T
anit Koch is a German journalist, columnist and moderator. She co-hosts the daily FOCUS Briefing and writes the column “Germansplaining” for the British weekly The New European. Previously, she served as editor in chief of Germany’s best-selling newspaper BILD, as editor of RTL Germany’s central newsroom and managing director of the news channel ntv.
Tanit started her career in 2005 at the Axel Springer Journalism School, as a trainee at the politics and business desk of BILD. She has degrees in law and political science and is an alumna of the Stanford GSB Executive Program. Tanit is a member of the advisory committee of the Center for News, Technology and Innovation (CNTI). She also serves as a mentor at the University of Lancashire’s Journalism Innovation Leaders faculty.