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Go to the 15th Global Media Forum 17.05.2022

Shaping tomorrow, now: The DW Global Media Forum 2022

Plenary Session: Who’s got the power in the media landscape? at the Global Media Forum 2019

On June 20 and 21, the Global Media Forum explores opportunities to foster resilient journalism in times of crisis. Learn more here and join us in Bonn or online.

Learn more about the 2022 conference

Get an overview of "Shaping tomottow, now" in this pdf.

DW Global Media Forum 2022 program.pdf

DW honors Ukrainian journalists Maloletka and Chernov for Mariupol reporting

AP journalist Maloletka leaning out of a window, pointing at smoke rising in the distance after an airstrike

Risking their lives, Evgeniy Maloletka and Mstyslav Chernov documented Russia's siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The journalists are the 2022 recipients of DW's Freedom of Speech Award.

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Making news truly inclusive - but how?

On the importance of transcripts and captions for inclusivity in media content. Transcript in video description.

Start-up contest @GMF: Where entrepreneurial minds meet and compete

The start-up contest is an exciting part of the DW Global Media Forum. Entrepreneurs from around the world are welcome to pitch their ideas to a global audience, develop their skills and compete for the first place.

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Frances Haugen, what's wrong with social media?

An interview on how social media rewards negative content and how we can make it better.

Frances Haugen, what's wrong with social media?

Sham Jaff on bias in Western media

A Pakistani journalist and the power of local journalism

Futurist Angela Oguntala | GMF talk

Understanding AI with Stuart Russell | GMF talk

Pratap Bhanu Mehta | GMF talk

Arts dialog: Plunging into the future with Beethoven, Fela Kuti and Germanic legends

Host Karin Helmstaedt with film directors Kenneth Gyang and Sabine de Mardt (m).

How can arts and culture shape a more pluralistic and inclusive future? What can people from opposite ends of the globe learn from each other? DW Global Media Forum's new format "Arts dialog" wants to find out.

The power of global start-up ecosystems

Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative in Cape Town's skyline | GMF start-up ecosystems

Building on the success of the 2021 DW Global Media Forum start-up contest, we set out to explore start-up success stories by focusing on ecosystems around the world, where innovators seek solutions to big social issues.

Henriette Löwisch: Reporting starts with questioning own assumptions

How can journalism schools learn to cater to the needs of future journalism? The director of the German Journalism School shares her views on impartiality, diversity and the role of journalism for civilized discourse.

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Social media trends in 2022

Post COVID-19, here are some developing trends we're paying particular attention to this year.

Social media trends in 2022

Social media failures | GMF compact

Troll farms | GMF compact

How to report on Big Pharma | GMF compact

NFTs explained | GMF compact

What’s so bad about algorithms? | GMF compact

A platform to seek solutions — together

The DW Global Media Forum offers a unique interdisciplinary platform for media professionals as well as decision-makers from politics, civil society, culture, education, business and science from all over the world to get together and to learn from each other as part of an intercultural exchange since 2008.

On June 20 and 21, 2022, we meet again to shape the future of journalism, together.

Come and join us at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany or online!

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Introducing the DW Global Media Forum

For 15 years, the interdisciplinary media conference has brought together media professionals from around the world.

Plenary Session: The future of local journalism

DW Global Media Forum on Social Media

Top speakers from around the globe

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"In democratic societies where we are open to new developments, we have to keep thinking carefully about what freedom really means to us."

Angela Merkel - Federal Chancellor of Germany (2021)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We will continue to do our best, because I believe we do make a difference. That's our way of fighting back: more journalism."

Maria Ressa - Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021, co-founder and CEO of the news website Rappler, Philippines (2020)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Independent fact-based journalism has never been as important as it is today."

Armin Laschet - Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2021)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We live in a microwave generation. Everyone wants everything too fast, but we have to put in the work."

Leymah Gbowee - Activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Liberia (2021)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"The word 'disruption' has to be recycled. The idea of a local newspaper is disruptive. The idea to have iPhones and be on the internet is reactive."

Timothy Snyder - Historian, Yale University, USA (2021)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"It's a pity that when our demonstrations, because of violence and torture, disappeared from the streets, journalists lost a bit of interest."

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - Belarusian opposition leader (2021)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"What we want in journalism is not optimism and not cynicism, but accuracy."

Steven Pinker - Cognitive psychologist, Harvard University, USA (2021)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"They kicked me out of Iran, but I am there every day through social media."

Masih Alinejad - Women's rights campaigner, Iran (2020)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We need ombudsmen for algorithms. We need some insight into them if we are to maintain our democratic political system."

Anne Applebaum - Pulitzer Prize winner, USA (2020)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Algorithms pick up on negative feelings such as fear and accentuate them. This has led to the creation of fear-based politics all over the world."

Jaron Lanier - Computer scientist and author, USA (2019)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"It's difficult to form a relationship with a politician who's acting like a tyrant. What questions can you ask when this person can put you in jail?"

