Deadline:
November 18, 2024
Location(s)
Belgium Germany Russia United States of America Worldwide
Berlin and Bonn; placement with DW foreign bureau (Washington, Brussels, Moscow)
Overview
We are looking for young people from all over the world interested in a comprehensive, exceptional quality journalism program with an international broadcaster. There's nothing like combining theory and practice, and that's exactly what our traineeship does. Everything you learn in the seminars can be directly applied to the internships that follow.
Details
"Intense, exhausting, competitive... and totally worth 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, 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.
Deutsche Welle's newly-designed traineeship takes you around the world in just 18 months. Internships with our 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. 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. By the end of the traineeship you'll be an expert in multimedia storytelling.
The application period for the 2026 international traineeship is open from 14 October 2024, 12 noon (12 p.m. UTC+2) to 18 November 2024, 12 noon (12 p.m. UTC+1).
Overview
- 18 months
- trainee salary
- international broadcaster in 30 languages
- crossmedia: TV, online and radio
- six months of seminars
- internships in Berlin and Bonn
- placements with DW foreign bureaus (Washington, Brussels, Moscow)
- international multimedia projects
- well-known media trainers
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
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.
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
Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.
Dates
Deadline: November 18, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
For the first six months of the program, trainees earn a pre-tax salary of 1,996 euros per month. This increases to 2,174 euros a month before tax for the following six months. For the final six months, trainees earn 2,273 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.
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