James Jackson

Freelance Journalist & Correspondent

About Me

Prize-winning multilingual journalist with strong newswriting skills and a track record of breaking agenda-setting investigations and exclusives.

Fully trained multimedia journalist and graduate of Deutsche Welle's prestigious bilingual traineeship, documentary maker and host of "Mad in Germany" video podcast.

Deep knowledge of Germany, having covered news, politics, business, and culture beats for world-leading media organisations. International Journalism Program Poland alumnus. Professionally fluent in German and Spanish.

500 Articles

100,000 Followers

Featured Works

A collection of my recent investigation, long-form journalism, and multimedia productions. For a full archive of my work, visit my Muckrack profile.

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Documentaries

Video essay about the history of trans people in Berlin. Over 300K views on the Spanish version.

How Berlin became a hub for trans people

Following the work of Ukrainian refugees documenting war crimes in Ukraine.

Investigating Russia's War Crimes

Beninese computer scientist Bonaventure Dossou's translation app is increasing accessibility to Africa's local languages.

The African 'Babelfish'

Interview with Kristallnacht survivor for BBC's Witness History program

Kristallnacht: The night of broken glass

The return of the far right in Germany seemed impossible - until it happened.

The Rise of Germany's Far-Right Youth

Mad in Germany YouTube Channel

Melina Borčak, a Bosnian genocide survivor and author of Mekka Hier Mekka Da, explained how media framing fuels anti-Muslim racism and the brutality of what’s happening in Gaza.

Anti-Muslim Genocide? w/ Melina Borčak

Hanno Hauenstein to discuss the failures of the mainstream media to capture the reality of the Middle East conflict

The failure of German journalism w/ Hanno Hauenstein

Did you know that Germany, which is proud of its "social market economy," has the same wealth inequality as Mexico?