Behind the Scenes at Media School Bayern

Out of all our field trips, visiting Media School Bayern was the most eye-opening and enjoyable. From the moment we entered, it was clear that this is a place where students get to dive straight into media work and explore their interests in a hands-on way. The atmosphere was energetic and welcoming, giving the impression Read More

Field Trip 4: Media School Bayern – Learning by doing

Hey guys, welcome back to my blog. I am here again with a short story about our latest field trip from my Professional Communication course. In this course at LMU, we have already visited several media institutions, but this field trip felt exciting from the very beginning. Our visit to Media School Bayern in Munich Read More

The freedom to fail: why Media School Bayern is a breath of fresh air

On December 11th, I had the opportunity to visit an institution that cares deeply about the future of radio and broadcasting. Located on the outskirts of Munich, Media School Bayern actively invests time and resources into teaching young adults how to navigate the world of digital content, specifically in video and audio production. After receiving Read More

Public Broadcasting in Germany: Visiting Bayerischer Rundfunk

Hi 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 Read More

Field Trip 1: Bayerischer Rundfunk – Behind the Scenes of the Bavarian Broadcasting

Hey 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, Read More

Keep learning, stay creative: An interview with a journalism college student about working as an intern at a radio station

For college students majoring in journalism or communication science, it seems that only studying courses in the university is always not enough. Internships seem to be more and more important and have become an important way to improve professional skills and job competitiveness. Lorena Wang is a sophomore student in LMU, majoring in communication science. Read More

“Journalism shouldn’t be gatekept”: An interview with Antonia Franz, Süddeutsche Zeitung’s podcast journalist

Antonia Franz is a German journalist focusing on audio content, such as podcasts and radio. She got her journalism training at Deutsche Journalistenschule, as well as doing an exchange period in Finland at the University of Helsinki while studying politics and law in Munich. She has done multiple internships, i.e. at Bayerischer Rundfunk and Süddeutsche Read More

News, music and everything else – Bayerischer Rundfunk

On a sunny Thursday morning our field trip group arrived to the enormous, 19-floor Bayerischer Rundfunk building. BR is the government-funded news company responsible for producing radio and online content for the entirety of Bavaria, with its headquarters employing around 6000 people. Meeting us at the BR building was Bernd-Uwe Gutknecht, a freelance journalist working Read More

The changed and the unchanged: How Bayerischer Rundfunk has adapted to the digital age

Our 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 Read More