The Past, Present and Future of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

Amongst the whirring sound of the printing press and the thick smell of ink, a sense of order and certainty could be felt. There was a job to be done, a deadline to meet. Anticipation hung in the air. This was the atmosphere of Munich’s Süddeutsche Zeitung Printery last Thursday evening as it pumped out Read More

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Maintenance of Circulation in Modern Media

In a time characterized by shifting patterns of media consumption,Michael Stengl, the sales consultant of the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) demonstrated to us a prime example of maintaining its circulation. Through a combination of reader-centric strategies, digital adaptation, collaborative partnerships, and a firm dedication to journalistic principles, SZ has not only sustained tis readership but also Read More

Media School Bayern: A Surprisingly Leafy Tree

The road towards the media school Bayern was covered by leafy trees. It was a sunny, quiet Thursday morning. The sunlight poured through the gaps in the leaves and shone down on us, a group of future journalists. Firstly surprised by the far location, I then revelled in the greenery. aaaa Andre Wengenroth, the creative Read More

Journalists should reflect the population

It is important that there are different types of journalists in the world, so that it is not only one viewpoint that is shown in the media. At the Danish School of Media and Journalism it is mainly the same type of journalist student they educate. But at the Mediaschool Bayern in Ismaning they might Read More

Making News: Mia’ story of being a journalist

Author’s words: November 8 is Journalists’ Day in China. This is an appropriate time to explore a journalist’s career. Mia is my undergraduate classmate, we spent four years together at FDU. It has been a long time since we graduated. I took the opportunity of this interview to catch up with her current situation. I Read More

German Journalism from the Perspective of an IfKW Graduate Student

In this edition of Exploring Germany, we invited Henri Wolferstetter, a student who just graduated from the Department of Media and Communication at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich this summer. As you can guess, This report centers on German journalism as seen through Henri’s eyes. The journalist also hopes that through this report, more international students who read the exchange student blog Read More

Is the internet the problem?

When I learned about the Press Freedom Index, I was interested and surprised that their was such a useful and interesting website full of information, that as a Communication major, I had no idea about. So from there I began to explore this resource that was so new to me to try to understand its Read More

The job that has been overlooked.

“What do you want to do when you grow up?”. “What is your dream job?”. and “Why do you want to do that?” These are the questions one must encounter once, if not multiple times, in their life.I remember watching television when I was a kid. There was an interview, a woman was asking the Read More