His main field of interest is business reporting, with a strong focus on the financial industry, money laundering and tax cases. He specialized in data driven reporting and analyses of large data sets. He was part of reporting teams in Offshore Leaks China, Luxembourg Leaks, Swiss Leaks and the Panama Papers. Before his journalistic career, Jan earned a master’s degree in Islamic studies and American studies and studied Arabic and Turkish in Syria and Ankara. His work was honored with the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 2017, the most renowned German prize for TV Journalists. He was named one of Germany’s “Top 30 under 30” journalists in 2014 and member of the “Newsroom of the year” in 2013.