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DW Akademie is Deutsche Welle's center for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer. #MediaLiteracy #MediaEducation
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As Human Rights Day approaches, we are highlighting our work that supports #OurEverydayRights.
Up first: Article 26 and Media and information literacy (MIL)
Click below for ten findings from Cambodia on practical MIL approaches that work. #MILMonday
Learn more: akademie.dw.com/en/new-ways-...
Up first: Article 26 and Media and information literacy (MIL)
Click below for ten findings from Cambodia on practical MIL approaches that work. #MILMonday
Learn more: akademie.dw.com/en/new-ways-...
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
As Human Rights Day approaches, we are highlighting our work that supports #OurEverydayRights.
Up first: Article 26 and Media and information literacy (MIL)
Click below for ten findings from Cambodia on practical MIL approaches that work. #MILMonday
Learn more: akademie.dw.com/en/new-ways-...
Up first: Article 26 and Media and information literacy (MIL)
Click below for ten findings from Cambodia on practical MIL approaches that work. #MILMonday
Learn more: akademie.dw.com/en/new-ways-...
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
Tune in here:
https://youtu.be/EbZMwEzF6sU?si=Enq6ODLdw4xfr118
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
Tune in here:
https://youtu.be/EbZMwEzF6sU?si=Enq6ODLdw4xfr118
With tech companies and the rise of AI, getting fair pay for content is an issue that affects journalists, but it also has serious implications for audiences.
Read how fair compensation matters - not only for media outlets, but for businesses and citizens in general.
akademie.dw.com/en/a-74355287
Read how fair compensation matters - not only for media outlets, but for businesses and citizens in general.
akademie.dw.com/en/a-74355287
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With tech companies and the rise of AI, getting fair pay for content is an issue that affects journalists, but it also has serious implications for audiences.
Read how fair compensation matters - not only for media outlets, but for businesses and citizens in general.
akademie.dw.com/en/a-74355287
Read how fair compensation matters - not only for media outlets, but for businesses and citizens in general.
akademie.dw.com/en/a-74355287
Have you ever ridden a "sound bus"?
At the Cochabamba International Book Fair in Bolivia, our partner @muywaso.bsky.social turned city rides into immersive journeys! Passengers listened to podcasts on AI, internet scams, misinformation and media literacy through specialized headphones.
At the Cochabamba International Book Fair in Bolivia, our partner @muywaso.bsky.social turned city rides into immersive journeys! Passengers listened to podcasts on AI, internet scams, misinformation and media literacy through specialized headphones.
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Have you ever ridden a "sound bus"?
At the Cochabamba International Book Fair in Bolivia, our partner @muywaso.bsky.social turned city rides into immersive journeys! Passengers listened to podcasts on AI, internet scams, misinformation and media literacy through specialized headphones.
At the Cochabamba International Book Fair in Bolivia, our partner @muywaso.bsky.social turned city rides into immersive journeys! Passengers listened to podcasts on AI, internet scams, misinformation and media literacy through specialized headphones.
If you ask yourself how to better cover migration and displacement in Asia, then we have something for you!
We launched "Beyond Borders: A Toolkit for Reporting on forced displacement and migration in Asia" in Bangkok, Thailand.
You can access the toolkit for free here: dw.com/a-74746824
We launched "Beyond Borders: A Toolkit for Reporting on forced displacement and migration in Asia" in Bangkok, Thailand.
You can access the toolkit for free here: dw.com/a-74746824
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If you ask yourself how to better cover migration and displacement in Asia, then we have something for you!
We launched "Beyond Borders: A Toolkit for Reporting on forced displacement and migration in Asia" in Bangkok, Thailand.
You can access the toolkit for free here: dw.com/a-74746824
We launched "Beyond Borders: A Toolkit for Reporting on forced displacement and migration in Asia" in Bangkok, Thailand.
You can access the toolkit for free here: dw.com/a-74746824
💡🌎 How can we achieve inclusive and ethical use of AI in Latin America?
🤖 This was one of the questions that sparked dialogue at an event we organized in Mexico City on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents for the region.
How do YOU think we could do it?
🤖 This was one of the questions that sparked dialogue at an event we organized in Mexico City on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents for the region.
How do YOU think we could do it?
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
💡🌎 How can we achieve inclusive and ethical use of AI in Latin America?
🤖 This was one of the questions that sparked dialogue at an event we organized in Mexico City on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents for the region.
