will be sharing some of the longer, more in-depth work going forward. Introducing: Deep Dive Assessments From time to time, I work on topics that require a much deeper level of research, structure and reflection than a regular post allows. These are not quick reads. They take time to explore, write, edit and honestly,...