Printing Media never die, I hope
ExcursionsThere is always a popular opinion saying that printing media has died, or at least will give way to digital media in the near future. There is no denying that digitalization has reshaped our reading habits and pushed traditional newspapers into a tight corner. But I still prefer the tactile, structured, and irreplaceable experience of
Field Trip 3: Süddeutsche Zeitung – Visiting a printing house, which will NOT become a museum in a few years
Excursions . GermanyHey everyone! I’m back again with another post from my Professional Communication course at LMU. This time we visited the printing house of Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) in Munich, and honestly, I was surprised how alive and busy everything still is. Our guide was Michael. He began the tour with a clever remark: some people assume
Old press & new pressures: Experiencing Süddeutsche Zeitung up close
Authors . Excursions . MediaWalking into the huge, loud space of the printing hall, I was struck by the scale and speed of the operation in Druckhaus Süddeutsche Zeitung. Our latest field trip gave us a behind-the-scenes look at how a traditional newspaper is trying to find its place in the digital age. We met one of the employees
My Impression of Bayerische Rundfund
UncategorizedFounded in 1929, BR has lived through Germany’s most turbulent times, from Nazi control in 1933 to its rebirth as a public broadcaster in 1949. What interested me most was the idea of independence through public support. Our guide repeated several times that BR is not a government institution. Every German household pays around twenty
Public Broadcasting in Germany: Visiting Bayerischer Rundfunk
Excursions . MediaHi again readers! Let me tell you all about the interesting experience I had at our first field trip within the course of Professional Communication. We got the opportunity to visit one of Germany’s biggest public media broadcast institutions in person: Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). Personally I was looking forward to this experience a lot, and
Field Trip 2: Munich Science Communication Lab – Understanding how Science meets Society
Excursions . GermanyHey everyone! I’m back again with another post from my Professional Communication course at LMU. This time, our “field trip” was a bit different: we didn’t actually go anywhere. Instead, the speaker came to us… We met Bernhard Goodwin, who introduced us to the Munich Science Communication Lab (MSCL). It was founded in 2021 at
Two Fieldtrips: From Broadcasting📢 to Planetary Health🌍！
Germany . Media . SocietyWhen I missed our first fieldtrip, I felt truly guilty — not only because I stayed behind, but also because I missed what seemed like a window into German media history. Luckily, my classmates kindly shared their notes, and I learned from their vivid stories about Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) — a public broadcaster built in
Field Trip 1: Bayerischer Rundfunk – Behind the Scenes of the Bavarian Broadcasting
Excursions . GermanyHey everyone! As I told you before, I will write some blog posts for my Professional Communication course at LMU. You might think that these posts might not be that interesting, but feel free to read them: you might be surprised, just as I was after our first field trip.😁 During our first field trip,
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,
The Press in motion: Touring Munich’s Newsroom
ExcursionsStepping into the heart of Munich’s media landscape felt like opening a time capsule, while simultaneously looking into the future. Our field trips to the Bayern Pressehaus—home to tz and Münchener Merkur—and the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) printing center were eye-opening journeys into the mechanisms, missions, and challenges of modern journalism. First Stop: Bayern Pressehaus Walking up to the conference room in Bayern