Author / Hamburg
Bolivia, Argentina
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Life
Born in 1999, studied journalism in Ansbach and Sucre. Writes features about outsiders and the underestimated. Maja Schirrle is particularly interested in developments in Argentina, where she lived when Javier Milei came to power and inflation soared to 300 percent. She is also well-connected in Bolivia, her mother's native country. She publishes in national newspapers and magazines. These include Hinz&Kunzt, The Weekender, the Wirtschaftswoche and Geo. Part of Zeitenspiegel Reportagen since 2025.
Projects
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Maja Schirrle, ReportageCity of the Unseen
Author Maja Schirrle and photographer Nico Pfeiffer
Appeared in „Geo“ 08/2025Benjamin La Paz and Gustavo Reinoso do not know each other. But the economic crisis connects their lives in Buenos Aires. It turned Benjamin into a street kid and Reinoso into an artist who paints people like Benjamin. A child nobody wants to see.
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Maja Schirrle, Reportage254.2 percent
Author Maja Schirrle
Published on „Wirtschaftswoche Online“ 03/2024Argentina is experiencing inflation. Some people are throwing their money out the window, others are sleeping on sidewalks. Life in a society where the national currency is worthless.
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Maja Schirrle, PortraitShards
Author Maja Schirrle
Published in „Life & Death“ 10/2023His mother dies in an accident. A story of a cruel twist of fate.
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Maja Schirrle, PortraitElena dreams
Author Maja Schirrle
Appeared in „The Weekender“ 10/2023Bolivia's indigenous population lives by centuries-old gender roles. Elena Quispe is breaking them. As a Cholita Escaladora, she's moving mountains.
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Maja Schirrle, ReportageUnderwater
Author Maja Schirrle
Published in „Trott-war“ 10/2021The pandemic is getting on young people's nerves, above all. One case among many is Alex, who fears losing his footing.
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Maja Schirrle, ReportageAt home on the record
Author Maja Schirrle
Published in „Stuttgarter Zeitung“ 10/2020Ignored, mistreated, abused. A group of teenagers searching for a sense of belonging. They find it in a Stuttgart underpass, but their happiness is short-lived.