Alan Crawford (Berlin, Germany) joined Bloomberg News as German government editor in January 2006, six weeks after Merkel was sworn in, and steered coverage of her first and second terms as her global importance grew. He lived in Warsaw and Prague after the fall of the Berlin Wall and has reported from across Europe, east and west. He previously worked on The Scotsman and the Sunday Herald in Glasgow and in Edinburgh, covering the Highlands, Scottish and U.K. politics.

Tony Czuczka (Berlin, Germany) is an American foreign correspondent who joined Bloomberg News in 2009 as the political writer covering Chancellor Merkel, her re-election and the eruption of the European debt crisis. For the past four years, he has had access granted to only a few foreign reporters, from invitation-only gatherings where Merkel displays rare flashes of humor to global conferences that expose the strains of leadership. He has also worked for The Associated Press in Germany, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Switzerland and New York.