This weekend, many presidents of the local debating societies from under the umbrella of VDCH (the Association of Debating Societies at Universities, or Verband der Debattierclubs an Hochschulen) have assembled at the publishing house of DIE ZEIT in Hamburg. The main sponsor of the tournament series ZEIT DEBATTEN gives insight into the work of the editorial team of one of the largest weekly newspapers in Germany. The debaters have been talking to the editor-at-large, the chief editors of theprint as well as the online issue and many others. For more details, please read the German version of this article by Philipp Stiel.

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