Ann-Katrin Müller (born 1987) is a German journalist, and the political editor of ''

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''. She received an AxelSpringer Prize in Silver in 2018.

Early life and education

Müller was born in 1987 in the

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region. She studied political science and

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in Bonn and London.

Career

Müller's career started as an intern at the ARD talkshow ''

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'' (English: ''Hard But Fair''). Later, she worked for public television stations Phoenix, DAPD News Agency, ''

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'' and public broadcaster

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. Since 2013, Müller has been the political editor at the Berlin office of ''

''. She is a researcher on the right-wing

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(AfD) party and political

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. In addition, she has done extensive research on the topic of sexual violence, also in the context of elite sports. In 2018, Müller was awarded the Silver Axel-Springer-Prize for her report on two men recalling their stories of being placed under the care of pedophiles while in the Berlin foster care system. The jury, including Moritz Müller-Wirth of ''

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'', praised Ann-Katrin Müller for the sensitivity and "sober clarity" (''nüchterne Klarheit'') with which she covered the scandal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mueller, Ann-Katrin 1987 births Living people 21st-century German women writers 21st-century German journalists German women journalists German newspaper editors University of Bonn alumni German women newspaper editors German political journalists Writers from Rhineland-Palatinate