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Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

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Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is KCRW Berlin's Program Director, reporter and show host. She is a veteran American journalist with German roots who comes to us from NPR, where she spent 13 years as a correspondent, heading the network’s international bureaus in Kabul, Cairo and more recently, Berlin. She’s won numerous awards for her radio work, including a Peabody and Gracie. She also received the ICFJ 2017 Excellence in International Reporting Award for her coverage of Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Prior to her radio career, Sarhaddi Nelson spent 20 years as a newspaper reporter and was part of the Newsday team that won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for covering the crash of TWA Flight 800.

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In Brief: Hundreds take part in test run at BER airport with grand opening 6 weeks away

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KCRW Berlin’s Sylvia Cunningham was one of several hundred people who went to the Brandenburg site on Thursday to take part in a five-hour test run to identify any last-minute glitches.

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September 18, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
Wednesday 3 p.m.

Wednesday 3 p.m.: ‘Lost and Found’ by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Wednesday 3 p.m.

KCRW Berlin’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson mulls over absent, inanimate friends and their long journey home in our latest Wednesday 3 p.m. story. This story was originally broadcast on July 29, 2020.

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September 16, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
Local Shows

Common Ground broadcast Sept. 10, 2020: ‘Who is a REAL Berliner?’

Local Shows

In the hour-long premiere of “Common Ground”, host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is joined by a panel made up of Berlin politicians Sawsan Chebli and Christian Gräff,  “Der Alte Ami” – DJ Rik de Lisle, and Maxim Gorki Theater Director Shermin Langhoff to discuss “who is a REAL Berliner?”

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September 10, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
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In Brief: German officials call for aid to automakers hit by coronavirus pandemic, but offer no rescue plan

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In an interview Tuesday morning with public broadcaster ZDF, Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder warned of mass unemployment if the government fails to do more for the car companies.

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September 9, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
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In Brief: Mandatory masks at future demonstrations? Berlin interior senator to propose requirement following Saturday’s protest

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Interior Senator Andreas Geisel plans to discuss the proposed health law at a Berlin Senate meeting on Tuesday.

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September 1, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
Local Shows

Thousands — including a JFK nephew — protest coronavirus rules in second Berlin demonstration this month

Local Shows

Just as with the first demonstration earlier this month, many of Saturday’s protesters and speakers were from out of town and across the political spectrum.

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August 29, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
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In Brief: Berlin authorities ban Saturday demonstration against COVID-19 measures

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The city’s interior senator said the decision isn’t against people’s right to assemble, but to protect the public at a time when COVID-19 numbers are climbing.

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August 27, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
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In Brief: Berlin to revise COVID-19 testing strategy as laboratories near capacity

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Talks are underway about whether testing of travelers to Berlin should end, a move Berlin’s health senator opposes.

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August 25, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
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In Brief: Rampage driver admitted to psychiatric hospital after Berlin highway crashes injure six

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The public prosecutor’s office described the incident as a rampage targeting motorcyclists that left at least six people injured, three of them critically.

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August 20, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
 
Local Shows

Two jabs this flu season? More flu shots and a COVID-19 vaccine are on the way

Local Shows

With a vaccine for COVID19 in development, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks with Dr. Leif Erik Sander, an infectious disease specialist at Charite Hospital who researches the novel Coronavirus, to find out more.

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August 18, 2020 By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

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