The Public Uprising: Bernhard Poerksen’s Critique of DER SPIEGEL’s Debate Culture
Written by on January 15, 2026
For the past year and more, media studies professor Bernhard Poerksen has been observing and critiquing DER SPIEGEL. In this final essay, he takes a look back at his work, responds to the hundreds of reader comments he has received and lays out the utopic vision of a “listening newsroom.” A guest essay by Bernhard Poerksen