How do YOU think we could do it?
🤖 This was one of the questions that sparked dialogue at an event we organized in Mexico City on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents for the region.
How do YOU think we could do it?
Is it just us, or is the motivation letter the most stressful part of putting together an application?
Lucky for you, we have detailed information on what the letter for our International Media studies program should look like - including a handy example letter.
All info here: dw.com/a-57147364
Lucky for you, we have detailed information on what the letter for our International Media studies program should look like - including a handy example letter.
All info here: dw.com/a-57147364
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Is it just us, or is the motivation letter the most stressful part of putting together an application?
Lucky for you, we have detailed information on what the letter for our International Media studies program should look like - including a handy example letter.
All info here: dw.com/a-57147364
Lucky for you, we have detailed information on what the letter for our International Media studies program should look like - including a handy example letter.
All info here: dw.com/a-57147364
How does public interest journalism help sustain democracy and create resilient information ecosystems?
In our publication, we get to the heart of why public interest journalism deserves protection.
Read here: akademie.dw.com/en/a-74335469
In our publication, we get to the heart of why public interest journalism deserves protection.
Read here: akademie.dw.com/en/a-74335469
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
How does public interest journalism help sustain democracy and create resilient information ecosystems?
In our publication, we get to the heart of why public interest journalism deserves protection.
Read here: akademie.dw.com/en/a-74335469
In our publication, we get to the heart of why public interest journalism deserves protection.
Read here: akademie.dw.com/en/a-74335469
Najjat Omar of Zanzibar earlier this year researched revenge porn. She is one of 15 journalists in Africa who each produced reports on digital threats as part of a DW Akademie project.
Learn more about sensitive and responsible reporting:
akademie.dw.com/en/study-eas...
#orangetheworld #women
Learn more about sensitive and responsible reporting:
akademie.dw.com/en/study-eas...
#orangetheworld #women
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Najjat Omar of Zanzibar earlier this year researched revenge porn. She is one of 15 journalists in Africa who each produced reports on digital threats as part of a DW Akademie project.
Learn more about sensitive and responsible reporting:
akademie.dw.com/en/study-eas...
#orangetheworld #women
Learn more about sensitive and responsible reporting:
akademie.dw.com/en/study-eas...
#orangetheworld #women
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Meet Ivan Louis Pinno, co-founder of Digital Women Uganda, who developed a mobile platform to combat gender-based violence (GBV) as part of DW Akademie's (Re)Claiming Spaces project.
More: akademie.dw.com/en/tech-agai...
Meet Ivan Louis Pinno, co-founder of Digital Women Uganda, who developed a mobile platform to combat gender-based violence (GBV) as part of DW Akademie's (Re)Claiming Spaces project.
More: akademie.dw.com/en/tech-agai...
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Meet Ivan Louis Pinno, co-founder of Digital Women Uganda, who developed a mobile platform to combat gender-based violence (GBV) as part of DW Akademie's (Re)Claiming Spaces project.
More: akademie.dw.com/en/tech-agai...
Meet Ivan Louis Pinno, co-founder of Digital Women Uganda, who developed a mobile platform to combat gender-based violence (GBV) as part of DW Akademie's (Re)Claiming Spaces project.
More: akademie.dw.com/en/tech-agai...
At this month's #PodCircle, join Kwadzo Afeku, co-founder of Ghana's Gold Coast Report, for a conversation on what happens after your podcast dream really takes off.
🗓️ Nov. 26
🕓 4 p.m. (CET)
💻 https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0e501PfDQYemstZISMQXJQ
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
At this month's #PodCircle, join Kwadzo Afeku, co-founder of Ghana's Gold Coast Report, for a conversation on what happens after your podcast dream really takes off.
🗓️ Nov. 26
🕓 4 p.m. (CET)
💻 https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0e501PfDQYemstZISMQXJQ
DW Akademie resumed its activities in Syria at the end of 2024, again focusing on media training, and is conducting projects with Syrians in exile.
The fall of Syria’s regime offers an opportunity for the country’s media sector, but journalists still face challenges in a volatile environment.
The fall of Syria’s regime offers an opportunity for the country’s media sector, but journalists still face challenges in a volatile environment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
DW Akademie resumed its activities in Syria at the end of 2024, again focusing on media training, and is conducting projects with Syrians in exile.
The fall of Syria’s regime offers an opportunity for the country’s media sector, but journalists still face challenges in a volatile environment.
