Internationale BJS-Programme
Armenia and Georgia cross-border: Apply for our workshop in Berlin
You are a journalist from Armenia and Georgia. You are interested in and working on the relations between those two countries. You have a good knowledge of economics and an idea what the affiliation to different economic blocs means for trade and cooperation. You want to strengthen the relations between your home country and its neighbor, especially in a time when real wars show effect your region directly and indirectly and show an even stronger need for closer cooperation. And you would love to discuss all those issues with colleagues and top-experts during a seminar in Berlin.
If you find yourself in this description, you are the perfect candidate for our multi-level project “Overcoming divisions through exchange and research”.
It is organized by Berlin Journalism School and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of #CivilSocietyCooperation.
In the first part, most likely being held from in end of August, ten journalists – five each from Georgia and Armenia - will come to a seminar at Berlin Journalism School in Berlin. Here they will enjoy lectures on and discussions about the EU economic policy in the area of the EaP countries.
They will also be able to contribute examples from their own reporting. The participants will meet German colleagues with a professional focus on the EU, EaP and EEU, visit an editorial office and have talks with a representative of the Federal Foreign Office or the Federal Ministry of Economics. Finally, the seminar offers the opportunity to discuss topics for joint journalistic cross-border articles.
A few weeks later, the Armenian and Georgian participants will meet again for two days either in Tbilisi or Yerevan to meet experts from both countries. They will discuss the EEU and also Russian strategies and their implications for Armenia's relations with its neighbouring countries, especially with Georgia.
With the impressions and the facts they gained in these discussions the participants will go on a two days research in the border region of the respective other country and produce a story on their findings. Focuses could be the development of border trade, possible problems and people's concerns when looking at their neighboring country.
Finally, they will join a three-day summer workshop in a location close to the border from 23 to 25 September with 20 NGO representatives from Armenia and Georgia. The journalists will help the NGOs to understand how they and their projects can get attention of the media. At the same time they will also write about border-crossing projects which the NGOs have developed.
Travel expenses, accommodation and costs for visa (if necessary) will be covered.
For the cross-border research a small remuneration will be paid.
Who can apply?
English-speaking journalists of all ages – employees or freelancers – who are interested in Armenian-Georgian relations and have proven experience in economic reporting.
What do we need from you?
- A cover letter in which you describe both your professional background and the reasons for your application.
- An idea for journalistic cross-border story you would like to work on with a colleague from your neighboring country.
- Detailed curriculum vitae.
- If possible a proof of your knowledge of English.
Send these documents only via e-mail (pdf, in total not more than 5 MB) to
<crossborder@berliner-journalisten-schule.de> not later than June 26th, 2022. Please send only certificates and recommendations if they have a direct connection to your applications, e.g. a prove showing experience as a trainer or international cooperation, but no certificates from university.
Covid-19 information: Due to a dynamic situation, we cannot predict the pandemic situation by in August in Germany as well as in Armenia and Georgia in October. Therefore, we do not exclude the possibility of changing the format of the seminar/workshops to hybrid. We will communicate all possible changes with you and promise to make everything possible to maintain your safety and health. Furthermorer, we would ask all chosen participants to get vaccinated with EU-approved vaccine to avoid restrictions when coming to Berlin.
This project is run and organized by Berlin Journalism School in cooperation with "Journalists for the Future" NGO from Armenia and “Green Alternative” from Georgia.
If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact Clemens Schöll, head of the program
<clemens.schoell@berliner-journalisten-schule.de>.
Mobile Reporting für Journalisten aus Belarus
In medienfeindlichen autoritären Regimen ist es besonders wichtig, Informationen schnell, leicht verständlich und leicht zugänglich aufbereiten zu können. Die Berliner Journalistenschule hat deshalb Rahmen der #CivilSocietyCooperation fünf belarussische Journalist*innnen im Mobile Reporting ausgebildet - dem Produzieren von schnell ins Internet zu stellenden Filmen auf Smartphones. Fünf Tage lang trainierte Journalist, Filmemacher und BJS-Dozent Matthias Zuber die Gruppe. Ein Ergebnis des Workshops ist ein kurzes Videotutorial - eine Anleitung zum Erstellen von Filmen - siehe unten. Sie richtet sich an Journalist*innen in Belarus und ist daher in der Landessprache verfasst.
