The International Journalism Festival - Europe's biggest annual media event - is taking place from April 15-18 in Perugia, Italy.

DW Akademie is proud to be one of the sponsors of this year's twentieth edition, hosting a variety of workshops on media financing, storytelling, media literacy, and new learning tools.

DW Akademie's sessions at a glance:

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DW Akademie's workshops and panels at the International Journalism Festival 2026 in Perugia

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DW Akademie's Media Innovation Playground

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Design and plan your podcast

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Design jam on gamification

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Tool Demo MethodKit on Journalism and AI

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Hype Literacy: AI reporting beyond the buzz

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Meet the Hannah Arendt Initiative

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Unseen burdens: The "invisible backpack" of women journalists in exile

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Panel discussion: Europe is to become the world’s largest funder of public-interest journalism

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State of Media Development Report launch

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• „Media Innovation Playground“ on Thursday, April 16, Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18
• Presentation and Aperitivo: "Meet the Hannah Arendt Initiative"
• Session „Hype literacy: reporting on AI beyond the buzz“ (live stream, in English)
• Session „Unseen burdens: the invisible backpack of women journalists in exile“ (live stream, in English)
• Panel discussion„Europe is to become the world’s largest funder of public-interest journalism“ (live stream, in English)
• Report launch and Aperitivo: „State of Media Development 2026“

The streams can be accessed through the festival websiteor the festival's official YouTube channel.

The festival's full program can be found here.