About me
Astrid Viciano is a Spanish/German journalist and MD who has worked as a staff reporter at Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Focus and stern in Germany. Today, she is the editor-in-chief of the German Health News Review (medien-doktor.de), and works as a freelance investigate science reporter, mostly in cross-border investigations. In 2003, she worked for the newspaper Reforma in Mexico City, from 2012 until 2016, she worked as a freelance reporter from Paris, and from 2009 and 2011 she did a master in Specialized Journalism at Annenberg School in Los Angeles (award for academic excellence). She has published articles in German, English, French, Dutch, and Spanish. Viciano has won numerous journalism awards, grants, and fellowships. Her book on science history ("Die Formel des Widerstands", Galiani) was on the longlist for the science book of the year 2025 in Austria.
