At the same time, the section will be renamed: “Forum” will become “Meinungsfreiheit” (“Freedom of Opinion”). With this change, the WELT Group emphasizes its positioning as a platform for debate.
Andreas Rosenfelder (49) will assume the role of Chief Commentator and Head of the Opinion Section at WELT as of February 1.
Rosenfelder has been with WELT and WELT AM SONNTAG since 2010, initially as Deputy Head and, from 2013 onwards, as Head of the Feuilleton section. Prior to that, he worked as an author and reporter for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the German edition of Vanity Fair magazine.
At the same time, the section will be renamed: “Forum” will become “Meinungsfreiheit” (“Freedom of Opinion”). With this change, the WELT Group emphasizes its positioning as a platform for debate.
Jan Philipp Burgard, Editor-in-Chief of the WELT Group, stated: “Andreas Rosenfelder, with his extensive experience as a section head, his strong political commentary, and cultural journalism, is the ideal choice to lead WELT’s opinion section. Surveys show that perceived freedom of opinion in Germany is at its lowest level since the 1950s. We aim to counteract this. WELT stands for plain speaking, context, and freedom of opinion.”