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Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship

Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2026/2027 for Journalists Worldwide.

by OFA October 16, 2024

written by OFA

Application Deadline: 18 November 2024, 12 noon (12 p.m. UTC+1).

Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship. The 18-month paid journalism program is considered one of the most prestigious of its kind in Germany – and beyond. It covers a range of fields and skills, such as TV-moderation, multimedia storytelling, data journalism and working with AI-tools. The topics are explored in seminars and workshops at DW’s editorial offices in Bonn and Berlin, along with our regional bureaus across the globe. For the traineeship, DW is looking for open-minded and critical-thinking individuals with a background in journalism, or who are passionate about switching to journalism from law, economics, science or technology/IT.

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 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. After the traineeship, the trainees usually continue to work for DW.

Deutsche Welle’s traineeship takes you around the world – not in 80 days but in 18 months. Internships with the editorial departments give you insights into business and science issues as well as culture, news and sports. Whether its Chinese, Farsi, Spanish or another language you speak, you’ll support DW’s broadcast language departments according to your language proficiency. You’ll work with the editorial teams right from the start, writing and producing reports, conducting interviews, managing social media channels and helping to produce TV and radio podcasts. Practice-oriented seminars are at the core of our training.

The DW Traineeship will start in January 2026 and end in June 2027.

Requirements

Qualifications

To apply, you will need to have completed a university/college degree, an apprenticeship or have graduated from a journalism school prior to the start of the traineeship. All applicants are required to include certificates of their qualifications (in digital form).

Journalistic experience

The trainees work with DW editorial departments right from the start, so it is certainly an advantage if you have experience working in journalism.

For the bilingual DW traineeship, DW is looking for:

Native speakers of a DW program language (list of the languages below) with excellent knowledge of English (C1/C2) and a good knowledge of German (B1/B2)
Native English speakers / Proficient English users (C1/C2) with a good knowledge of German (B1/B2)
Native German speakers / Proficient German users (C1/C2) with excellent knowledge of English (C1/C2)

Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.

Benefits

• 18 months
• trainee salary
• international broadcaster in 32 languages
• crossmedia: TV, online and radio
• six months of seminars
• internships in Berlin and Bonn
• placements with DW foreign bureaus
• international multimedia projects
• well-known media trainers

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship

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Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2024/2025 for aspiring Journalists – Germany (Funded)

by OFA November 21, 2022

written by OFA

Application Deadline: December 14, 2022

Deutsche Welle (DW) is 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 law, economics, the sciences or technology/IT. DW is looking for open-minded people full of creative ideas. Specifically, we are looking for experts from diverse disciplines. You should also be able to think independently and develop own ideas.

DW is currently accepting a total of twelve aspiring journalists from all over the world.

For the bilingual DW traineeship

Native speakers of a DW program language with excellent knowledge English and a good knowledge of German
English native speakers with a good knowledge of German
German native speakers with excellent knowledge of English

Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.

Program Details

18 months
• trainee salary
• international broadcaster in 32 languages
• crossmedia: TV, online and radio
• six months of seminars
• internships in Berlin and Bonn
• placements with DW foreign bureaus
• international multimedia projects
• well-known media trainers

Benefits

For the first six months of the program, trainees earn a pre-tax salary of 1,896 euros per month. This increases to 2,074 euros a month before tax for the following six months. For the final six months, trainees earn 2,173 euros per month before tax.
Deutsche Welle’s traineeship is a full-time program. In exceptional cases, temporary employment outside of the program may be approved.

Application Procedure:

Applications for the DW International Traineeship starting in 2024 will be open from November 9, until December 14, 2022.
Applications are only accepted via the online application system.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2024/2025

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Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2020 for Journalists (paid Internships Worldwide)

by OFA December 16, 2019

written by OFA

Application Deadline: January 24, 2020.

DW’s traineeship is one of the most prestigious journalism training programs in Europe, giving young journalists from all over the world the chance to learn all the skills needed to work successfully as a multimedia reporter and editor.

DW is 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 law, economics, the sciences or technology/IT. We are looking for open-minded people full of creative ideas. Specifically, we are looking for experts from diverse disciplines. You should also be able to think independently and develop own ideas.

Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s international broadcaster producing multimedia in-depth content in 30 languages worldwide. DW is complemented by DW Akademie which promotes the human right to freedom of expression and access to information in approximately 50 developing and transition countries. As a German public broadcaster, DW is proud of its varied and quality journalism content and which provides space for a wide-range of voices and contributes to media diversity.

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. After the traineeship, the trainees usually continue to work for DW.

