Youth media days

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Youth media days
Logo of the Youth Media Days 2017
Project management Verena Michaeli
Website www.jugendmedientage.de
organizer Youth Press Germany eV

The youth media days are a four-day congress for young journalists between 16 and 27 years of age, which has been organized annually since 2002 by the youth press in Germany in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education under a different motto . It is one of the largest congresses of its kind in Germany. In workshops , narrative cafés, panel discussions and when visiting newspaper and online editorial offices or radio and television studios, the participants learn about the various training and further education options and the job profiles in the media industry professional guidance own contributions.

Previous events

2019

From November 1 to November 3, 2019, the youth media days took place in the Kalkscheune in Berlin.

2018: Moving (e) borders - Raise your voice

From October 4th to 7th, around 300 young media makers met in Bremen to find out what it means to move media and moral boundaries and to discuss what media diversity and independence of media look like at home and abroad.

2017: "Behind the Scenes"

From November 2nd to 5th, around 400 young media professionals came together in Munich to discuss the deliberate staging and credibility of the media.

2016: "Media or fairy tale land?"

From October 27 to 30, 2016, 400 young people between the ages of 16 and 27 met in Dresden to do media work together. Under the motto “Media or fairy tale land?”, At Messe Dresden they asked how freely, diverse and objectively our media report and how we as consumers and producers deal with the multitude of information published on the Internet.

2015: machtWorte: freedom // diversity // responsibility

Around 400 young media professionals took part in the youth media days in Bonn from November 5 to 8, 2015. The motto was “MachtWorte: Freedom // Diversity // Responsibility” and looked into the role that the media play in social and political change. The venues were the Bonn Bridge Forum, the House of History , Deutsche Welle and the Beethoven Hall . They were u. a. supported by the German Press Agency (dpa).

2014: Between Worlds

From November 6th to 9th, 2014 the youth media days took place under the title “ZwischenWelten” in Frankfurt am Main . The venues were the Gesellschaftshaus im Palmengarten Frankfurt , the youth culture church St. Peter and the Westend campus of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main .

2013: More than words

The youth media days came to Berlin in 2013 under the motto “More than words”. From October 24th to 27th, around 1,500 young people were in the capital. The main venue was the Berlin ewerk in Mitte.

2012: Festival of the Media

In 2012, the Youth Media Days took place in Hamburg from November 9th to 11th . Over 2000 young media makers came together under the motto “Festival of the Media”. The speakers included Ulrich Wickert , Pauline Tillmann, the director of the Henri Nannen School Andreas Wolfers , Mathias Müller von Blumencron and Florian Harms .

Jan Boehmermann, speaker at the Youth Media Days 2011

2011: In real time

The youth press Germany and the youth press Baden-Württemberg organized the youth media days in Stuttgart from November 3 to 6, 2011, in which 500 young people between 16 and 25 years took part.

2010: More than 140 characters - media and economy

The Youth Media Days 2010 in Munich took place from October 14th to 17th. They had the motto More than 140 characters - media and economy , which refers to the maximum 140 characters in a Twitter text message . One of the topics was the internationalization of media companies and changing markets. Around 500 participants came. The Junge Presse Bavaria co-organized the event .

2009: Ethics in the media

The congress took place from June 11th to 14th at the Expo-Plaza Hannover. He devoted himself to the broadly diversified topic of “ethics in the media”. Around 500 participants attended the event.

The Youth Media Days 2009 of the Baden-Württemberg Youth Press took place in Mannheim from 23 to 25 October 2009.

2008: Moving pictures - televisions on your own

The youth media days 2008 took place from October 30th to November 2nd under the motto Moving Pictures - Televisions on your own in the ZDF broadcasting center in Mainz . Around 500 young people were able to gain further training in around 35 workshops.

The Media City Leipzig - location of the youth media days 2007

2007: Web 2.0 = Media 2.0?

In 2007 the youth media days took place in Leipzig . From September 27th to 30th, around 500 participants met here to discuss the subject of Web 2.0 = Media 2.0? to discuss.

