A Rare opportunity to visit Munich’s Printhouses
UncategorizedHello! In the past two weeks, I had the opportunity to visit two of Munich’s media institutions – the TZ Merkur Presshouse and the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) Printhouse. Back in Singapore, I have never had the chance to visit such an establishment to learn about how newspapers are printed, hence being able to visit these places during my
Our Media Field Trips: Exploring Munich’s Newspapers
UncategorizedOver the past few weeks, our media class was provided the chance to visit two influential newspaper organisations based in Munich. I was really looking forward to these fieldtrips, as I had never seen the inner workings of a print or press house before. Media and Communications is not my major, more something I chose
A media exploration in Munich——Süddeutsche Zeitung
UncategorizedTuesday, May 20, 2025, sunny As an international exchange student of the School of Communication and Media Studies at LMU, today’s journey is destined to be extraordinary. Sunlight penetrates the clouds and falls on the S-Bahn track. Not far away, a geometrically cut glass building reflects its luster. This is the headquarters of Suddeutsche Zeitung
A Closer Look at Media in Germany
UncategorizedOver the past two weeks, I had an opportunity to visit two of Germany’s media outlets, TZ Merkur and Süddeutsche Zeitung. This was my first time visiting a news organization in person, and I was excited to discover the media landscape in Germany first-hand. The first site was TZ Merkur. Here, I learned some interesting
Experiencing the World of Media
Excursions . Germany . Media . UncategorizedWe recently went on some field trips as a class, which I think we all really enjoyed,. They gave us an interesting and insightful look into what it might be like to work in the world of media. For me, it was my first real experience inside a newsroom or print house, seeing media and
Inside Germany’s Media Facility: A Comparative Reflection on TZ/Merkur and SZ
UncategorizedBy Minjing Zhou 1. Introduction to the Visits 1.1 Inside TZ/Merkur: Fast News, Flexible Thinking Our first stop was the TZ/Merkur, located in an office building in a bustling commercial district. Despite its external urban setting, the newsroom’s interior maintained a classical and elegant charm. Our host gave us an extensive tour of the space,
German Media, Through the Eyes of a Korean Student
Uncategorizedby. Hojin Jang TZ&Merkur: A Local Newspaper That Surprised Me Throughout the visit to the presshouse in Munich, I constantly found myself comparing it with newspaper companies in Korea. While the routines and methods of newspaper production were largely similar, the nature of the news products being created was very different. TZ&Merkur are regional newspapers.
Fieldtrips yay!
UncategorizedThese past two weeks, I had the opportunity to visit TZ Merkur as well as the Süddeutsche Zeitung printing house. As an exchange student—and a computer science student at that—I had no idea what to expect from these field trips. However, both visits were incredibly eye-opening and definitely experiences I wouldn’t have had if I
How the news is made: A day at the Munich Presshouse
UncategorizedOn May 13th, 2025, our class visited the Presshouse of TZ and Münchner Merkur in Munich. From the outside, the building looked similar to many others in the city center. Inside, we got a closer look at how news is produced, edited, and prepared for publication each day. One of the most fascinating things was how fast and dynamic
My 2 Field Trips: Exploring German Media Houses and their secrets
UncategorizedDuring these past two weeks, we went on two field trips: the TZ/Merkur press at the Pressehaus Bayerstrasse and the SZ Presshouse. Both trips were super lovely and compelling, and they showed off a lot of interesting material regarding how news media in Munich, and in Germany as a whole, is produced. The TZ/Merkur press