BJS-Projekt: Flüchtlinge seit Generationen
Erste Ergebnisse und kontroverse Diskussionen
Eine ältere Frau erinnert sich, wie sie vor rund 30 Jahren mit ihrem Sohn auf den Armen aus ihrem Haus in Nagorno-Karabach fliehen musste – und dann rund 25 Jahre später wieder aus dem Donbass, diesmal ihren Enkel tragend. Szenen wie diese aus dem Video eines aserbaidschanisch-ukrainische Journalistenteams hinterließen nicht nur bleibenden Eindruck bei den Teilnehmer*innen des Netzwerktreffens von „Reporting on Refugees“, sondern standen gleichzeitig für eines der zentralen Narrative des Projekts – Flucht und Vertreibung über Generationen, gerade auf dem Gebiet der früheren Sowjetunion.
Knapp 30 Journalist*innen und Filmemacherinnen kamen am letzten Septemberwochenende nach Kiew zu einem persönlichen Treffen. Weitere Themen waren etwa die Traumatisierungen von Kindern durch Krieg und Flucht, die speziellen Erfahrungen von Menschen, die in dem Fluchtland die staatliche Ordnung repräsentierten, selbstorganisierte Wohnungsprojekte von Geflüchteten oder Menschen, die nach Deutschland oder Frankreich fliehen, weil sie in ihrem Herkunftsland keine medizinische Versorgung erhalten.
Einige Teilnehmer konnten bereits weit fortgeschrittene Projekte präsentieren, andere stellten eher grobe Konzepte vor, freuten sich über Ratschläge und Feedback – in zwei Fällen sogar über Teampartner, die zu ihre Ideen in ihren Ländern recherchieren wollten.
Eng eingebunden und über die komplette Dauer des Treffens dabei waren Medienvertreter*innen aus den drei Kaukasusländern, von denen zwei unmittelbar für die transnationale Medien Chai Khana und Jam FM arbeiten und so gezielte Tipps zur Arbeit für ein Publikum jenseits des eigenen Landes geben konnten.
Manche Ideen wurden kontrovers diskutiert, etwa ein Beitrag zur Frage, wie und warum Menschen aus Armenien und Aserbaidschan Orte in Nagorno-Karabach als Heimat empfinden. Die Teilnehmer*innen stritten für ihre Standpunkte – doch immer mit Respekt, auch vor Journalisten aus dem jeweils anderen Land, mit dem man sich vor einem Jahr nicht nur in einem einen blutigen Krieg befunden, sondern auch mediale Schlachten geschlagen hatte, unter denen Journalismus und Zivilgesellschaft in beiden Ländern bisn heute leiden.
„Reporting on Refugees“ ist das sechste Projekt der BJS, das vom Auswärtigen Amt im Rahmen von #CivilSocietyCooperation gefödert wird. Drei der vier Partnerorganisationen aus Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Georgien und der Ukraine waren bereits bei erfolgreichen Projekte der Vorjahre beteiligt.
Berlin, Oktober 2021
"Reporting on refugees" - Aktuelles Projekt
Grants to enable cross-border work and research for journalists, bloggers and documentary filmmakers from EaP countries and Germany
UNDP in Europe and Central Asia / licensed under CCBY-NC-SA2.0
Wars and conflicts are important topics for journalists, bloggers and documentary filmmakers. But when the wars are over, also the cameras often disappear, leaving victims and affected societies alone. Without international attention, nationalist perspectives and narratives gain room to spread, harming those who are raising questions and try to put an eye on own mistakes. Thus, the truth is not only the first victim in a war, but in the aftermath of wars and conflicts civil society and media freedom are harmed even when the weapons are silent.
