Veteran journalist Jeffrey L. Katz has traveled to Germany several times to explore his family’s roots and meet with local members of the country’s remembrance movement. He has written and spoken frequently about Germany’s reconciliation efforts and his connections to a new generation there. His stories about these experiences have been featured by NPR, Moment Magazine, and various newspapers.
For more than four decades, Katz reported, edited, and managed at local and national news organizations in print, broadcast, and online. His editing experience included fifteen years at NPR. He also worked as a reporter and staff writer at Congressional Quarterly and Governing magazines and The Milwaukee Journal and The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal newspapers. More recently, Katz has indulged his love of books by working as a part-time bookseller. He’s a graduate of the University of Illinois. He and his wife, Mollie, have two grown children.
