Overview
- Der Spiegel announced Amann will depart at the end of 2025 and remain listed as an author until then, with Kurbjuweit publicly praising her reporting on the AfD.
- The decision follows a dispute that began after Kurbjuweit in 2023 removed Amann’s oversight of politics coverage, investigative coordination and the Berlin bureau.
- Amann’s contract as deputy editor expired at the end of August and, according to reporting, a renewal was not under discussion.
- She has announced a Harvard John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellowship starting in October, which outlets report will take her away from the magazine before her formal end date.
- The editorial leadership continues under Kurbjuweit with deputies Cordula Meyer and Thorsten Dörting.