Dr. Melinda Crane has given speeches and moderated events and discussions for a wide range of international organizations and firms. She is a frequent guest and commentator on German television and radio. An experienced TV anchor, she served as Chief Political Correspondent and Senior Political Analyst at DW TV and also hosts the DW talk show “To the Point”. In 2014 she was awarded the Steuben- Schurz Media Award for her service to transatlantic understanding.
Dr. Crane studied history and political science at Brown University and law at Harvard. She wrote her dissertation on the political economy of development assistance at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. As International Affairs Consultant to the discussion show “Sabine Christiansen” she produced interviews with Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and George Bush, among others. Her journalistic experience includes work for the “New York Times Magazine,” ”The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine,” “The Boston Globe,” the “Christian Science Monitor” and German newspapers and magazines. Areas of expertise include: science, health and medicine (including pharma); transatlantic politics; energy, climate and environment; transport and communication; development, globalization, finance and trade; migration, integration and urbanization; new media, internet and artificial intelligence.
