The Brander: Seven new correspondents from four continents
After its first six weeks online, The Brander is expanding its international network of correspondents. A total of seven correspondents, spread across four continents, will now support the online magazine with exclusive reports on brands and their creators.
In addition to Roman Elsener, the network now also includes correspondents and photographers from the cities of Buenos Aires, Paris, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Bali and London. "The Brander currently has the largest readership in Germany, with the USA in second place, closely followed by Switzerland. We are therefore very pleased to be working with these renowned journalists and hope that The Brander will portray brands from all over the world in this way and thus reach an even more international audience," Brander's Editorial Manager Olivia El Sayed is quoted as saying in a press release.
The correspondents:
Kai Jünemann, Paris
Paris-based photographer Kai Jünemann works for international print media, including the magazines Exit, Figaro, Stern, Spiegel and the French Elle. He works as a photographer in Paris for The Brander. Kai Jünemann also teaches at the University of Art and Design in Dortmund.
Hanspeter Küenzler, London
Hanspeter Küenzler, born in Zurich, studied English language and literature in Zurich and intellectual history in
London, where he still lives today. As a journalist, he writes about music, culture and football for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NZZ am Sonntag, Folio, Annabelle, Bolero and Watch International. He is a correspondent for Radio DRS and author of the biography "Michael Jackson - Black Or White".
Barbara Markert, Paris
Barbara Markert works in France for well-known magazines such as VOGUE, Grazia and Myself. She works as a correspondent for the trade magazine Sportswear International and for The Brander. The business graduate is co-founder of the fashion blog "Modepilot" and the German-language correspondent network "Weltreporter".
Karen Naundorf, Buenos Aires
A graduate of the Henri Nannen School of Journalism in Hamburg, Karen Naundorf reports from South America for German-language media. Her texts have appeared in Spiegel, Zeit, Geo Special, SZMagazin, Dummy, Neon and Merian, among others; radio and television reports for BR, WDR, Deutschlandfunk, Arte and ZDF. Karen Naundorf works as a correspondent in Buenos Aires for The Brander.
Lisa von Ortenberg, Hong Kong
Lisa von Ortenberg attended the German School of Journalism DJS, first worked as a reporter for Die Welt, as an editor at Glamour and later as chief reporter for Jolie. She went freelance in 2005. She moved to Asia at the beginning of 2009 as an employee of Süddeutsche Zeitung and Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag and has been writing reports and portraits from the APAC region ever since - including for The Brander.
Simone Ott, Los Angeles
Simone Ott is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles and Switzerland. She writes for publications such as Architectural Digest, NZZ am Sonntag, Annabelle and the Tages-Anzeiger. She is also a columnist for the online music magazine The Comet. She works as a correspondent in Los Angeles for The Brander.
Claudius Wirz, Bali
After training as a bookseller, Claudius Wirz worked for various book and newspaper publishers. He has been writing as a freelance travel journalist for various media for five years. Claudius Wirz has lived in Bali, Indonesia, since 2008 and also writes from there for The Brander.