Can Dündar - Former editor-in-chief of "Cumhuriyet", Turkey (2019)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Do governments truly have the capacity to understand emerging technologies? Communication regulations from the 1970s are not going to work for 2019."

Juliana Rotich - Tech entrepreneur, Kenya (2019)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We need to address the daunting challenges to development by engaging with multiple centers seeking balance rather than overreliance on one country."

Hamid Karzai - Former President of Afghanistan (2018)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"I believe that in the digital age, public broadcasters have a more important role to play than ever before."

Tom Buhrow - Director General of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Germany (2018)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"If we truly believe that journalism is important to our society, we should enlist our fellow citizens and involve them as a community service."

Dr. Ann Hollifield - News and media researcher, USA (2017)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"I hope people in the West can distinguish between the Kremlin and Russia; Putin and Russia."

Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Founder of Open Russia, Russia (2017)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

“As politicians, we need to keep and defend the values we deem constitutive for our democracy in the analog world in our digital lives, too.”

Monika Grütters, Federal Government Commissionar for Culture and the Media, Germany (2015)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"The freedom of the press is facing pressure on a global scale, not just abroad. I want to encourage journalists: Democracy needs you all urgently."

Frank-Walter Steinmeier - Federal President of Germany (2014)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We should all be protected by the same press freedom."

Sarah Harrison - British journalist and WikiLeaks section editor, UK (2014)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation."

Noam Chomsky - Linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic and political activist, USA (2013)
DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Journalists must see themselves as members of a big family and stick together."

Shirin Ebadi - Lawyer, former judge and human rights activists, founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Iran (2008)

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Go to the 15th Global Media Forum 17.05.2022

Shaping tomorrow, now: The DW Global Media Forum 2022

Learn more about the 2022 conference

DW Global Media Forum 2022 program.pdf

DW honors Ukrainian journalists Maloletka and Chernov for Mariupol reporting

Making news truly inclusive - but how?

Start-up contest @GMF: Where entrepreneurial minds meet and compete

Frances Haugen, what's wrong with social media?

Sham Jaff on bias in Western media

A Pakistani journalist and the power of local journalism

Futurist Angela Oguntala | GMF talk

Understanding AI with Stuart Russell | GMF talk

Pratap Bhanu Mehta | GMF talk

More videos

Frances Haugen, what's wrong with social media?

Sham Jaff on bias in Western media

A Pakistani journalist and the power of local journalism

Futurist Angela Oguntala | GMF talk

Understanding AI with Stuart Russell | GMF talk

Pratap Bhanu Mehta | GMF talk

Arts dialog: Plunging into the future with Beethoven, Fela Kuti and Germanic legends

The power of global start-up ecosystems

Henriette Löwisch: Reporting starts with questioning own assumptions

Social media trends in 2022

Social media failures | GMF compact

Troll farms | GMF compact

How to report on Big Pharma | GMF compact

NFTs explained | GMF compact

What’s so bad about algorithms? | GMF compact

More videos

Social media trends in 2022

Social media failures | GMF compact

Troll farms | GMF compact

How to report on Big Pharma | GMF compact

NFTs explained | GMF compact

What’s so bad about algorithms? | GMF compact

Introducing the DW Global Media Forum

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DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"In democratic societies where we are open to new developments, we have to keep thinking carefully about what freedom really means to us."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We will continue to do our best, because I believe we do make a difference. That's our way of fighting back: more journalism."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Independent fact-based journalism has never been as important as it is today."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We live in a microwave generation. Everyone wants everything too fast, but we have to put in the work."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"The word 'disruption' has to be recycled. The idea of a local newspaper is disruptive. The idea to have iPhones and be on the internet is reactive."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"It's a pity that when our demonstrations, because of violence and torture, disappeared from the streets, journalists lost a bit of interest."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"What we want in journalism is not optimism and not cynicism, but accuracy."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"They kicked me out of Iran, but I am there every day through social media."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We need ombudsmen for algorithms. We need some insight into them if we are to maintain our democratic political system."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Algorithms pick up on negative feelings such as fear and accentuate them. This has led to the creation of fear-based politics all over the world."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"It's difficult to form a relationship with a politician who's acting like a tyrant. What questions can you ask when this person can put you in jail?"

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"Do governments truly have the capacity to understand emerging technologies? Communication regulations from the 1970s are not going to work for 2019."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We need to address the daunting challenges to development by engaging with multiple centers seeking balance rather than overreliance on one country."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"I believe that in the digital age, public broadcasters have a more important role to play than ever before."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"If we truly believe that journalism is important to our society, we should enlist our fellow citizens and involve them as a community service."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"I hope people in the West can distinguish between the Kremlin and Russia; Putin and Russia."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

“As politicians, we need to keep and defend the values we deem constitutive for our democracy in the analog world in our digital lives, too.”

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"The freedom of the press is facing pressure on a global scale, not just abroad. I want to encourage journalists: Democracy needs you all urgently."

DW Global Media Forum: More than a decade of top speakers

"We should all be protected by the same press freedom."