This is where our project comes in: we support journalists, bloggers and filmmakers that work in transnational teams on the situation of refugees from and in their countries in order to arouse empathy for all victims. We will coordinate the matchmaking with selected partners from the countries you would like to work with and help you in developing your project topics/ideas during a two days online seminar in July. We will also invite representatives of Institutions working with refugees, awarded journalists, filmmakers and other experts.
If your idea is selected and the travel restrictions are lifted, you will work for about two months together with your colleagues, talk to refugees and displaced persons face-to-face and come up with the story for the media in both of your home countries. Depending on the subject and complexity of the research, the total number of work days within the given time period (two months) can vary between three to ten days. We will compensate your expenses for travel and accommodation.
In certain cases, we can also cover the costs for renting equipment and costs the media outlets have, e.g. for translating or subtitling movies, transferring a film into a web compatible version etc. The best journalistic products/film (chosen by the organizers) will be awarded with prize money.
Finally, selected teams will meet in a networking event in Georgia (most likely in October) together with colleagues from all Eastern partnership countries and representatives of internationally active media outlets to present their results and develop concepts for future cooperation.
Who can apply?
English-speaking journalists, bloggers and filmmakers of all ages – employees or freelancers - with at least some experience in working with refugees or conflict journalism from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova or Ukraine as well as from Germany.
What do we need from you?
● A cover letter in which you describe both your professional background and the reasons for your application.
● Detailed curriculum vitae
● A project idea outlining the research you would like to conduct, the duration of the research and the place where you want to work as well as the country where you are looking for a partner. In most cases, we expect you to work in binational teams. However, if you have comprehensible reasons to do the research in three countries, just let us know. Please also write down in a few sentences how you can achieve your goals if travel and other pandemic restrictions will continue.
● We consider it as an asset if you can already give us a name of a media outlet that would be interested in your text/film/multimedia-story, but it is not necessary for the application.
● If possible a proof of your knowledge of English.
Send these documents only via e-mail (pdf, in total not more than 5 MB) to <reportingonrefugees@berliner-journalisten-schule.de> not later than June 13th, 2021.
Normally you do not need to send certificates and recommendations, only if they have a direct connection to your applications.
Covid-19 information: Due to a dynamic situation, we cannot predict the pandemic situation by end of July in the different EaP countries. Therefore, we do not exclude the possibility of changing the format of the final network meeting to hybrid (online/offline) or have it in country which is less affected by the pandemic in October. We will communicate all possible changes with you and promise to make everything possible to maintain your safety and health.
This project is run and organized by Berlin Journalism School in cooperation with partners in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine.
If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact Clemens Schöll, head of the program <clemens.schoell@berliner-journalisten-schule.de>.
BJS / Mai 2021
Datenjournalismus, Umwelt und Frauenrechte
BJS-Projekt unterstützt Partner in Armenien und Georgien
Mit zwei zeitgleich stattfindenden Workshops in Armenien und Georgien ist das BJS-Projekt "Power of Data Supporting Women and Environment" knapp zwei Wochen vor Weihnachten in seine finale Phase gekommen. In der armenischen Hauptstadt Yerevan trafen sich 15 NGO-Vertreter/innen in einem zweitägigen Präsenzworkshop, BJS-Projektleiter Clemens Schöll und Referent Michael Hörz waren zugeschaltet.
Der Workshop in Georgien fand wegen eines erneuten Lockdowns online statt. Deshalb musste der geplante Besuch einer besonders stark umweltbelasteten belasteten Region ausfallen. Stattdessen übertrug ein Umweltaktivist mit Handycam Bilder aus dem Gebiet in die Videokonferenz mit ebenfalls 15 Teilnehmerinnen.
