Short Stays, Shared Music: Finding Belonging in Munich’s International Orchestra
InterviewThe Munich International Orchestra (MIO) brings together local and international musicians, including exchange students who stay for only one or two semesters. Alongside making music, its rehearsals and social gatherings offer opportunities to build a community. We spoke with Anne, MIO’s second board member, who is originally from Luxembourg and works in public relations. Having
A sweet adventure
Interview . Journalistic WritingMoving abroad to pursue the career of your dreams can be filled with challenges and obstacles. Dídac, a young apprentice pastry chef, moved to Munich to learn about the culture, discover new recipes, and, above all, expand his work experience. This adventure also meant stepping into a new environment with new people and a different
One Exam After Another
InterviewIn China, candidates sometimes call their first attempt at the graduate entrance exam their ‘first battle’. A retake is their ‘second battle’. For Carl, it was one battle after another. The physics graduate from Hunan, a province in southern China, left a management programme in Shanghai after about two months to try again for a
Learn with AI, Live with AI
InterviewChatGPT, Claude, Gemini…students nowadays are quite familiar with these names. But how do students learn with AI, and how to apply AI in a reasonable way? To answer these questions, I interviewed Andres Rivera, a senior student from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), majoring in psychological field. He is going on an exchange semester
Not only one solution
Interview . Journalistic WritingI interviewed Anne, who is a German student at LMU. Her major is education. I met her for the first time when she became my buddy last September. She is interested in Japan and uses a PC with a Japanese keyboard. I was surprised because I had never met German people who used one. So,
Beyond Buildings: Rethinking Architecture in Weimar
InterviewKim Jimin is a friend I first met in high school. Like many Korean students, we spent most of our school years focused on getting good grades. But during her second year of high school, Jimin discovered a passion for architecture and started studying it on her own. Her dedication eventually led her to pursue
The Sunny Side of Life: hey sunny are on a mission to spread positivity and make you smile.
Culture & Music . InterviewWhat started as a casual, fun hobby for Sunny and Marty, the Munich-based couple behind the indie-pop-folk duo hey sunny, shifted their lives in an unexpected direction. Their journey began in 2015 during a trip to Australia, where casual living-room jams turned into busking on the Melbourne city streets. By 2020, they had transitioned into
Opinion Piece: Don’t ignore the alarm bells
Authors . Opinion Piece . Politics & SocietyIt’s impossible to overlook how clear the rise of far-right parties in Europe has been in recent years. Outside of Europe, we can see how powerful seemingly influential countries such as the United States are heading in a troubling direction. Observing Trump’s leadership has led me astonished that so many Americans decided yet again to
When Image Becomes Power
Culture & Music . Media & Journalism . Opinion Piece . Politics & SocietyIn early 2026, South Korean media reported that the National Tax Service (NTS) had levied approximately 20 billion KRW (roughly €14 million EUR) in additional taxes and penalties on actor and singer Cha Eun-woo. This figure ranks as the 6th largest individual tax evasion case reported globally—marking the largest tax surcharge in the history of
Learning to See Journalism Everywhere
Authors . Culture & Music . Media & Journalism . Munich Media Landscape . Opinion Piece . Politics & Society . Reportage . Science, Health & Environment . Student Life . TravelLooking back at this semester in Professional Communication in Munich, I realize that what changed the most was not what I knew about journalism, but how I see it now. What began as a series of blog assignments and field trips slowly became a deeper understanding of how professional journalism works in practice, how media