About Katja
People have always piqued Katja's curiosity. For as long as she can remember, she has collected stories; the more obscure the story, the more it intrigued her. When she was 5, her mom gave her a notebook so she could write these stories down.
Alas, a childhood temper tantrum claimed the notebook as its victim, but Katja Ridderbusch has still managed to evolve into an accomplished journalist, author and storyteller. A native of Germany and a media professional of more than 17 years, she has worked in Berlin, Cologne, Paris, Belgrade, San Diego and Brussels. She now lives in Atlanta and serves as a foreign correspondent and syndicated columnist for leading German newspapers and magazines, including Die Welt, Handelsblatt, Cicero, and The Atlantic Times. She routinely appears on television news programs in Europe and the United States as a political and business analyst.
Katja is also the author of a critically acclaimed book about life behind the scenes of the European Union, entitled Der Tross von Brüssel ("The Brussels Entourage.") In addition, she is a well-known keynote speaker and a skilled international media trainer.
Katja began her career in network television. She then moved to the German national daily Die Welt, working as a staff writer at the foreign news desk and as a war reporter. During this time, she covered the conflicts in Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia, traveling extensively throughout the Balkans and witnessing the Belgrade revolution and the fall of Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic. She later covered his trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague.