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Mara Bierbach is a journalist and journalism trainer, working bilingually (English/German), primarily for Deutsche Welle/DW, Germany's international broadcaster. She is part of the team that organizes the DW-Bonn Institute Constructive Journalism Fellowship. She loves to preach the gospel of constructive journalism, solution-oriented thinking, and Taylor Swift.

Mara Bierbach
Credits: Carla Bleiker

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LVR LandesMuseum

// Workshop II

Festival ticket required

Lessons Learned from the DW Constructive Journalism Fellowship

With Mara Bierbach, Lisa Urlbauer, Alena Zhabina and Zobaer Ahmed

How can news organizations foster constructive journalism? DW, Germany's international broadcaster, launched a one of a kind training program for its journalists in partnership with the Bonn Institute in 2023. At this talk, fellows Alena Zhabina and Zobaer Ahmed will share what they learned about reporting constructively, including in a fast-paced news environment and on difficult issues. And organizers and trainers Lisa Urlbauer and Mara Bierbach will talk about what they learned works (and what doesn't) when training a diverse group of journalists in constructive reporting.

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Haus der Bildung

// Volkshochschule 2

Kurz, knackig, konstruktiv: Videos für Social Media produzieren – ein Einführungskurs

Mit Mara Bierbach and Anne-Sophie Brändlin

Wie genau sieht konstruktiver Journalismus in der Praxis aus? In diesem Workshop werden wir kurze Videoformate produzieren, die lustig, informativ und - natürlich - konstruktiv sind!