The fall of Syria’s regime offers an opportunity for the country’s media sector, but journalists still face challenges in a volatile environment.
Few people understand the importance of exile media as well as @meduza.io editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov, who has been working outside Russia since 2014. He sees the work of exile media as more than a business.
Read the interview: dw.com/p/53xXn
Read the interview: dw.com/p/53xXn
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Few people understand the importance of exile media as well as @meduza.io editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov, who has been working outside Russia since 2014. He sees the work of exile media as more than a business.
Read the interview: dw.com/p/53xXn
Read the interview: dw.com/p/53xXn
Standing up to disinformation 🛡️ 🖊️
In Moldova, DW Akademie and its partner API are supporting independent media houses through the TRIMEDIA project.
https://akademie.dw.com/en/combatants-against-disinformation-independent-media-in-the-republic-of-moldova/a-74743332
In Moldova, DW Akademie and its partner API are supporting independent media houses through the TRIMEDIA project.
https://akademie.dw.com/en/combatants-against-disinformation-independent-media-in-the-republic-of-moldova/a-74743332
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Standing up to disinformation 🛡️ 🖊️
In Moldova, DW Akademie and its partner API are supporting independent media houses through the TRIMEDIA project.
https://akademie.dw.com/en/combatants-against-disinformation-independent-media-in-the-republic-of-moldova/a-74743332
In Moldova, DW Akademie and its partner API are supporting independent media houses through the TRIMEDIA project.
https://akademie.dw.com/en/combatants-against-disinformation-independent-media-in-the-republic-of-moldova/a-74743332
📣 Applications for the DW Traineeship 2027 closed!
🍀 We wish all applicants every success in the selection process!
PS: If you missed the chance this year, applications for the next round will open in fall 2026.
🔗 akademie.dw.com/en/traineesh...
🍀 We wish all applicants every success in the selection process!
PS: If you missed the chance this year, applications for the next round will open in fall 2026.
🔗 akademie.dw.com/en/traineesh...
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
📣 Applications for the DW Traineeship 2027 closed!
🍀 We wish all applicants every success in the selection process!
PS: If you missed the chance this year, applications for the next round will open in fall 2026.
🔗 akademie.dw.com/en/traineesh...
🍀 We wish all applicants every success in the selection process!
PS: If you missed the chance this year, applications for the next round will open in fall 2026.
🔗 akademie.dw.com/en/traineesh...
DW Akademie's work in Namibia focuses on empowering users, media professionals and civil society to positively shape and engage with the digital information environment.
We also connect people and organizations across the region who share a commitment to free expression.
Here are some highlights!
We also connect people and organizations across the region who share a commitment to free expression.
Here are some highlights!
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
DW Akademie's work in Namibia focuses on empowering users, media professionals and civil society to positively shape and engage with the digital information environment.
We also connect people and organizations across the region who share a commitment to free expression.
Here are some highlights!
We also connect people and organizations across the region who share a commitment to free expression.
Here are some highlights!
⏰ Last chance to apply!
Our international traineeship is more than just training – it’s a launchpad for your career in media.
📆 Deadline: November 17, 2025
ℹ️ Application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
Our international traineeship is more than just training – it’s a launchpad for your career in media.
📆 Deadline: November 17, 2025
ℹ️ Application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
⏰ Last chance to apply!
Our international traineeship is more than just training – it’s a launchpad for your career in media.
📆 Deadline: November 17, 2025
ℹ️ Application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
Our international traineeship is more than just training – it’s a launchpad for your career in media.
📆 Deadline: November 17, 2025
ℹ️ Application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
Join us at @gijn.org's #GIJC next week for our session with Laura Moore, Dennis Reineck and @tomlawmedia.bsky.social that we're co-organizing with @gfmd.info!
https://impact.gfmd.info/meetings/2025/gijc-2025-events/case-for-funding
https://impact.gfmd.info/meetings/2025/gijc-2025-events/case-for-funding
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Join us at @gijn.org's #GIJC next week for our session with Laura Moore, Dennis Reineck and @tomlawmedia.bsky.social that we're co-organizing with @gfmd.info!
https://impact.gfmd.info/meetings/2025/gijc-2025-events/case-for-funding
https://impact.gfmd.info/meetings/2025/gijc-2025-events/case-for-funding
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
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
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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
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
Free three-part online training cycle “AI & Podcasting”
Dates:
💡 AI & Pre-Production – Nov 18, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎙️ AI & Production – Nov 20, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎛️ AI & Post-Production – Nov 25, 13:00–14:30 CET
✍ Register for free by November 14, 2025:
👉 forms.gle/fZKHGZMUFui6...
