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Here’s your weekly German media recommendation from Monoglot Anxiety. This time, it's the weekly newsmagazine Die Zeit.

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With that out of the way, on to the recommendation...

Die Zeit

If you're a serious language learner, choosing media to consume is always going to be a tug-of-war between content in your native language and content in your target languages. As a native English speaker, the overwhelming dominance of the Anglophone media sphere is a blessing and a curse. While I want to consume content in my target languages, it's not always easy to find a 1:1 (or close) replacement for the English-language media that I'm loathe to give up. This past month, I got into a habit of reading/listening to The Economist (a liberal-leaning English weekly published in London known for its international focus) each week. I'm not willing to give up The Economist in the name of more language input, but I do want to round out my media diet with a second news source to follow actively— and it didn't take me long for me to start thinking "hey, I should really be looking into a German one."

Die Zeit is the first paper I've decided to try out. I've been reading their free articles online here and there over the past year or so, but the subscription opens up the e-paper and audio articles, which are what I'm most excited about. The e-paper appeals to me because Die Zeit is a weekly—which I prefer, since it means I'm not reading news every day but rather sitting down to get updated once a week (a reason I like The Economist as well). Each edition is separated into a few recurring main blocks: Politik (Politics), Streit (Argument), Dossier, Wirtschaft (Economy), Wissen (Science), Feuilleton (Critique and literature), and Explore (Everyday life and travel), with a few shorter sections. It is considered one of Germany's leading newspapers and, as best I can tell, Die Zeit seems like it would appeal to readers who enjoy English-language publications in the vein of The New Yorker and The Atlantic.

The online newspaper, which offers many free articles, is organized a bit differently, with the main sections Politik (Politics), Gesellschaft (Society), Wirtschaft (Economy), Kultur (Culture), Wissen (Science), Digital (Internet and technology), and a few more. There's also Zeit Campus, which is oriented towards university-aged folks. Most articles are available to read for free, though you'll need a subscription to read the paywalled Zeit+ articles.

That's all for this week,

Elise from Monoglot Anxiety