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Libanon, Bürgermedien in einem Flüchtlingscamp in Beirut

Big changes start small

With projects in about 50 countries, DW Akademie works together with people, organizations, and communities striving for constructive dialogue and contributing to an active and informed civil society.
With hip-hop against hate speech on the net: the song Klickbejt went viral

Just like the professionals – How young people in the Western Balkans are shaping the future

How can traditional media reach young people and how can young people raise their voices so their issues are heard? Children and young people are at the center of DW Akademie's project in the Western Balkans.  
Gundjidmaa Gongor, called Gunjee, receives complaints against media reports

Bridging the gap between the media and the people 

The Mongolian Media Council helps ensure that the population can access balanced and reliable information. This is no easy task in a country where the media is often shaped by third-party interests. 
The way into the spotlight was not easy for orphan Paul Kayonga

Out of the classroom, into the newsroom

After gaining skills from a hands-on media training program, Paul Kayonga transitioned quickly from university student to full-time TV reporter. He now is an influential journalist for one of Uganda's top TV stations.
The team of the Mongolian Center for Investigative Reporters (MCIR): two men, two women — one vision

When data says what politicians conceal 

A group of young journalists committed to investigative reporting has joined forces to work for change in Mongolia, a country built upon a system where political, economic, and media interests are closely intertwined.
On the road with the space studio

A radio station broadcasts hope 

Radio Sónica is broadcasting programs for young people living in disadvantaged areas of Guatemala City. With the help of a mobile studio, the station broadcasts directly from the districts where their listeners live.
In his reports, radio reporter Jean-Carem Kaboré focuses on solutions rather than problems

Stopping the next Rwanda: Conflict-sensitive journalism in Burkina Faso 

Unfortunately, in Burkina Faso violent conflicts are on the rise. A group of committed journalists is working against this trend by establishing the PaxSahel reporting platform with colleagues from neighboring countries.

  • At a glance

    Alejandra, Guatemala

    After Alejandra stopped going to school at 13, criminal gangs became her second family. Radio Sónica has given Alejandra a new future. She now works there as a radio presenter in the afternoon and in the morning she attends school. The station is the only one in Guatemala City that gives a voice to young people from poor districts so they can gain the confidence to stay away from drugs and gangs.

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    César, Bolivia

    When César Sánchez completed his communication science degree in La Paz, he had no journalism experience. He applied for the dual journalism-training program offered by Fundación para el Periodismo, the first and still the only training opportunity in Bolivia that combines theory and practice. Today, César is an expert in digital journalism and a trainer for young aspiring journalists.

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    Gunjidmaa, Mongolia

    If the media makes unethical, discriminatory or even false statements, the Mongolian population can register a complaint with the Mongolian Media Council since 2015. Executive director Gunjidmaa Gongor is then asking the media for comment. The media council has adopted a press code with ethical journalistic principles and is strengthening access to reliable information.

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    Tangji, Namibia

    As a student, Opeyemi Toriola, called Tangji lost a lot of money after he fell for a fake Internet beauty. Now he knows better. Tangji today is a trainer with MiLLi*, a network of young people who promote a reflective approach to media. MiLLi* members are trained to produce reports and to recognize fraud, fake news, and hate speech. They can confidently pass on their knowledge to other Namibians.

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    Paul, Uganda

    After studying mass communication, Paul Kayonga applied for the Media Challenge, a journalism competition modelled after a TV talent show. He won and was offered a job by a noted media company in Uganda where he is now a popular TV presenter. The competition is organized by the Media Challenge Initiative (MCI). They offer a combination of practice-oriented training courses and fun competitions.

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    Jean-Carem, Burkina Faso

    In Burkina Faso attacks by militant groups and local ethnic conflicts have increased in recent years. To counteract this, radio journalist Jean-Carem Kabóre has committed to balanced and conflict-sensitive reporting. He is a part of Réseau d'Initiatives de Journalistes (RIJ), a network of journalists that courageously opposes violence in the country by high-quality reporting.

