Can a tram ride bring people together in a region shaped by past hostilities?🤝 That's the challenge at the heart of "Unpopular Ride", developed by six young media professionals from Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Next-gen Media Expo in Prizren, Kosovo. 💡 "Today, everyone has an opinion but we rarely truly exchange it with someone who thinks differently," says Antonela Martinovic from Radio and Television Montenegro. "Give yourself" was also developed in the media lab. The video aims to break the silence around mental health and an ongoing stigma in the Balkans: that seeing a psychologist is a sign of weakness. Watch how the innovative projects bring different perspectives together ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dXfaCxp6
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⏰ Last call to join us! 🎙️ PodCircle meet-up: Rethinking climate storytelling from an African perspective When Kenyan podcaster and activist Abigael Kima attended COP26 in Glasgow, she encountered conversations dominated by complex jargon—far removed from the lived realities of the communities most impacted by climate change. That experience sparked the creation of Hali Hewa Podcast (“climate” in Swahili), a platform designed to bridge the gap between global policy and local voices. In our upcoming PodCircle meet-up, discover how Abigael uses podcasting to make climate issues more accessible, relatable, and grounded in real experiences. 🔗 Secure your spot: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dPX67BK9
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Congratulations to our partner Africa Uncensored, whose documentary "App Trapped: Digital Debt, Default and Distress" received the second prize in the Digital Economy and Innovation Reporting category at the Media Council of Kenya's 14th Annual Media Excellence Awards!🥈 ➡️ The investigative documentary exposes the hidden human cost of Kenya's booming instant loan apps that have trapped thousands in cycles of debt through high interest rates, exploitative data harvesting and public debt shaming. The film was produced by Cynthia Gichiri in partnership with DW Akademie, filmed by Sam Munia and edited by John Gathuna. A well-deserved achievement and public-interest journalism at its best! 👏 📺 Watch the award-winning documentary here ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/djesQQNB
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For this #MILMondayBasics, let’s look at the heart of Media and Information Literacy: critical thinking and how learning it doesn’t have to be boring. DW Akademie’s studies and training materials show that MIL goes beyond spotting false information. It’s about asking deeper questions: Who created this content? What perspectives are missing? How does this shape public debate? But here’s the twist: you can learn these skills through play. From interactive exercises and quizzes to game-based learning approaches, MIL training often uses gamification 🕹️to make critical thinking more engaging, memorable, and accessible. Learning to question how and why information is produced is key to participating responsibly in today’s media landscape — and it can actually be fun along the way. 🎯 Learn more: https://www.dw.com/p/5Ah6n
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💡 What stayed with us from this year’s Lviv Media Forum? A strong sense that when it comes to AI in journalism, there’s no stepping back and no standing still either. "The Lviv Media Forum was an opportunity to share our experience in supporting 'AI for the business of news' in local media around the world", says Hélène Champagne, program director for the EU MediaFit project at DW Akademie. Read her insights from #LMF2026 here 👇
What was special at #LMF2026 this year ? We brought not only our local media partners, but also two international AI experts from our AI community of practice. DW Akademie supported the event as part of our EU-funded project "Strengthening Independent Media for a strong democratic Ukraine". It was a privilege to welcome our DW Akademie colleagues Steffen Leidel, senior consultant and head of our AI Community of Practice as well as Jenna Kleinwort from our MENA department. The Lviv Media Forum was an opportunity to share our experience in supporting "AI for the business of news" in local media around the world. Thank you to Steffen Leidel for a great overview of our "sandbox" approach that we applied in a fellowship programme in Kenya. Participants do get the real sense of what AI can or cannot bring. He warned though against falling into the "illusion of efficiency". Another key approach at DW Akademie is to find solutions for small partners having limited access to large language models or even to a stable internet connection. Jenna Kleinwort presented the mini portable Super Computer allowing media to make the most of features like transcribing in multiple language without security or access constraints. One of our partner that benefitted from our Regional Media Booster, demonstrated what AI can really bring in practice to newsrooms working in difficult conditions with over- stretched teams. A few months in and the Cuckr team can already feel the difference. It is about "elevating the team" not replacing the team, explained Sofiia Mikhailychenko. Checking live the most critical analytics of the small Sumi-based business on an AI-powered dashboard, pre-screening the pieces of content for potential legal risks or giving constructive editorial feedback to lower the rate of mistakes, those were examples of some of the most meaningful use-cases. Because actually the team has the support of the management to always try new ideas. And this is what matters - "this is more that mindset that counts" concluded Sofiia. And not seeking access to random tools. Iryna Savchenko Asier Santillan Luzuriaga
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At this year’s Lviv Media Forum, our colleagues Steffen Leidel and Jenna Kleinwort joined a panel to share insights from DW Akademie’s work on teaching the AI Sandbox approach in Africa and the MENA region. In his reflections, Steffen captures a reality we encounter across many of our projects: AI is already transforming journalism, and the real challenge lies in how media organisations engage with it responsibly and strategically. Take a look at his key takeaways from #LMF2026 👇
