Jenny Friedrich-Freksa

Jenny Friedrich-Freksa

Jenny Friedrich-Freksa, born 1974 in Berlin, studied Social and Economic Communication at Hochschule der Künste Berlin. After gathering experience in Paris, Geneva and Rome, she worked for  Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich for several years. Since 2005, she is the editor in chief at the magazine KULTURAUSTAUSCH in Berlin.



Articles by this author

Une Grande Nation (Issue IV/2017)

Let it be love

There are probably more romantic places to fall in love than a butchery. But it is there, between cow carcasses and dead pigs that quality controller Mária and her boss, Endre, cautiously get to know one another. The film that tells this tale is On Body and Soul, directed by Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi. 

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Earth, how are you doing? (Issue I/2018)

Editorial

Our chief editor takes a look at the current issue.

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Poorest nation, richest nation (Issue III+IV/2018)

Editorial

Our chief editor takes a look at the current issue.

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Above (Issue I/2019)

Editorial

Standing at the top of a mountain is uplifting. Positioned up high, close to the clouds, with the valley appearing tiny and far, far below.

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Guilt (Issue II/2019)

Editorial

Our chief editor takes a look at the current issue.

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Nonstop (Issue III/2019)

Editorial

Our chief editor takes a look at the current issue.

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Someone else's paradise (Issue IV/2019)

Editorial

Our chief editor takes a look at the current issue.

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Finally! (Issue I/2020)

“The oldest people can see things that are hidden to the rest of us”

Our chief editor takes a look at the latest edition.

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Talking about a revolution (Issue II/2020)

“Rebellion is a force”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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A story goes around the world (Issue III/2020)

“Literature always helps”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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The better America (Issue IV/2020)

“Trudeau trumps Trump”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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Taboo (Issue I/2021)

“The real taboos can't even be talked about”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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The hunters and the hunted (Issue II/2021)

“Are we above them or are we like them?”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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The new Poland (Issue III/2021)

“Come with us to Poland, it's just down the road.”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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Make it yourself (Issue IV/2021)

“Go for it: build a raft, a musical instrument, a beamer out of cardboard!”

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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Under the Earth (Issue I/2022)

What is going on under the earth

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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Under the Earth (Issue I/2022)

The Hill of Crosses near Šiauliai, Lithuania

Crosses of devotion stand as a symbol of Lithuanian resistance – but are far from a cemetery.

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Black and white thinking (Issue II/2022)

What we don't remember

The war in Ukraine, a pandemic that never ends: This may not be the best time for the new European Capital of Culture cities to present themselves to the world. Novi Sad in Serbia and Kaunas in Lithuania are going ahead anyway. And both metropolises are approaching the question of their own urban histories in very different ways.

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Black and white thinking (Issue II/2022)

About the culture wars

Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.

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Are we running out of water? (Issue III/2022)

Our indispensable asset

Introducing our new issue

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Fear of women (Issue IV/2022)

“The invisible women”

A glimpse of our new issue.

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