Field Trip 3: Süddeutsche Zeitung – Visiting a printing house, which will NOT become a museum in a few years

Hey 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 Read More

Old press & new pressures: Experiencing Süddeutsche Zeitung up close

Walking 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 Read More

Michael Stengl, Süddeutsche Zeitung: ‘’Qualitative journalism will stay important’’

Group interview at the printery of Süddeutsche Zeitung 9/11 2023 Preparing an interview for our excursion to the printery of the Süddeutsche Zeitung was challenging, since it was hard to imagine what to expect. After getting an introduction from the company’s sales consultant Mr Michael Stengl, we as a group realized that a lot of Read More