With three years of experience writing for regional newspapers in the UK, Phoebe is now spending three months touring around Germany ahead of the federal election on September 24. A fluent German speaker with a degree in German language and literature at the University of Oxford and two-and-a-half years living in Germany and Austria, Phoebe has her fingers on Germany's political pulse and can turn her hand to everything from time-pressured news pieces to longer, more in-depth features. Interests include politics, people and the arts.