Andreas Kluth

Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion

United States

About

Opinion columnist, editor-in-chief, journalist, foreign correspondent, book author, graduate-school lecturer in journalism and public speaker with more than two decades of experience at major media brands: The Economist (20 years), Handelsblatt and now Bloomberg. Dual citizen of the United States and Germany, having lived and worked in London, Hong Kong, California, Berlin and now Washington, DC.

Experience

  • Opinion Columnist at Bloomberg News
    Sep 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

    Based near Washington, DC, since 2023, I opine and columnize on national security, foreign policy and geopolitics. Based in Berlin, Germany, between 2019 and 2023, I columnized and editorialized on geopolitics, European affairs, German politics and society, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, COVID and eclectic intellectual and scientific trends.

  • Editor-in-Chief, Handelsblatt Global at Handelsblatt Media Group
    Mar 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Led the editorial team and strategy of the English-language online publication of the German Handelsblatt Media Group.

  • The Economist (19 yrs 6 mos)
    • Berlin Bureau Chief
      Jun 2012 - Mar 2017 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Covered German politics, culture and society

    • US West Coast Correspondent
      Jun 2009 - Jun 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Covered the western United States

    • Technology Correspondent
      Jul 2003 - Jun 2009 · 6 yrs

      Covered Silicon Valley, New Media (the rise of blogs, podcasts, YouTube, Facebook etc), and social trends in technology

  • Lecturer, Graduate School of Journalism at University of California, Berkeley
    Sep 2005 - Jun 2007 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Co-taught course in business reporting for two academic years.

  • Reporter and analyst at Investors Chronicle
    Apr 1997 - Oct 1997 · 7 mos

    Covered British business and investment news for this personal finance publication.