Reporter factory

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The reporter factory is a journalism school on the net. It was founded in January 2017 by journalists Cordt Schnibben and David Schraven . The institution, which calls itself the "Web Academy of Journalism" (original spelling), is the non-profit GmbH Correctiv . The reporter factory was supplemented in spring 2019 by the "Citizens' Academy for Media Competency" as a sister project, which is more closely geared towards the educational interests of citizens.

The goal of the reporter factory is to impart media knowledge and journalistic craft. "The reporter factory wants to help qualify the public," says the school's About Us page. The school wants to counteract attempts at disinformation (“ fake news ”) by making the work of traditional and social media transparent to interested citizens. The reporter factory also offers a platform that provides its students with virtual learning environments. These are supplemented by concepts of integrated learning in face-to-face workshops and webinars. The course takes place in the context of online-based course formats ( Massive Open Online Courses ) based on the eLearning platform open edX .

In total, around 100 workshops with more than 1100 tutorials in the form of learning videos and exercises as well as 120 podcasts are offered. A board of trustees and an advisory board support the reporter factory. The speakers include Giovanni di Lorenzo , Bernd Ulrich , Anette Dowideit , Günther Jauch , Alice Schwarzer , Hans Leyendecker , Stefan Aust , Carolin Emcke , Barbara Hallmann , Claus Kleber , Maja Weber , Wolf Schneider , Franziska Bluhm , Florian Harms , Richard Gutjahr and Daniel Bröckerhoff .

The project is financed by two foundations, the City of Hamburg and Deutsche Telekom , among others . The initial budget is 500,000 euros. The beginner courses are available free of charge. The portal has been open to everyone since January 29, 2019.

In the reporter factory's school exchange, journalists are placed in schools across Germany in order to strengthen media skills in the classroom. A special portal "Reporter4You" is aimed at young people

As the first German-language web academy for media literacy, the reporter factory is recognized beyond the borders of Germany. The Swiss Media Week sees it as a “journalism school for everyone”, the Austrian standard a “citizen journalism school” and the renowned Austrian journalist Armin Wolf describes it as a “project for everyone who is interested in journalism - but above all for teachers and students *Inside."

The reporter factory is also recognized as an online school in Germany. The Junge Welt writes that the reporter factory is promoting “citizen journalism”. The Verdi trade union's M magazine describes “low-cost training” as an opportunity for everyone to acquire media knowledge at low cost. The Süddeutsche Zeitung describes the attempt “to go public with an offer that does not obey the laws of the fully commercialized media world” as “megalomaniac, but on the other hand highly sympathetic”.

Criticism of the reporter factory concept comes from data journalism expert Lorenz Matzat . He sees in the model of the reporter factory the "arrogance of 'quality journalists'" at work, which would devalue citizens' enthusiasm for opinion. The media author Wolfgang Michal recognizes in the reporter factory, among other things, the attempt of an insecure journalist class to find a connection to the citizen. Unlike Matzat, however, he sees not only negative, but also positive aspects: Michal writes that the journalism school for citizens, as a “citizenship school for journalists”, can help to narrow the gap between journalists and citizens.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marvin Schade: “Reporter Factory”: Cordt Schnibben leaves the mirror and founds a journalism school with David Schraven. In: meedia . January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Die Welt (ed.): Correctiv and Reporter-Forum open citizens' academy . June 5, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed November 26, 2019]).
  3. ↑ a b Reporter Factory - Web Academy of Journalism. Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Web project “Reporter Factory” - Becoming a journalism expert via video. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Kai Rüsberg: Web project “Reporter Factory ” - to become a journalism expert via video. In: @mediasres. Deutschlandfunk, December 18, 2018, accessed on January 29, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Journalism School: Reporter Factory goes online. In: meedia. January 29, 2019, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  7. ↑ More understanding of the media. In: Mannheimer Morgen . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  8. ^ Project "Reporter 4you" - journalists in the classroom. In: Deutschlandfunk . May 8, 2018, accessed November 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Further training for the "editorial society" in the reporter factory. In: Medienwoche.ch. March 12, 2019, accessed November 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Citizen journalism school Reporterfabrik goes online. In: derStandard.at . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  11. ↑ How does journalism work? In: Armin Wolf's blog. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  12. ↑ "Reporter Factory" promotes "citizen journalism". In: Junge Welt . January 19, 2017, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  13. ^ Monique Hofmann: Online school for journalists started. In: M - People Make Media (ver.di). Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Reporter Factory - Invisible Classrooms. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Lorenz Matzat: Journalism-is-when-we-say-it-factory. In: medium.com. January 18, 2017, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  16. ^ Wolfgang Michal: Journalists as teachers of the nation? Wolfgang Michal, January 17, 2017, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Bernd Oswald: Reporter Factory: Not a journalism school for citizens, but a citizenship school for journalists? In: piqd . January 18, 2017, accessed November 26, 2019 .