Zum Abschluss präsentierten die Teilnehmerinnen verschiedene Fragen, bei den zusammengeführte und visualisierte Daten Aufklärung und Abhilfe versprechen, etwa: Welche Auswirkungen hat das Kochen mit Holz als Brennstoff die auf Gesundheit von Frauen in ländliche Gegenden? Wie beeinflussen die Beratungsgespräche in den georgischen women‘s councils die Verteilung von Geldern auf kommunaler Ebene? Warum sterben mehr Frauen bei Naturkatastrophen?
Beide Workshops wurden maßgeblich von Trainerinnen gestaltet, die Anfang September an einem Online-Workshop der BJS für zivilgesellschaftliche Akteurinnen aus Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Georgien und der Ukraine teilgenommen hatten, unterstützt vom Auswärtigen Amt (AA) im Rahmen von #CivilSocietyCooperation. Partner vor Ort waren "Journalists for the Future" (JFF) in Armenien und das Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA).
Bereits vor einigen Wochen nahmen rund 25 NGO-Vertreter/innen aus der Ukraine an einem gemeinsam mit unserem ukrainischen Partner Donetsk Institute of Information (DII) veranstalteten Online-Workshop teil.
"Power of Data Supporting Women and Environment" ist das vierte BJS-Projekt im Rahmen des AA-Programms „Ausbau der Zusammenarbeit mit der Zivilgesellschaft in den Ländern der Östlichen Partnerschaft“.
Datenpower für Transparenz und Teilhabe
BJS-Projekt stärkt NGO-Akteurinnen aus vier Ländern
Wer erfasst in meinem Land welche Daten? Wie reagiere ich, wenn die Institution nicht herausgibt? Wie kann ich Informationen aus PDF-Dokumenten auslesen? Und mit welchen Grafiken stelle ich die so gewonnenen Erkenntnisse anschaulich dar? Mit solchen Fragen beschäftigten sich neun zivilgesellschaftliche Akteurinnen aus Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Georgien und der Ukraine bei unserem Online-Seminar "Power of Data Supporting Women and Environment" vom 31. August bis 6. September.
Grundidee des im Rahmen von #CivilSocietyCooperation geförderten Programms ist die Feststellung, dass der
Aus dem geplanten Präsenztreffen in der BJS wurde aufgrund der Coronalage ein Onlineseminar
Zugang zu Daten eine zentrale Voraussetzung für politische Teilhabe ist. In den ÖP-Ländern fehlt der Zivilgesellschaft (z.B. Vereinen, Stiftungen, Nichtregierungsorganisationen, Initiativen) jedoch häufig das Know-how, solche Daten zu finden, zu verknüpfen und gut verständlich aufzubereiten. Zudem gibt es häufig administrative Hindernisse.
Die Teilnehmerinnen arbeiten in ihren jeweiligen Ländern zu zwei Themen, die dort zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit erhalten: Frauen-/Genderrechte und Umwelt/Gesundheit. Um sie für diese Arbeit weiter zu stärken, vermitteln wir ihnen über unser Programm in dieser Woche zusätzliches Know-how sowohl beim Umgang mit Daten als auch bei der Organisation von Workshops.
Diese Fähigkeiten werden sie in einem zweiten Schritt in Workshops in Armenien, Georgien und der Ukraine an Teilnehmer/innen ausnstitute of Informa der Zivilgesellschaft der jeweiligen Länder weitergeben. Organisieren werden die Veranstaltungen dort von unserem Partner, "Journalists for the Future" (JFF) aus Armenien, dem Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) und dem Donetsk Ition (DII) aus der Ukraine.
Es ist das vierte Projekt der BJS mit dem Auswärtigen Amt im Rahmen des Programms „Ausbau der Zusammenarbeit mit der Zivilgesellschaft in den Ländern der Östlichen Partnerschaft“.
