The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday, March 18 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Erika Solomon, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times.
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Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?
March 18 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT
Erika Solomon has been a Berlin Correspondent for The New York Times since April 2022. Prior to that, she served as a correspondent for The Financial Times, reporting from the Middle East and then Germany. Ms. Solomon spent over a decade reporting from the Middle East – first for Reuters and then the FT – covering the Arab Spring and its aftermath, from the street protests in Yemen and Bahrain to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. In 2019, she moved to Germany where she covered migration in Europe as well as the German federal elections in 2021.
Ms. Solomon earned a degree in History and Literature from Harvard University in 2008. She then moved to Damascus on an Arabic fellowship before pivoting to journalism. She speaks Arabic, German, and Spanish. She also once was a competitive horse rider and loves to bake cakes.