Steffen Grimberg is journalist for taz and lecturer at the "Hamburg Media School", and the Universität Göttingen, Evangelische Journalistenschule, Berliner Journalisten-Schule and Adolf Grimme Akademie.

After finishing his studies in journalism and history in Dortmund and Edinburgh Grimberg worked as an editor for several daily newspapers and special interest magazines (e.g. Thüringer Allgemeine, Westfälische Rundschau and Deutsche Universitätszeitung). In 2008 he was rewarded with a German award for media journalism.