| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Category: | Children's magazine News magazine |
| Company: | Spiegel Verlag |
| Publisher: | Spiegel Verlag |
| Country: | Germany |
| Based: | Hamburg |
| Language: | German |
| Website: | Dein Spiegel |
| Issn: | 1868-7334 |
Dein Spiegel (German: Your Mirror) is a monthly German magazine aimed at young people. The magazine provides news in an appealing and educative way. It has been in circulation since 2009.
Dein Spiegel was first published on 1 September 2009.[1] [2] The magazine began to be published monthly in December 2009.[3] The publisher of the monthly is Spiegel Verlag which also publishes Der Spiegel among the others.[4] The co-chief editors of the monthly were Georg Mascolo and Mathias Müller von Blumencron until 2013 when they both left the company.[4] [5] There is a four-member core editorial team in addition to 20 editors who also write for Der Spiegel.[6]
The magazine targets children ages between 8 and 14. The contents of the magazine mirror those in Der Spiegel, but they are offered in an age-appropriate manner and entertaining and educational way.[7] The topics covered include stories of politics, economics, nature and technology, culture, sport and people in Germany and other countries.[7] The monthly also publishes interviews undertaken by child reporters one of which was with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, in Hamburg in April 2012.[8] The publisher, Spiegel Verlag, introduces Dein Spiegel as "the news magazine for enquiring girls and boys".[4] Arnd Zickgraf describes the magazine as the first political children's magazine.[6]
The 2010 circulation of Dein Spiegel was 150,000 copies.[6] Spiegel Gruppe announced its 2011 circulation as 67,326 copies.[4]