Aida Baghernejad is a freelance journalist and presenter. She writes and speaks in German and English for various regional, national and international publications, including Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel, taz, tipBerlin and The Guardian, covering topics such as music, literature, film and gastronomy. She often treats all of these topics simultaneously, but primarily focuses on the political aspects of sound, screen, literature and gastronomy. She is also the co-host of the podcast »Reflektor«, produced by musician Jan Müller. She co-hosted »55 Voices for Democracy«, a production of the Thomas Mann House and the US magazine Los Angeles Review of Books. She has also worked as a writer and presenter on »Man lernt nie aus«, a Spotify and Munk Studios production, and founded the »Pasta & Politik« format.

In 2021, she received the International Music Journalism Award in the Music Journalist of the Year category, and in 2019, her work was recognised as the best text of the year. She has also been nominated for the Alternative Media Award and the Listen to Berlin Award, among others. In 2023, she chaired the jury for the German Jazz Award. She also sits on the jury of other music competitions, including Musicboard Berlin, the VIA Award of the German Association of Independent Music Entrepreneurs, the International Music Journalism Award, and the Kathrin Prize of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt.

During the summer of 2024, she spent four months as a Thomas Mann Fellow at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles. There, she focused on the intersection of popular culture and politics, examining how political issues are negotiated in American popular culture. She mostly lives in Berlin, sometimes in London, and above all, on the internet.