Carina Körner

Carina Körner is an investigative journalist from Germany.

Her reporting has exposed exports of police equipment to Algeria and labor issues at major German companies. She trained as a journalist at Norddeutscher Rundfunk and graduated in economics from the University of Potsdam. The American Council on Germany awarded her its Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Fellowship.

Basic information

Name

Carina Körner

Expertise

investigative journalism, police, labour issues

Country

Germany

City

Berlin

Twitter

@carinakoerner

Supported projects

Clean cars, dirty batteries

Environment
Industry

LUBUMBASHI, KOLWEZI, BERLIN - To make the batteries for electric cars, manufacturers need cobalt. This documentary shows the efforts of the European car industry to ensure proper supply chains, and documents in the cobalt mines in the Congo that this is impossible.