Kaarel Tarand (born 20 September 1966) is an Estonian journalist and editor.[1]
He was born in Tallinn to geographer, climatologist and politician Andres Tarand and radio journalist Mari Tarand. His older brother is politician Indrek Tarand.[2] During 1987–1996 he studied philology and social sciences at the University of Tartu.
In 1996–1999, he was the editor of magazine Luup. Since 2002, he has worked as a columnist at newspaper Eesti Päevaleht. Since 2005, he has been a chief editor of newspaper Sirp.