Armenia and Georgia crossborder
Apply now for our workshop in Berlin
You are a journalist from Armenia and Georgia. You are interested in and working on the relations between those two countries. You have a good knowledge of economics. You want to strengthen the relations between your home country and its neighbour, especially now that they are in different economic blocs. And you would love to discuss all those issues with colleagues and top-experts during a seminar in Berlin.
If you find yourself in this description, you are the perfect candidate for our multi-level project “Overcoming divisions through exchange and research”.
It is organized by Berlin Journalism School and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of its program “Strengthening cooperation with civil society in the Eastern Partnership countries”.
In the first part, most likely being held from September 14-18, eight journalists – four each from Georgia and Armenia - will come to a seminar at Berlin Journalism School in Berlin. Here they will enjoy lectures on and discussions about the EU economic policy in the area of the EaP countries.
They will also be able to contribute examples from their own reporting. The participants will meet German colleagues with a professional focus on the EU, EaP and EEU, visit an editorial office and have talks with a representative of the Federal Foreign Office or the Federal Ministry of Economics. Finally, the seminar offers the opportunity to discuss topics for joint journalistic cross-border articles.
A few weeks later, the Armenian and Georgian participants will meet again for two days in Yerevan. In Armenia’s Capital they will meet experts from both countries and discuss the EEU strategies
and their implications for Armenia's relations with its neighbouring countries, especially with Georgia.
With the impressions and the facts they gained in these discussions the participants will visit a border town in the respective other country for two days of research. Focuses will be the
development of border trade, possible problems and people's concerns when looking at their neighbouring country.
Finally, they will join a three-day summer workshop, most likely in Haghpat, with 20 NGO representatives from Armenia and Georgia. The journalists will help the NGOs to understand how they and
their projects can get attention of the media. At the same time they will also write about border-crossing projects which the NGOs have developed.
Travel expenses, accommodation and costs for visa (if necessary) will be covered.
For the cross-border research a small remuneration will be paid.
Who can apply?
English-speaking journalists of all ages – employees or freelancers – who are interested in Armenian-Georgian relations and have proven experience in economic reporting.
What do we need from you?
· A cover letter in which you describe both your professional background and the reasons for your application.
· An idea for journalistic cross-border story you would like to work on with a colleague from your neighboring country.
· Detailed curriculum vitae.
· If possible a proof of your knowledge of English.
Send these documents only via e-mail (pdf, in total not more than 5 MB) to
crossborder@berliner-journalisten-schule.de not later than 26 July, 2020.
Please send only certificates and recommendations if they have a direct connection to your applications, e.g. a prove showing experience as a trainer or international cooperation, but no certificates from university.
Covid-19 information: Due to a dynamic situation, we cannot predict the pandemic situation by in September in Germany as well as in Armenia and Georgia in October. Therefore, we do not exclude the possibility of changing the format of the seminar/workshops to hybrid (online/offline) or fully online. We will communicate all possible changes with you and promise to make everything possible to maintain your safety and health.
This project is run and organized by Berlin Journalism School in cooperation with "Journalists for the Future" NGO (JFF).
If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact Clemens Schöll, head of the program clemens.schoell@berliner-journalisten-schule.de.
BJS / Juni 2020
Data Journalism for NGOs supporting environment and/or women's/gender rights
Apply now for our workshop in Berlin
You want to use techniques of datajournalism to work most effectively for a better environment or for women’s/gender rights in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova or Ukraine? Then apply for our intense program on data journalism in these fields. The training is organized by Berlin Journalism School and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of its program “strengthening cooperation with civil society in the Eastern Partnership countries”. It will strengthen you ability to aggregate, prepare and present data in an understandable and convincing way. And you will learn teaching skills that enable you to pass your knowledge on to other NGOs. The training in Berlin be followed by three workshops in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine, organized by our partners in those countries, where you will work as trainers.
In the first part, most likely from September 1st - 6th, nine civil society actors from all countries of the Eastern Partnership will learn in-depth data-journalism. The focuses will be:
- Women's and gender rights: Many inequalities, disadvantages or discrimination can be proven and substantiated by data. Whether its the gender pay gap, domestic violence, women in leadership positions or other aspects.