In workshops such as Truth 2.0 , Future 2.0 and Handmade 2.0 , it was discussed what possibilities Web 2.0 offers for traditional mass media and whether journalism loses quality when suddenly everyone becomes a reporter. The speakers included Christian Amend from Zeit Leben and Steffen Klusmann from Financial Times Deutschland as well as Christian Clawien from Mr. Wong and Christian Stöcker from Spiegel Online .

2006: Youth and politics - [not] a discontinued model ?!

Günter Wallraff, speaker at the youth media days 2006

In 2006 the youth media days took place in the German Bundestag in the capital Berlin . On the subject of youth and politics - [not] a discontinued model ?! 600 young people discussed for four days with speakers from the media, politics, culture and society, accompanied the work of the members of the Bundestag, received further training in numerous workshops and made contacts. The focus was on the capital city media and reports from the Bundestag. In the various studios in the capital, the participants were introduced to the subject and were able to create their own articles and contributions under the guidance of professional journalists. As speakers and panellists, among others, the investigative measures Günter Wallraff , Tomte singer Thees Uhlmann , SPD parliamentary leader Peter Struck , head of the Henri Nannen School Christoph Fasel , head of the parliamentary offices of the taz Jens König and CDU politician Laurenz Meyer part .

2005: media. Europe. future

The Youth Media Days 2005 took place in Hamburg from September 30th to October 3rd . Under the motto media. Europe. Future. 600 young media makers and guests from 13 European countries met. The speakers included Ingrid Kolb ( Henri Nannen School ), Christoph Fasel , Michael Ebert and Hans-Martin Tillack . 14 editorial offices, including Der Spiegel , stern.de , Focus , Neon and N-JOY , gave insights into their work.

The presentation of the youth press photo prize accompanied the theme year Europe of the youth press and was organized in cooperation with the European Commission and the Children's and Youth Film Center in Germany .

2004: Knowledge is power

The Youth Media Days 2004 took place in Munich from October 22nd to 24th . Under the motto "Knowledge is Power", over 650 young media makers met to discuss training and the knowledge society. The congress was organized in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the clash publishing company. The main sponsors were Gruner + Jahr and Allianz Versicherung . Speakers included Bernd Gäbler , Bascha Mika , Heribert Prantl , Erwin Huber and Christian Ude .

2003: Media in Crisis - Get Out Here!

In 2003 the Youth Media Days took place in Cologne from June 20th to 22nd . 500 young media makers examined the media crisis under the motto "Media in crisis - this is where it goes!". Speakers included Reinhard Hesse , Fritz Schramma , Peter Zudeick and Paul-Josef Raue .

The congress was supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education as a co-organizer and Deutsche Bahn and Ford as main sponsors.

2002: Self-determined instead of someone else's fun

In 2002 the youth media days took place from May 31 to June 2 in Schwerin , supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education . 450 young people came together under the motto “Self-determined instead of being mocked by others”. Cordula Meyer, Thomas Wiegold and Vegard Thise , among others, were present as speakers .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The nationwide largest media congress for young people . Axel Springer, Sustainability Report 2013 ( Memento from April 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Youth press Germany: Conference publication of the youth media days. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
  3. ^ Youth press Germany: project website. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
  4. Maren Beneke: These are the youth media days. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  5. Venues. Jugendmedientage.de, accessed on December 11, 2015 .
  6. The nationwide largest media congress for young people . Axel Springer, Sustainability Report 2013 ( Memento from April 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. Youth Media Days: "The competition is tough" , Spiegel Online Schulspiegel, November 9, 2012
  8. ^ Youth Media Days 2005. Media. Europe. Future ., Documentation of the bpb
  9. Youth Media Days '05. Documentation media. Europe. Future. (pdf) Published by the Junge Presse Hamburg
  10. Youth Media Days 2004. Knowledge is power! , bpb, October 26, 2004
  11. Youth Media Days. Media in crisis - get out of here! , bpb, June 30, 2003
  12. Youth Media Days 2002: What the people of Schwerin thought of it ( Memento of December 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Fluter , June 5, 2002