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Wroclaw, Poland was the venue for the second project week of this year's ISMJ - International School of Multimedia Journalism. Over the course of three days, participants from four countries gained insights into climate journalism in Poland and Ukraine and produced their own multimedia reports on "Covering Climate Crisis". […]Read more on ISMJ: Multimedia projects on Climate Journalism in Poland and Ukraine

At the beginning of June, the annual international teaching event "Europe On Air" took place in Helsinki, bringing together students from Georgia, Austria, Belgium, Finland and Spain. Working in small intercultural groups, they spent a week producing radio features on the theme of segregation. Subjects ranged from gentrification, multiculturalism and integration to suburban life, housing and discriminatory school choice. […]Read more on Europe On Air: Intercultural radio features about segregation in Helsinki

Public relations, journalism, marketing and advertising are increasingly overlapping, often leading to ethical conflicts in everyday communication practice. The research project "Blurring Boundaries. Ethical Challenges in Communication Practice" aims to identify possible coping strategies. Gisela Reiter, Teaching & Research Associate, presented the results of the study at the Austrian Communication Day 2023. […]Read more on Study presentation on blurring boundaries in public communication

Researchers at FHWien der WKW presented current findings on sustainable business, journalism & social media and the transformation of family businesses at the Research Forum 2023. […]Read more on Applied research connects business and society

Current climate protests and the media's handling of climate issues were the focus of this year's International School of Multimedia Journalism 2023. Under the theme "Covering Climate Crises", twenty journalism students from four countries dealt with different aspects of climate journalism and also reflected on their own role. The result are five exciting multimedia reports, each of which takes a… […]Read more on How does journalism deal with the climate crisis?

In the Content Production & Digital Media Management course, students learn, among other things, how to tell journalistic stories using different media for various digital channels. In the second to last semester of their studies, they refine and demonstrate their skills in the course "Multi-media practice". This year, interviews, explanatory videos, TikTok news and radio reports were created. […]Read more on The repertoire of digital storytelling

Gisela Reiter (Teaching & Research Associate at FHWien der WKW) presented her paper "'It was unusual to suddenly watch the national TV-newscast together, as an event.' Changes in media usage among young audiences during the first COVID-19 Lockdown in Austria" at the international ECREA 2022 conference in Aarhus / Denmark. […]Read more on Media Usage in Times of Crisis

Radio Radieschen's new series of events went into the second round on October 13th, 2022. Our guests were producers of the multiple award-winning podcasts: "5MinutenClimateChance" and "Inselmilieu". […]Read more on ‘Ein Abend im Hörfeld’ – with Award-winning Podcast Guests

With her contribution “Media under pressure – The Austrian corruption scandal and the trust in media coverage” Gisela Reiter (Teaching & Research Associate at FHWien of WKW) presented current study results at the RIPE@2022 conference in Vienna. She also participated in an international roundtable discussion about “Challenges for Politics and Education for Youth and Media […]Read more on Public Value at the Crossroads of Politics and Media

In times of crisis, investigative journalism and data journalism are challenged like no other disciplines to expose social and political injustices. At "Dataharvest", the European conference for investigative journalism, which took place in May 2022 in Mechelen (Belgium), Academic Expert & Lecturer Regula Blocher was able to learn about current developments and challenges in her field. […]Read more on Courageous Investigative Journalism in Times of Crisis – Follow-up Report on Dataharvest Conference 2022