Looking Back or rather Looking Forward: Reflections on Bavaria’s Media Landscape
Excursions . Germany . MediaHello everyone and welcome back to probably my last blogpost about my Media Institutions course. In this post, I will reflect on the semester and focus on the future outlook of the media landscape in Germany. When I chose the seminar Media Institutions in Munich, I expected it to introduce me to some of Bavaria’s
Field Trip 2: Media School Bayern – Educating the Next Generation of Media Professionals
Excursions . MediaHey everyone, welcome back to my blog. As part of our Media Institutions in Munich course at LMU, I once again had the opportunity to visit Media School Bayern. Some readers may remember that I already wrote about this organization during my first semester in Munich, when I visited it as part of the Professional
When Everything Is Possible: Inside Radio LORA München
Excursions5.5.2026 Our first excursion to the Munich Media Institutions started in the studio of Radio LORA München on Schwanthalerstraße. Miss Karin Bergs gave a very nice introduction to us and showed us around. At first, I was expecting a typical media organization like some I have visited before, but what I encountered was something far
Field Trip 1: Radio LORA – Community Radio, Limited Budget, Unlimited Voices
Excursions . MediaHello everyone, and welcome back to another blog post from my seminar Media Institutions in Munich. This time, we visited Radio LORA, one of Bavaria’s two community radio stations. After exploring several large and well-funded media organizations last semester, this visit offered a completely different perspective on what media production can look like. In this
Journalism as a Public Service: Final reflections on my Professional Communication course
Media . SocietyHey everyone! As this semester is slowly coming to an end, I thought it would be a good moment to look back on what I have learned in my Professional Communication course at LMU Munich. This class was not just about writing a few blog posts. For me, it became a real introduction into the
Final Blog Post: reflections on media, neutrality and my journey through Bavaria
Authors . Culture . Germany . MediaParticipating in this course offered me a unique opportunity to engage with several Bavarian media companies and dive deep into the world of professional communication. From conducting interviews to producing reportages and opinion pieces, I haven’t just learned the fundamentals of journalism; I have also found a platform to document my ideas and share perspectives
Bayerischer Rundfunk: A balance between state funding and creative liberty
ExcursionsI unfortunately was unable to attend the first field trip because of scheduling conflicts but I was interesting to hear everyone else experience on the field trip. The media system is different from Ireland which is understandable due to the size differences of the countries and our history. Ireland has two public service broadcasters, RTE
Bridging information and education: what Media Bayern and the Munich Science Communication Lab teach us
Media . Media influence . Opinion piece . ScienceOver the past weeks, I had the opportunity to become familiar with two very different organisations: the Munich Science Communication Lab (MSCL) and Media Bayern. Both are dedicated to strengthening public knowledge, but in fundamentally different ways: one through science education, the other through media literacy. The MSCL was particularly interesting to me because it challenges the cliché of science
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
The changed and the unchanged: How Bayerischer Rundfunk has adapted to the digital age
MediaOur guided tour of Bayerischer Rundfunk (shortened to BR) started from the history gallery in the BR building, a long grey, silent and dimly lit gallery with the history of BR printed on the walls. 2021, 1991, 1971, 1949, 1945, 1934, 1929…. As we walked along the gallery, the time on the walls kept going