DW Akademie at the International Journalism Festival 2026

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:
- „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.

















