Jana Simon

1972 born in Potsdam

		grew up in East Berlin
1991 - 1992		studied languages in Perugia / Italy
1992 - 1998		studied in Berlin and London; subjects: East-European Studies, Media Studies and Politcal Science; during her studies she went on a number of trips to Russia
from 1997		free-lance journalist for the Tageszeitung, the Berliner Zeitung and the Tagesspiegel
1998 - 2005		reporter for the Tagesspiegel in Berlin, texts for Die Zeit and Geo
2000		Alexander-Rhomberg-Prize for young journalists
2001		Axel-Springer-Prize; Theodor-Wolff-Prize
from 2005		journalist for Die Zeit
		lives in Berlin

Alltägliche Abgründe: Das Fremde in unserer Nähe, 2004

Denn wir sind anders: Geschichte des Felix, 2002

Buch der Unterschiede: Warum die Einheit keine ist (together with Frank Rothe and Wiete Andrasch), 2000