With the expansion, the company wants to strategically develop its journalistic profile and incorporate different perspectives more closely, explained Media Pioneer. The new editors should also be involved in publishing.
Grimm said she impressed the young team at The Pioneer. “I hope to be able to bring new impulses with my economic policy and geoeconomic perspective and am sure that the collaboration will also broaden my perspective on the social debate.”
At the end of 2025, the journalist Dagmar Rosenfeld resigned from her position as editor of “The Pioneer”. Together with the journalist Robin Alexander, she has been running the political podcast “Machtwechsel” as an independent format since January 2026 with independent responsibility.
Media Pioneer was founded by Steingart in 2018. According to its own statements, the journalistic core brand foregoes advertising revenue and is financed through reader participation.
This message was sent on January 27th, 2026 on the Deutschlandfunk program.
