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The DW Akademie Report 2024/25 is out now! Our annual publication illustrates everything we have been up to and the values that drive our work as one of the world's leading media development organizations. Check out some of our numbers and download the report:…

South Africa's democracy was founded some 30 years ago. The political transition included a strong drive to improve media access and participation, particularly by groups that had been excluded under apartheid. Read the new study on the program at #DWFreedom with researchers…

Tomorrow: Our #DWFreedom Think Tank and researcher @Pokharel_Umesh will take a close look at media development challenges in the Asia/Pacific region. 📅 Thursday, July 24, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m. (CEST) 📍 online: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🎙️ What does it take to walk away from a top-rated radio show and build something entirely your own? Find out by joining us this Thursday, July 24, at 4:00 p.m. CEST when we sit down with media pioneer and podcast host @ADELLEO, the creator of Legally Clueless, one of Kenya’s…

Open call for a Project Coordinator (m/f/d) based in the West Bank DW Akademie, in the framework of the project “Hobz wa Malah - Getting together to talk,” and funded by the European Union, is looking for a Local Coordinator for the Palestinian Territories to advise and…

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, say experts Khaled Nasser (@DartCenter) and…

DW Akademie's Media and Information Literacy (MIL) projects tackle the current contamination of the public sphere with misinformation, hate speech and online threats. They enable people to make independent decisions based on reliable facts and constructive dialogue. With the…

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, media there have been struggling to produce news and entertainment programs for kids and teenagers growing up in a war zone. And finding topics and angles for young audiences with short attention spans and high…

In times of decreased development spending and a resurgence of authoritarian rule, media support in the Asia/Pacific region is challenged to intensify efforts to safeguard public interest media which serve their audiences with relevant and accurate information. DW Akademie's…

“We look at how we can support media and democratic programs in school, because this is where the future voters are. This is where we can talk to them about women’s rights, children’s rights, about knowing their responsibilities,” says Tandin Wangmo, Executive Director of the…

Documentary Africa (DocA) EAccelerate Fund 2025 for East African filmmakers (€20,000 in funding) @dw_akademie @officialDocA #Africa tinyurl.com/5cpuvvm5

How can we report on the violence that plagues Latin America in a constructive way and with a gender and intersectional approach? At the @FestivalGabo, participants of the #CambiaLaHistoria project will share their challenges and learnings. With @Eliotalvaro and @ginnamorelo

This year's @UN #WorldYouthSkillsDay focuses on digital skills. If that isn't the best day to check out our new PodcasTraining with Youth manual for trainers, what is? It gives you many options to set up and facilitate your own PodcasTraining with young people. To learn more…

In many regions of the world, it's not only young people who access digital media. Older adults are also turning to digital media and information sources. However, it is often thought that older adults are less skilled and less capable, and therefore in need of interventions to…

Last Thursday, our #DWFreedom Think Tank hosted their first deep-dive into the State of Media Development Report. Expert Giorgi Jangiani (@TRF & @gfmdIMPACT), sums up the findings for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in this guest article: akademie.dw.com/en/strong-owne…

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📢 The @FestivalGabo is coming! Join @DW_Akademie_es in Bogotá for an in-person workshop held in Spanish that proposes the joint construction of impact plans for collaborative journalistic investigations on the environment, territorial defense, and human rights:

In a fast-changing industry like journalism, learning and enhancing skills is a must. For Pakistani journalists, particularly those working in rural areas, the challenge is even greater. @TNNEnglish, @individualland and DW Akademie have created mediaviability.com, a…

This afternoon, don't miss our first deep-dive into the #DWFreedom State of Media Development Report! @JangianiGiorgi and Dennis Reineck will put the spotlight on media development challenges in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…