Maik Baumgärtner – Investigative Journalist
I am a German Berlin-based investigative freelance journalist and author specialising in right-wing extremism, racism, discrimination and anti-democratic movements.
I do research, articles, broadcasts and assignments for newspapers, magazines, online media, television, radio, publishing houses and think tanks.
Clients
The National (Abu Dhabi)
Der Standard (Austria)
Spiegel Online (Germany)
Deutschlandradio (national German public broadcasting radio broadcaster)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany)
Recent Works
Incendiary Informants: Did German Intelligence Fuel Far-Right Extremism? (DER SPIEGEL)
Neo-Nazi Terror Cell: Intelligence Agency Hindered Murder Probe (DER SPIEGEL)
Trial of ‘the madman’ Breivik ignores a virulent ideology (The National – Abu Dhabi)
Abandoned in Fight Against Racism – Anti-Nazi Groups Struggle To Find Funding (Spiegel Online – International)
Outrage over Property Deal: German State Sells Manor House to Right Extremists (Spiegel Online – International)
A paradox of hate: right-wing Israelis ally with neo-Nazis (The National – Abu Dhabi)
Europe’s right-wing leaders close their eyes to the obvious (The National – Abu Dhabi)
Growing-Up Neo-Nazi: Family Life Among Germany’s Far-Right Extremists (Spiegel Online – International)
‘NaziLeaks’ and the NPD: Leak of 60,000 Far-Right E-Mails Reveals Extremist Chaos (Spiegel Online – International)
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