Returning to Washington “Since I started working as a journalist, I have been concerned with the question of what holds societies together and what divides them,” says Ines Pohl. She joined DW in 2015 as correspondent in Washington and has recently taken over leadership of DW’s Washington bureau. Looking at recent political and social developments, she believes that there is no better time and place to investigate such questions. “I have known and loved the United States for decades. I hope to understand what has happened, what is going on in this country and what the world must prepare for,” she says. She is passionate about human rights and the role of democratic structures and legitimacy and
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seeks to understand how they can protect themselves from being captured by autocrats and populists. Pohl served as DW’s editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2020. During her three-year tenure, she focused on increasing DW’s social media presence and the exclusive content of all 30 language services. She is a strong advocate for using social media to enhance the connection between audiences and journalists in the digital age. On one of her first assignments, she covered the protests against police violence in Chicago. “I want to know how the wounds of the past can heal and how we can prevent the fear of social relegation from turning into exclusion, worries or hate.”
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