Turntable (media magazine)
The Drehscheibe is a magazine for local journalists and is published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) in cooperation with the local journalists project team (PLJ). The magazine has been providing local journalists in Germany and other German-speaking countries with ideas from around 350 German daily and regional newspapers since 1981.
The magazine has been produced by "Raufeld Medien" in Berlin since 2006, after having been produced for years by the "Initiative Tageszeitung" in Bonn. The "Local Journalists Project Team", a group of nine senior editors from various German newspapers, who also advise on the entire journalist program of the bpb, acts as the editorial board. Birgit Buchner and Dieter Golombek, who founded the local journalists program at the Federal Agency for Civic Education and inspired journalists with the advanced training program for 30 years, are among the founders of the “Drehscheibe”. The media scientist Wolfgang R. Langenbucher gave an impetus to improve the quality of local journalism with his book “The ignored reader”, which he had already written together with Peter Glotz in 1968 .
The magazine
In the dossier, the booklet is dedicated to a key topic and provides examples from daily newspapers to imitate. In the magazine section, topics are dealt with that specifically affect local journalists. There are also technical tips and information on the press council and press law . The core of every issue is the ideas exchange with many examples of well-made journalistic articles from local editorial offices in German-speaking countries. In addition to the monthly issue, subscribers receive two special issues each year covering various special topics, such as B. "European elections local" or "right-wing extremism" - dedicate.
The advisory board
The “Drehscheibe” has an editorial board, the local journalism project team. The advisory board consists of journalists from various publications and media experts and is headed by Anke Vehmeier (bpb). The team includes: Grit Baldauf, Regional Manager Central Saxony Free Press (Chemnitz), Katja Bauroth, Local Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Local Schwetzinger Zeitung / Hockenheimer Tageszeitung, Dr. Sarah Brasack, Premium Content Manager Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Yannick Dillinger, Deputy Editor-in-Chief / Head of Digitales Schwäbische Zeitung (Ravensburg), Daniel Fiene, moderator and online editor Rheinische Post (Düsseldorf), Michael Husarek, editor-in-chief Nürnberger Nachrichten, Christoph Linne, Editor-in-chief Nordsee-Zeitung (Bremerhaven), Lars Reckermann, editor-in-chief Nordwest-Zeitung (Oldenburg), Thomas Schwarz, head of the local editorial office Memmingen / Unterallgäu of the Allgäuer Zeitung, Prof. Dr. Annika Sehl, Professor of Digital Journalism at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich
The editorial office
The editorial team is composed of employees from the media agency Raufeld (Berlin): Bernd Ziegenbalg (project management), Stefan Wirner (editorial management), Katharina Dodel and others.
archive
Previous articles can be researched using search terms on the homepage. Subscribers can have any number of newspaper articles sent to them. The archive goes back to more than 30 years of “turntable” and offers sample articles on many local topics.
The online edition
In addition to the extensive archive, users can find information free of charge on the “Drehscheibe” website that goes beyond the articles in the magazine. There are exclusive interviews, videos, seminars and seminar documentation. The daily editorial tip is a special service. Here, an implementation tip for the local editorial team is given on a historical date or a day of action. In addition, the “Drehscheibe” sends out a newsletter once a week in which current topics in local journalism are taken up. Since March 2013, the “Drehscheibe” has been presenting a daily local implementation tip for a current topic in cooperation with the dpa.
Youth hub
Well implemented ideas from youth editorial teams are presented on the homepage every month. The members of the youth turntable can send messages to other youth editorial offices and present exemplary articles from youth media. In 2007, a youth turntable prize was also awarded for outstanding contributions on the subject of children's and youth media.