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    MCIR Team, Mongolia

    The Mongolian Center for Investigative Reporters (MCIR) no longer want reporting in Mongolia to be a mouthpiece for political parties or an advertising space. They want the media to provide critical and investigative reporting on relevant topics. The team does such reporting and advises the media on how to check facts and report independently in order to expose corruption or abuse of authority.

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    Dunia, West Bank

    After taking media and information literacy (MIL) courses offered by Pyalara, a local NGO, students like Dunia learn how to conduct interviews, do research, check facts or secure data, skills that enable to express confidently. Thanks to the efforts of Pyalara, media competence has now been included in the Palestinian school curriculum.

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    Gela, Georgia

    During a hike in eastern Georgia, Gela Mtivlishvili discovered a remote, economically underdeveloped mountain region. The journalist, lawyer, and human rights activist now works to give the people there a voice. He founded MtisAmbebi.ge, an online news site with stories from these mountain communities. He is also working to connect the region to the country's telecommunications infrastructure.

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    Hlaing, Myanmar

    With a cheerful "Mingalabar!" Thu Thu Hlaing welcomes listeners to her broadcast on Khayae FM, Myanmar's first community radio station. It provides the people in its broadcast area with relevant news and information from and for their community. Khayae FM is regarded as a model for communities in other regions of Myanmar that are looking to get similar projects off the ground.

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    Fraj Louhichi, Tunisia

    In Sfax, Tunisia, it often stinks of industrial fumes and sewage. People are falling ill with respiratory diseases and cancer. To change this Fraj Louhichi and Sami Fetini founded Rakib, an online platform where people and organizations can report issues of pollution. They submitted their idea to MEDIA LOVES TECH, a competition for Tunisian start-ups and won start-up financing and expert advice.

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    Fozia Mughal, Pakistan

    Fozia Mughal works as a psychologist for a trauma center in Quetta, a major Pakistani city in the Balochistan region. Offering free psychological counselling services, the trauma center helps journalists who have been traumatized no only by terror and violence but also by intimidation attempts and precarious working conditions.

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    YouTubers, Western Balkans

    Eight YouTubers mobilized against hate speech with their release of the hip hop video “Klickbejt.” With more than 2.7 million views, their call to action is now a viral hit. These young, creative YouTubers are part of a new scene in the Western Balkans that develops innovative media formats and sets their own agenda–beyond the old narrative of friend versus foe.


He implements ideas: Gela Mtivslishvili

Moving mountains

In a remote mountain area in Eastern Georgia, a journalist and human rights activist started a campaign that has catapulted the region into the digital age. People living here are suddenly connected to the wider world.
Pakistan | Impact - Big changes start small | Fozia Mughal

Fear as a constant companion 

Journalists in conflict regions often struggle with psychological stress. In a trauma center in the troubled Pakistani province of Balochistan, media workers are offered the chance to get their lives back under control.
César Sanchez Journalist Bolivien

Two tracks are better than one: A new course for journalism training

In Bolivia the introduction of a dual journalism training program, which combines theory and practical know-how, has spawned a new generation of self-confident multimedia experts now working across the country.
Reporting environmental sins online: Fraj Louhichi and Sami Fetini combine media and technology

An environmental platform for a cleaner future

Tunisian Fraj Louhichi is developing an app to bring the topic of environmental pollution into the media and at the same time protect whistleblowers.  
Thanks to Dunia's newspaper article, there are no more teacher cars parked in the schoolyard today

Spreading beyond the classroom - Media literacy goes viral 

At the Palestinian schools where the NGO Pyalara teaches Media and Information Literacy, students are exercising their freedom of expression and calling for change.
Vanecia Cooper and Susarah Fleermuys hope that the MiLLi* training courses will improve their job prospects

The MiLLi* movement:  A new media literacy project excites and inspires young Namibians

The MiLLi* project is gaining speed. In just three years, almost 1,000 young people in all regions of Namibia have learned to use media critically and reflectively. Now the project is expanding across Africa.
The Nastopia team is well known in Shatila refugee camp in Beirut

Knowing what really is going on - How media projects are changing the daily life of refugee camps

Vibrant media scenes are developing in refugee camps in Lebanon as young citizen journalists produce video reports to be published on social media.