- Environment and health: competently prepared data can also be used to substantiate and communicate health threats, accumulations of serious illnesses and even deaths caused by environmental pollution. Using facts like data makes information credible and convincing.
The training at BJS is supported by visits of Institutions working with data: Editorial offices, NGOs, a public authority, state institution etc. Finally the trainers will develop a concept for the three workshops as well as the role they will take in it.
Travel expenses accommodation and costs for visa (if necessary) will be covered. For the teaching at the workshops a remuneration will be paid.
Who can apply?
English-speaking NGO members/staff/trainers of all ages – employees or freelancers – with proven experience in the field of women/gender or environment from one of the mentioned countries. Basic skills and proven experience in working with data is essential.
What do we need from you?
- A cover letter in which you describe both your professional background (including experience in giving trainings) and the reasons for your application.
- Documents supporting your previous data-experience in the above mentioned topics. It can be websites, articles about previous projects and/or references from your NGO or previous employers. If you hand in documents/links in languages other than English, please add a short English summary. Please also indicate how many persons you could reach in future with your newly acquired skills.
- Detailed curriculum vitae.
- If possible a proof of your knowledge of English.
Send these documents only via e-mail (pdf, in total not more than 5 MB) to datajournalism@berliner-journalisten-schule.de not later than July 26th, 2020.
Please send only certificates and recommendations if they have a direct connection to your applications, e.g. a prove showing experience as a trainer or international cooperation, but no certificates from university.
Covid-19 information: Due to a dynamic situation, we cannot predict the pandemic situation by mid/end of August in Germany as well as the different EaP countries. Therefore, we do not exclude the possibility of changing the format of the seminar/workshops to hybrid (online/offline) or fully online. We might also be We will communicate all possible changes with you and promise to make everything possible to maintain your safety and health.
This project is run and organized by Berlin Journalism School in cooperation with "Journalists for the Future" (JFF) from Armenia, the Donetsk Institute of Information (DII) from Ukraine and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA).
If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact Clemens Schöll, head of the program clemens.schoell@berliner-journalisten-schule.de.
BJS / Juni 2020
Summer School Mobile Reporting
BJS trainierte in Armenien 27 Journalisten
Neue Kompetenzen und journalistische Freiheiten erarbeiten: Das stand 2018 im Mittelpunkt der Summer School in Mobile Reporting im armenischen Aghveran, die
die Berliner Journalistenschule gemeinsam mit ihrem Kooperationspartner, der
armenischen NGO „Journalists for the Future“ organisiert hatte. 27 Journalistinnen und Journalisten aus Armenien und Georgien lernten innerhalb einer Woche,
mit ihren Smartphones Videoclips aufzunehmen, zu bearbeiten und zu streamen. Innerhalb weniger Minuten können sie nun ihre News, auch abseits von Studios und ohne Computer, ins Netz stellen. Trainiert wurden sie von Journalisten/Dozenten aus Armenien, Georgien,
der Ukraine und Deutschland. Sie hatten im August im Rahmen des gleichen Programms bei einem sechstägigen Training in Berlin sowohl ihre Kenntnisse in Mobile Reporting als auch ihre methodischen Fähigkeiten vertieft.
Die Summer School wurde vom Auswärtigen Amt im Rahmen des Programms „Ausbau der Zusammenarbeit mit der Zivilgesellschaft in den Ländern der Östlichen Partnerschaft“ gefördert.
BJS / September 2018
Austauschprogramm
Medien – Mittler zwischen den Völkern
Die Berliner Journalisten-Schule hat bis 2016 insgesamt 13 Jahre lang in Zusammenarbeit mit der Robert-Bosch-Stiftung jungen Journalisten aus Mittel- und Osteuropa die Gelegenheit zu einem Studien- und Redaktionsaufenthalt in Berlin geboten.
