Andreas Umland
(He/Him)
Berlin, Germany, Kyiv, Stockholm
As seen in:
LinkedIn,
MSN,
Financial Times,
The Times of India,
Yahoo News,
Die Welt,
Harvard International Review,
Newsweek,
ScienceDirect,
Der Tagesspiegel
and
Covers:
Ukraine, Russia, East European political affairs, international relations, fasicsm, decentralization, higher education, German Ostpolitik, right-wing extremism, foreign policy, NATO, EU, OSCE
@EPIK_Ukraine Fellow & @SCEEUS_UI Analyst @UISweden. Editor of @ibidem11 book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices. Assoc. Prof. of Politics @NaUKMA. Usual caveats.
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Scholarly sources.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Experts on Eastern Europe.
Why did you become a journalist?
Outreach.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Learn the languages of the region that you cover.
When's the best time to pitch you?
In the morning.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On the phone.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.