🥁 At @journalismfestival.com, the games have begun! 🥁
Our Media Innovation Playground has opened its doors at the Palazzo dei Priori!
Head over for a round of podcasting ping pong, play some games, try an escape room, explore magic tricks and board games - all designed to promote #medialiteracy.
The image shows the cover of a course titled "The Hype Literacy Toolkit for Journalists", which introduces the study of hype as an urgent force shaping technological development, economics, politics, and journalism.
The Hype Literacy Toolkit for Journalists
💻 In our new self-paced course journalists learn how to unmask the playbook of hype, and report on emerging technologies and AI with nuance.
👉 Start the free course now: akademie.dw.de/hype-literacy/
🌐In our recent episode of Survive and Thrive: The Media Viability Podcast, DW's Internet freedom experts Esther Kleine and Oliver Linow give a deep dive into what it takes, to get content out in an environment of shrinking online spaces for free speech and independent media worldwide.
dw.com/p/59KpM
Budget reduction weakens Germany's international broadcaster: After the cut to DW's 2026 federal allocation, the Broadcasting Council, Administrative Board and DW management agreed on measures in a February 17 joint session to achieve €21 million in savings.
A DW correspondent was arrested in Turkey yesterday. DW Director General Massing calls for his immediate release: "The fact that a journalist is being treated like a serious criminal, taken away by 30 police officers and brought directly to Istanbul, serves as a deliberate act of intimidation."
🎙️ Free training series: Elevate your video podcasting skills!
📽️ This series is designed to strengthen your video podcasting practice, from a solid foundation to more advanced creative approaches.
Register here 👇 👇 👇
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🎙️ DW Akademie invites you to a three-part online training cycle to integrate AI tools into your podcast workflow.
🗣️ Facilitated by trainers Nadine Wojcik and Paul McNally.
📍 Participation is free of charge, but registration is required by February 8, 2026.
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Wie können Geflüchtete Gehör finden und Verantwortlichkeit einfordern?
Mein Kollege Aarni Kuoppamäki erklärts – und nebenbei wie @akademie.dw.com dabei lernt: von Betroffenen, von Netzwerken gleichgesinnter Kämpfer*innen für Menschenrechte, durch langjährige Erfahrung.
Lesetipp: dw.com/a-75237005
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Out now: a new episode of our #surviveandthrive podcast with Izabela Moi of Agência Mural, Brazil, on access to information and combating news deserts!
Tune in here:
https://youtu.be/EbZMwEzF6sU?si=Enq6ODLdw4xfr118
Candidatez maintenant!
We're seeking the 2026 intake for our Master francophone en journalisme international, a cooperation with @epjtours.bsky.social aimed at French-speaking media professionals from North and West Africa.
Learn more: https://dw.com/a-67263094
Three women sit in front of a laptop on a boat. One speaks into a microphone.
A woman speaks into a microphone while riding on a boat on the Amazon river.
The Amazon river from the side of a boat.
We're getting ready for #COP30!
Traveling the Brazilian Amazon from Santarém to Belém aboard the Karolina do Norte, 100 Indigenous community media representatives, climate activists, journalists and media trainers spent three days on the river, learning from and exchanging with each other.
slopaganda: an endless stream of cheaply generated, emotionally charged AI content flooding spaces and eroding trust.
Over half of new web pages are now written by AI. Now, bad actors can also produce as much #AIslop as they like, stuffing our feeds with images and videos designed to inflame divisions. So, what does this mean when it comes to #MIL?
Find out here: dw.com/p/52TPO
#globalMILweek
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🌍 Applications open: We're looking for international media talents!
✨ Our traineeship is a unique opportunity to work in a global newsroom and develop your journalistic skills.
➡️ Apply by November 17, 2025: akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a...
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Great opportunity for aspiring journalists
If you're creative, multilingual and ready to dive into journalism, join our international Deutsche Welle traineeship.
✍ The application period opens October 13, 2025.
ℹ️ Here's all you need to know before applying: www.dw.com/traineeship
Are you attending the b° future festival this upcoming weekend? Then don't miss our #DWFreedom talk on the media's role in cultivating constructive dialogue!
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www.b-future.org/en/2025/even...
Missed this workshop at this year's DW Global Media Forum, will attend this time!
🌎🎙 Want to learn how to cover the climate negotiations from a local perspective? Discover the Get Ready for the #COP30 in Belém, Brazil training and apply before September 11!
👉🏽 Learn more and apply to the project: ready4cop.net
Journalists from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Thailand: DW Akademie and @roasiapacific.iom.int invite you to a practice-oriented training on reporting forced displacement and migration in Asia.
Apply by Sep. 19, 2025: thailand.iom.int/events/beyon...
📆 #DWFreedom Talk on Sep 4, 2025
Join @hwasser.bsky.social, @sahanaudupa.bsky.social and @oliverlinow.bsky.social, as we unpack the complexities of encrypted messaging, digital privacy, and the power dynamics behind everyday communication!
Register: www.eventmanager-online.com/en/event/dw-...
🌏🎧 Podcasters in Indonesia – don’t miss this!
As part of Radio Days Asia (@radiodayseurope.bsky.social), our PodcasTraining team is hosting a hands-on workshop on podcast design:
📅 Sep. 1 | 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
📍 Jakarta
Sign up here: radiodaysasia.com/news/design-...
🔎 Evaluators wanted!
We are calling for proposals for the evaluation of three projects in Asia funded by @bmz.de.
🔷 Project "Journalism of the Future"
🔷 Project "Displacement and Dialogue"
🔷 Project "Digital Resilience and Dialogue"
Find these and more calls here: akademie.dw.com/en/opportuni...
a list naming the risks to media literacy from increased use of AI
Some researchers believe that AI-generated content will soon surpass content created by humans. This presents significant challenges for the field of media literacy, which must quickly adapt to these changes. #MILMonday
Check out our publication for more: https://bit.ly/45kRLXg
Journalists are not machines. They absorb what they witness. And they need space to process it.
Trauma-informed journalism isn’t only about how we report on others. It’s about how we care for those doing the reporting.
Read more: akademie.dw.com/en/trauma-ta...
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New: editorial guide for addressing violence from a gender and intersectional approach, compiled by 30 editors from independent and community media in Latin America.
It offers:
- strategies,
- key questions,
- practical examples .
Download here (in Spanish):
dw.com/a-73156557
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We're happy to launch a 3rd season of the "Survive and Thrive" podcast - and to announce a new co-host: DW correspondent Imani Henrick Luvanga!
Don't miss the new episode this Friday with Tamar Kintsurashvili of MDF in Georgia, where they will discuss media viability and freedom of the press.
Our #DWFreedom think tank has a new newsletter: Media Development Insights!
Don't miss out on the latest updates and expert insights. Subscribe and be a part of the movement for a free and open media landscape!
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DW Akademie is looking for:
🌏 Project associates (f/m/d) Asia: apply by July 2:
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🧑🎓 Student assistant (f/m/d) journalistic training, apply by July 6: jobs.dw.com/Vacancies/24...
🌍 Project associate (f/m/d) Africa, apply by July 13: jobs.dw.com/Vacancies/24...
Q: What do English, German, Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic have in common?
A: Our website!
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What keeps a podcast fresh, funny, and going strong after a decade (or two)?
Well, we’ll talk about it at the next 🎙️ PodCircle meet-up with Australian audio producer Chris Marsh.
📅 Wednesday, June 18
🕐 1:00 PM CEST
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...