For the bilingual DW traineeship we are looking for:

Native speakers of a DW program language with excellent knowledge English and a good knowledge of German
English native speakers with a good knowledge of German
German native speakers with excellent knowledge of English

Requirements

native speaker of one of DW’s languages with excellent English and good German language skills, or native English speaker with good German language skills, or native German speaker with excellent English language skills
completed university degree, college degree or apprenticeship
(especially with a background in technology/IT, science, politics, economics or law)
initial journalistic experience
creative mind
social media expertise
ability to work under deadlines independently and as part of a team

The DW Traineeship offers

acquisition of journalism skills
seminars on all relevant journalism topics, conducted by renowned trainers
placements with various DW editorial departments in Bonn and Berlin as well as in one of our foreign bureaus in Brussels, Washington or Moscow
introduction to producing your own content for TV, radio or online formats, from generating ideas to technical production
placements in Germany, Europe and worldwide
technical know-how for TV, radio and online
Trainee’s salary
after traineeship completion, prospect of ongoing contract working for DW worldwide

Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2020

December 16, 2019 0 comments

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Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2018 for Journalists – Germany (Fully Funded)

by OFA December 1, 2017

written by OFA

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

• 18 months
• trainee salary
• international broadcaster in 30 languages
• crossmedia: TV, online and radio
• six months of seminar blocks
• internships in Berlin and Bonn
• placement with DW foreign bureau
• international multimedia projects
• well-known media trainers

Seminar modules

Three innovative, practice-oriented seminars are at the core of Deutsche Welle’s traineeship. The blocks lasts two months each and are conducted in English and German.

Internships

As part of the traineeship you’ll complete internships with the editorial departments at Deutsche Welle and Deutschlandradio. The internships are chosen to reflect your interests and talents.

Internship Elective

This is where you have a chance to organize your own internship just about anywhere in the world. We’re available for tips and suggestions.

Benefits:

For the first six months of the program, trainees earn a pre-tax salary of 1,590 euros per month. This increases to 1,790 euros a month before tax for the following six months. For the final six months, trainees earn 1,855 euros per month before tax.
Deutsche Welle’s traineeship is a full-time program. In exceptional cases, temporary employment outside of the program may be approved.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2018 DW journalism traineeship

December 1, 2017 8 comments

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2016 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship for Journalists – Germany (1.855 Euros/Month)

by OFA January 11, 2016

written by OFA

Application Deadline: February 29, 2016

The next traineeships start in September 2016. Applications will be accepted via the online application system from January 11 to February 29, 2016. Applications will not be accepted at any other time.

The Deutsche Welle international traineeship is specially designed for young journalists from the regions to which Deutsche Welle broadcasts. Deutsche Welle trains its own young journalists for its programming in 30 languages. Every year, a decision is reached on which programs need new young journalists.
DW is 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. We 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.

Deutsche Welle’s newly-designed traineeship takes you around the world in just 18 months. Internships with the English and German editorial departments give you a chance to look into economic and cultural issues as well as news and sports.

You’ll also be active in at least one of DW’s other broadcast language departments such as the Chinese, Farsi or Spanish department, and support them according to your language skills.
Regardless of the language you’re working in youll be part of the editorial teams right from day one, writing and producing reports and conducting interviews for television, radio and online.

Qualifications

To apply, you will need to have completed a university or college degree prior to the start of the traineeship.
Applications are accepted from candidates who can provide proof of having completed an apprenticeship or have graduated from a journalism school and have several years of experience as journalists.
Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.

For the bilingual DW traineeship are looking for:
• English native speakers with a good working knowledge of German
• German native speakers with an excellent working knowledge of English
• Native speakers of another DW program language with a good, working knowledge of both English and German.

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Apply Now for the 2016 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship for Journalists

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2016 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship

January 11, 2016 1 comment

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2014 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship for Journalists (1.855 Euros/Month)

by lanredahunsi October 13, 2014

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: October 31st 2014

You’ll also be active in at least one of DW’s other broadcast language departments such as the Chinese, Farsi or Spanish department, and support them according to your language skills.
Regardless of the language you’re working in youll be part of the editorial teams right from day one, writing and producing reports and conducting interviews for television, radio and online.

Qualifications

To apply, you will need to have completed a university or college degree prior to the start of the traineeship.
Applications are accepted from candidates who can provide proof of having completed an apprenticeship or have graduated from a journalism school and have several years of experience as journalists.

Language prerequisites

• English native speakers who have acquired a basic working knowledge of German prior to the start of the traineeship
• German native speakers with excellent English skills (i.e. for live reporting)
• Native speakers of another DW broadcast language, especially Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Russian or Spanish, and who have a very good working knowledge of both English and German

Practical Experience

Practical experience working as a journalist, freelance work, etc.

Stipend/Benefits

During the first six months of the traineeship you earn a pre-tax monthly salary of 1.590 euros. That increases to 1.790 euros for the following six months, and to 1.855 euros for the final six months.
The 18-month multimedia traineeship is for online, radio and television, and comprises:
six months of theory and practice-oriented seminar blocks held in English and German and conducted by working journalists;
nine months of placements with various DW editorial departments in Bonn, Berlin and in one of the foreign bureaus in Brussels, Washington or Moscow;
a one-month placement with DW’s partner broadcaster, Deutschlandradio;
four week of vacation.

Apply Now for the 2014 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship for Journalists

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship for Journalists

October 13, 2014 0 comments