"In truth, we can neither flee nor freeze when our reality is under attack because our reality is us." This sentence from the keynote speech by Maksym Butkevych, who survived almost two and a half years in Russian captivity, at the Lviv Media Forum is one of the quotes that still echoes in my mind. 👁️ I experienced the LMF as a demonstration of the persistence of a journalistic reality that could not be broken by Russian propaganda or the horrors of war. Journalism in Ukraine is alive and committed to truth and to defending the “human being as a fundamental value” as Maksym put it. Together with Jenna Kleinwort, I joined a panel (w/ Natalia Sudakova Sofiia Mikhailichenko) to share lessons from our work in Africa and the Mena region presenting our Teaching AI Sandbox approach with a special focus on Local AI. ⛪ Being in Lviv was also a lesson in how Ukrainian media and journalists have been dealing with an exhausting reality for more than four years now. As a visitor, you constantly feel this disturbing coexistence of realities: the beautiful and vibrant city of Lviv filled with cafés and people strolling through the streets, while at the same time the terror of war is impossible to overlook. It is there in the buses transporting soldiers from the city center to funerals. In the morning commemorations, when people stop and fall silent. On the day we traveled to the forum, Russia had launched a massive attack on the entire territory of Ukraine. 📺 We visited also our partner Suspilne Ukraine. They show that the idea of public service broadcasting is far from dead. Suspilne has managed to strengthen its reputation as a reliable media outlet. From its preparedness for extreme crisis situations, others can learn a lot. Visiting the archive was particularly impressive: tens of thousands of magnetic tapes from the Soviet era are currently being digitized. 👉 Collecting testimonies and documenting atrocities is currently one of the core tasks of journalism in Ukraine. How to do this in times of AI? I am convinced that peer learning, both on a local and global level, is one of the most powerful tools that can help tackle this challenges. Peer exchange is at the core of our Teaching AI Sandbox approach which is a hands-on, mentored method for learning AI through experimentation in a safe and guided environment that we piloted in our fellowship programme in Kenya. 💻 One of the use cases we are currently developing is local AI: working with smaller, open-weight models. Jenna demonstrated how a Jetson Nano computer can run open models locally for Arabic transcription. The setup works offline, can operate with only a laptop, and is designed for working in fragile or conflict-affected contexts where internet access is unstable, tools are blocked like at the frontline, or power outages are common. Special🙏 to the LMF team, Ola Myrovych, for the invitation and the Ukraine Team Hélène Champagne, Nadiia Mantulo and Hendrik Holtmann (Sandbox)
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📅 Save the Date: Online Launch of the Dialogue Dossier by DW Freedom We are excited to invite you to the online launch of the Dialogue Dossier by DW Akademie’s think tank, DW Freedom. This new dossier brings together articles and videos from journalists and media experts around the world, offering diverse perspectives and practical insights on how dialogue can be fostered, especially in challenging environments. During the launch event, you will have the opportunity to engage with some of the authors and explore selected contributions from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. 📅 May 28 | 2:00–3:00 PM (CEST) 📌 Online via Zoom ✍ Please register by May 27. You will receive the Zoom link shortly before the event. 👉 https://lnkd.in/d--yFTSN We look forward to welcoming you!
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🎙️ New PodCircle meet-up Looking at climate change through an African lens 🌍 Kenyan podcaster and activist Abigael Kima joins us on Tuesday, May 19, at 4 p.m. CEST When Abigael attended COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, she found a space full of complex language and no connection to the communities bearing the brunt of the climate crisis. So she launched Hali Hewa Podcast – climate in Swahili – to close that gap. In our latest PodCircle meet-up, learn how Abigael uses podcasting to connect climate policy to the people it actually affects. We'll dig into: 🗣️ Translating climate science jargon into stories that communities can use 🌿 Covering climate change in Africa without framing the continent only as a victim 🤝 Working with communities as partners and collaborators, not just as sources 💰 The real financial and emotional cost of sustaining an independent climate podcast in Africa Please register via: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dPX67BK9 Looking forward to seeing you there!
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🍴 Are AI crawlers eating the news? AI platforms are hungry for high-quality, real-time content – and newsrooms provide exactly that. But the exchange is highly unfair. The reality for publishers: 📉 Traffic is dropping 📈 Server requests are rising sharply 💵 Costs are increasing, because bots consume content at scale 💰 Revenue is shrinking, because machines don’t subscribe or click ads A piece by AI expert Afdol Rizki Halim, Head of Research and Development at Tempo.co (Tempo Infomedia Digital), highlights a growing imbalance in the AI driven information ecosystem and explores the one big question: How do we ensure fair compensation for journalism? 👉 https://lnkd.in/enAWX6Hj We are curious to hear your perspective: 💡 Should AI companies pay for the content they train on? 💡And what would a fair model look like?
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Are you an experienced evaluator with a passion for media #developmentcooperation? Here's a unique opportunity to contribute to the assessment of our International Media Studies Master's program, shaping the future of journalism. 📢 We’re looking forward to receiving your proposals! And feel free to share this post with your network!