Application Deadline: January 29th 2018
Applications are now been accepted for the 2018 DW journalism traineeship.
DW are looking for young people from all over the world interested in a comprehensive, exceptional quality journalism program with an international broadcaster. Candidates should have journalism experience or be passionate about switching to journalism from technology/IT, economics or the sciences.
DW are looking for open-minded people full of creative ideas. The program covers the range of skills a journalist of the future needs: TV moderation, multimedia storytelling, data journalism, social media and virtual reality – in seminars, workshops and of course the DW editorial offices and our correspondent bureaux in Washington, Moscow and Brussels. DW trainees are involved in long-term innovative, international projects and have been honored in past years with the CNN Journalism Award and the Grimme Prize.
Eligibility Requirements:
Deutsche Welle’s new traineeship is designed for inquisitive, open-minded, critical journalists who view journalism as more than a profession – for them it’s a passion. Trainees require some journalism experience and above all linguistic talents. We’re looking for:
• native speakers of English who have acquired a basic working knowledge of German prior to the start of the traineeship and who have one additional DW language
• German native speakers who are able to report in English and who also have a good working knowledge of another DW language
• native speakers of another DW program language (specifically Turkish, Russian, Farsi, Kiswahili and Hausa) with a good, working knowledge of both English and German.
Requirements: For the bilingual DW traineeship are looking for:
• English native speakers with a good working knowledge of German
OR
• German native speakers with an excellent working knowledge of English
OR
• Native speakers of another DW program language (specifically Turkish, Russian, Farsi, Kiswahili and Hausa) with a good, working knowledge of both English and German.
Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.
At the core of the training is a total of six months of theory and practice-oriented seminar blocks looking at everything from journalism basics and live reports to data-driven journalism and mobile reporting. Multimedia is not just a buzzword here – it’s how we work. And it’ll be the way you work, too – in seminars, editorial departments and your final project. By the end of the traineeship you’ll be an expert in multimedia storytelling.
Structure:
Deutsche Welle’s new, redesigned traineeship offers the complete ABC of journalism from live television reporting to multimedia storytelling. The 18-month multimedia traineeship is for online, radio and television and comprises:
• six months in total of theory as well as practical training seminars held in English and German with instruction by working journalists
• nine months of placements with various DW editorial departments in Bonn and Berlin, and including a placement with a DW foreign bureau in Brussels, Moscow or Washington
• a one-month placement with DW’s partner broadcaster, Deutschlandradio
• a one-month placement with a media organization of your choice
• one month of vacation
DW journalism traineeship
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the 2018 DW journalism traineeship
8 comments
Comment:I have already red your interesting publication and i’m very interested.I’m a journalist in Goma,Eastern of DRC.
I work at RTCT,your radiopartner broadcasting in Goma.
I’ll be happy if i work with DW Kiswahili as a correspondant in Goma and in Gisenyi.I speak French(very well), English (well),Swahili(very well) and Kinyarwanda(well)
I Work at Tayna radio
I wanna go to travel to conference of journals and working with them.
I wanna go to travel to conference of journals and working with them.
I wanna go to travel to conference of journals and working with them
I love the DW program and I want to be part of it. I am a media student and am very passionate about journalism. I hope to be among the trainees and acquire skills that will sharpen my career. Thank you for this opportunity.
I’m so interested my DW. I’m a journalist at Rtct from Goma, DRC one of you media station partner.
Hey there i did M.phil in mass comm and working as a repoter in TV channel, i love to work with dw, i know Urdu , English and other local languages of pakistan.
[…] The DW Akademie Traineeship is one of the most prestigious journalism training programs in Europe, giving you the chance to learn all the skills you need to work successfully as a multimedia reporter and editor. The DW traineeship is all about gaining hands-on experience in radio, TV and online with a combination of intensive practical training blocks and newsroom placements both within DW and internationally. In this, trainees benefit from DW’s strong ties to other German public broadcasters and international media houses. […]