By Olga Dovbysh & Janne Suutarinen
“You have lots of freedom of speech in the internet and in social media, but there exists a fine line somewhere. Nobody knows exactly where it is, or if one has crossed it or not.”
Since February 2017, Thielko Grieß has worked as a correspondent and presenter of Deutschlandradio in Moscow.
Grieß studied Cultural Studies, Political Science and Communication and Media Studies in Leipzig, Jena and Ljubljana and then gained his first journalistic experience as a news editor and reporter at MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk). In 2009 he was part of the founding team of the newsroom of DRadio Wissen. After the traineeship Grieß worked as a presenter of the program “Morning information” (Informationen am Morgen) on Deutschlandfunk and was one of the station’s external reporters.
Having journalistic experience in two different media systems, in the interview Grieß reflects on peculiarities of journalistic work in Russia.
What are your reflections of working as a journalist in Moscow in comparison to your journalistic experience in other countries?
I have worked as a journalist in various countries but for a longer period of time only in two: Russia and Germany. Because of that, I would like to compare the aforementioned.