Dates:
💡 AI & Pre-Production – Nov 18, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎙️ AI & Production – Nov 20, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎛️ AI & Post-Production – Nov 25, 13:00–14:30 CET
✍ Register for free by November 14, 2025:
👉 forms.gle/fZKHGZMUFui6...
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Free three-part online training cycle “AI & Podcasting”
Dates:
💡 AI & Pre-Production – Nov 18, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎙️ AI & Production – Nov 20, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎛️ AI & Post-Production – Nov 25, 13:00–14:30 CET
✍ Register for free by November 14, 2025:
👉 forms.gle/fZKHGZMUFui6...
Dates:
💡 AI & Pre-Production – Nov 18, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎙️ AI & Production – Nov 20, 13:00–14:30 CET
🎛️ AI & Post-Production – Nov 25, 13:00–14:30 CET
✍ Register for free by November 14, 2025:
👉 forms.gle/fZKHGZMUFui6...
🌎 Calling all global storytellers!
DW’s international traineeship is open to young aspiring journalists worldwide who want to make a difference with their storytelling.
➡️ More info and application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
DW’s international traineeship is open to young aspiring journalists worldwide who want to make a difference with their storytelling.
➡️ More info and application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌎 Calling all global storytellers!
DW’s international traineeship is open to young aspiring journalists worldwide who want to make a difference with their storytelling.
➡️ More info and application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
DW’s international traineeship is open to young aspiring journalists worldwide who want to make a difference with their storytelling.
➡️ More info and application: https://akademie.dw.com/en/dw-traineeship-2027/a-70487446
It's that COP time of the year!
50,000 people are expected to attend this year's climate negotiations in Brazil, including 100 representatives of Indigenous community media, climate activists, journalists and media trainers.
Read a portrait of one of them: akademie.dw.com/en/indigenou...
50,000 people are expected to attend this year's climate negotiations in Brazil, including 100 representatives of Indigenous community media, climate activists, journalists and media trainers.
Read a portrait of one of them: akademie.dw.com/en/indigenou...
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's that COP time of the year!
50,000 people are expected to attend this year's climate negotiations in Brazil, including 100 representatives of Indigenous community media, climate activists, journalists and media trainers.
Read a portrait of one of them: akademie.dw.com/en/indigenou...
50,000 people are expected to attend this year's climate negotiations in Brazil, including 100 representatives of Indigenous community media, climate activists, journalists and media trainers.
Read a portrait of one of them: akademie.dw.com/en/indigenou...
Save the dates: Next week marks the start of the application periods for our two Master's programs!
🎓 International Media Studies – taught in English together with @h-brs.bsky.social and @unibonn.bsky.social: dw.com/ims
🎓 and the MFJI – taught in French together with EPJT Tours: dw.com/mfji
🎓 International Media Studies – taught in English together with @h-brs.bsky.social and @unibonn.bsky.social: dw.com/ims
🎓 and the MFJI – taught in French together with EPJT Tours: dw.com/mfji
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Save the dates: Next week marks the start of the application periods for our two Master's programs!
🎓 International Media Studies – taught in English together with @h-brs.bsky.social and @unibonn.bsky.social: dw.com/ims
🎓 and the MFJI – taught in French together with EPJT Tours: dw.com/mfji
🎓 International Media Studies – taught in English together with @h-brs.bsky.social and @unibonn.bsky.social: dw.com/ims
🎓 and the MFJI – taught in French together with EPJT Tours: dw.com/mfji
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.
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.
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.
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.
At the @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Exile Media Forum, we recently presented "Media in exile – Resilience mechanisms and survival strategies when covering Afghanistan and Myanmar."
The study shows how exile media sustain operations and serve as lifelines for their communities.
📘https://bit.ly/4nJE0qR
The study shows how exile media sustain operations and serve as lifelines for their communities.
📘https://bit.ly/4nJE0qR
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
At the @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Exile Media Forum, we recently presented "Media in exile – Resilience mechanisms and survival strategies when covering Afghanistan and Myanmar."
The study shows how exile media sustain operations and serve as lifelines for their communities.
📘https://bit.ly/4nJE0qR
The study shows how exile media sustain operations and serve as lifelines for their communities.
📘https://bit.ly/4nJE0qR