Final Reflection: The Invisible Weight of the Image
Excursions . Germany . Student lifeLooking for a flow My time in Munich started with a simple curiosity about “flow.” From the industrial fires of my hometown, Ulsan, to the fast-paced energy of Seoul, I’ve always been obsessed with how things connect. Over the past semester, this blog has been my personal record of those links—whether I was looking at
Learning to See Journalism Everywhere
Authors . Culture . Excursions . Germany . Media . Opinion piece . Reportage . Science . Society . Spain . Student lifeLooking 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
Munich, You Were So Good to Me!
Germany . Student lifeSix months have flown by in the blink of an eye, and in just a month, I will be repacking my suitcase to go back home to Australia. What started as a Professional Communications subject, which I expected to be a “fluff” course, mostly consisting of field trips that filled up my ECTS, turned out
Final Blog: What This Course Taught Me About Journalism and Myself
Authors . Media . Student lifeBefore this course, I tended to understand journalism as something only related to articles, news or online contents. I knew media was powerful, but never really aware how many layers existed behind what we consume everyday. This course completely shifted that for me, especially through the past field trips and real world exposure to different
Final Conclusions and Farewell
Authors . Student lifeLooking back at this course and the field trips we undertook, I realize that my understanding of professional journalism has become both more concrete and more complex. Through visits to media institutions, educational settings, and science communication spaces, journalism gradually turned into something live and practiced. One of the strongest impressions came from visiting Bayerischer
Deutsches Museum, or the place to understand our modern world
Excursions . Student lifeThe visit to the Deutsches Museum offered an immersive overview of science, technology, and culture on an exceptional scale. With an impressive diversity of disciplines, from physics and engineering to music and environmental sciences, the museum clearly pursues an ambitious mission: to make complex knowledge accessible, precise, and meaningful for a very broad audience. My
Walking Through Journalism: From Media Spaces to Meaningful Connections
Germany . Media . Research@IfKW . Student lifeOver the course of this journey, professional journalism has unfolded before me not as a fixed profession, but as a dynamic practice constantly negotiating between social responsibility, institutional constraints, technological change, and audience expectations. Through academic research, field trips, and direct encounters with media institutions, I have come to understand journalism not only as a
Why AI Tools Should Be Taught as a Basic Skill at Universities — Not Treated as Cheating
Opinion piece . Student lifeFor many university students today, the word “AI” has quietly become synonymous with suspicion. Course syllabi warn against its use, lecturers issue vague prohibitions, and students are left wondering whether opening an AI tool already counts as cheating. Treating AI tools as academic misconduct, however, is not only unrealistic — it is academically irresponsible. Universities
The Brand-Journalist Era
Excursions . Germany . Media . Student lifeMunich was swallowed by a thick fog on the day I headed to Ismaning. Located just outside the city center, this area felt like a quiet, mysterious “media island.” Inside the Media School Bayern, the next generation of storytellers is being forged. It isn’t a typical ivory tower of theory; it is a non-profit powerhouse
Chasing a Place to Call Home: Student’s Housing Struggle in Munich
City life . Germany . Society . Student lifeFor almost two months, Cécilia searched relentlessly for a place to live in Munich. She attended more than 30 apartment viewings, both online and in person, before finally securing a room in a three-person shared flat. The rent was around 800 euros per month per person — far from cheap, but a relief after weeks