Thierry Chervel is a German journalist with Franco-German roots, currently based in Berlin. After studying music theory, he worked as staff writer for the German daily taz and later as the Süddeutsche Zeitung cultural correspondent in Paris. Since 2002 he has edited Perlentaucher (and later its English version signandsight.com – Let’s talk European), an online survey of the most exciting essays from European and international press) which he co-founded.