Intajour

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The International Academy of Journalism (Intajour), based in Hamburg, was a qualification and further training facility of the media company Bertelsmann for journalists from countries with limited freedom of the press and expression.

history

On the occasion of the Group's 175th birthday in 2010, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA announced the founding of Intajour. The patron of the founding event was the President of the European Union, José Manuel Barroso , who stated in his speech that high quality journalism is a cornerstone of democracy.

Intajour saw the digitalization of the media as an opportunity for freedom of the press and freedom of expression worldwide. The so-called new media made it possible to come into direct contact with journalists all over the world and to support them in their work. With the qualification and training program “Journalism in the Digital World” Intajour wanted to prepare journalists from countries with limited freedom of the press for the digital future and in this way do their part to ensure that freedom of the media and freedom of expression have a future.

Werner Eggert was appointed as the founding director. The academy started work on January 1, 2011. The first application process for the 10-month training program “Journalism in the Digital World” started in May 2011. The first 12 scholarship holders arrived in Hamburg in September 2011. They successfully completed the training program in June 2012.

In May 2014 it became known that Bertelsmann is closing the academy again. The group did not comment on the reasons.

education

Intajour offered the 10-month qualification and training program “Journalism in the Digital World”. It included presence phases in Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin as well as e-learning phases. The academy uses the principle of hybrid learning , which combines the advantages of face-to-face phases and e-learning. The focus is on imparting knowledge in digital, multimedia journalism. Guest lecturers from media practice and the media industry supplemented the team of permanent and freelance employees. The international team of lecturers is either personally available during the attendance phases or uses digital media to teach the scholarship holders in webinars . The participants receive a scholarship for the attendance phases of the program, which covers all costs.

canditature

Applications for participation in the program were possible in March / April and were announced on the Intajour homepage or on the Facebook page. Journalists with professional experience and an interest in digital journalism from countries with restricted freedom of the press and freedom of expression can apply. Previous scholarship holders came from Egypt , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bangladesh , China , Ecuador , Ghana , Honduras , Liberia , Moldova , Nepal , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Zambia , Serbia , Zimbabwe , Sudan , Syria , Thailand and the Ukraine . Each year 12 scholarship holders are selected.

Journalistic Advisory Board and Board of Trustees

Eggert was supported in his work by two bodies: the journalistic advisory board and the board of trustees.

The journalistic advisory board advises on the development of the curriculum and the selection of scholarship holders. It is made up of journalists with many years of professional experience. The journalistic advisory board includes Peter Kloeppel ( RTL Television ), Georg Mascolo , Thomas Osterkorn ( STERN ), Leonhard Ottinger ( RTL Journalist School for TV and Multimedia ), Karin Schlautmann (Bertelsmann) and Andreas Wolfers ( Henri-Nannen-Schule ).

The members of the Board of Trustees represented the various divisions of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. They advised Intajour on financial planning and the principles of the Academy. The board of trustees included Klaus Eck ( Random House publishing group ), Oliver Fahlbusch ( RTL Group ), Hans Mahr (RTL Group), Stefan Postler ( Medienfabrik ), Stephan Schäfer ( Gruner + Jahr ) and Karin Schlautmann (Bertelsmann).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ http://www.editorsweblog.org/2011/05/12/bertelsmann-journalism-academy-intajour-now-accepting-applications
  6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Bertelsmann closes journalism school. In: www.spiegel.de. May 4, 2014, accessed June 17, 2014 (article on Spiegel Online).
  8. ↑ Bertelsmann closes journalist academy - commitment to press freedom is apparently too expensive. In: nw-news.de. May 3, 2014, accessed on June 17, 2014 (article in the Neue Westfälische).
  9. ^ Intajour International School of Journalism on the verge of collapse - Bertelsmann's good deed in a new light In: berliner-zeitung.de. May 7, 2014, accessed on June 17, 2014 (article in the Berliner Zeitung).
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )