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Afghanistan

New format of DW media project 'Aashti' launches with German Foreign Office support

DW Aashti Studio

This month, DW will expand its media project "Aashti" to include live shows on web TV in Dari and Pashto, Afghanistan's official languages.  

DW has managed to evacuate first family members of employees from Afghanistan

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The successful evacuation of 23 relatives of DW’s Afghan service editors on November 8 marks the beginning of the next phase in DW’s intensive efforts to bring the families to safety.  

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New year, new name: DW Instagram account @dw_fokus

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In January 2022, the DW Instagram account in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian language @dw_bhs will change its name to @dw_fokus.  

COVID: How Europe's prisons have fared in the pandemic

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Prisons are breeding grounds for viruses, yet carceral administrations have revealed little about COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations in Europe's prisons. Data from 32 countries show the pandemic's impact on prisons.  

DW and CPJ: Finding new ways to stand up for freedom of speech

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DW has launched a new campaign branching out into a new area: fashion. With the Uncensored Collection, DW is bringing attention to ways to circumvent censorship and support and protect journalists worldwide.  

DW Brazilian service: New design, proven quality of digital content  

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In response to extensive user feedback, DW is redesigning its digital platforms to make them more user-friendly and intuitive.  

Deutsche Welle: Usage rate remains at a high level

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In 2021 DW reaches a new high of 289 million user contacts a week – an increase of 40 million (16 percent) from last year. Online offerings overtake TV formats for the first time.  

Destination Culture presents outstanding cultural destinations across Germany

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A tour of the cultural treasures of Saxony will kick off DW's format Destination Culture / Ausfahrt Kultur, a new bilingual series airing November 6 on DW’s television and social media channels in English and German.  

Deutsche Welle launches YouTube channel in Tamil

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DW is expanding its journalistic offering to include Tamil as its 32nd broadcast language on November 1. The DW Tamil YouTube channel complements programs in Hindi, Bengali and Urdu.  

DW launches NFT auction in support of press freedom

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Can you report on new financial technology and secure money for a worthy cause at the same time? DW is trying to do exactly that by auctioning off a nonfungible token. A what?  

COP26: Environment and Hindi departments launch augmented reality format

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"How to chat to your grandad about climate change": The focus of the new Instagram Reels series is an unusual role switch with the help of an augmented reality filter.  

Belarus blocks online access to DW websites

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In Belarus, access to the online offerings of DW, including all 32 languages, has been blocked. The Ministry of Communications and Informatization in Minsk announced access to several news portals has been limited.  

DW reporter receives Raif Badawi Award

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DW's Alican Uludağ has won this year's "Raif Badawi Award for courageous journalism." His exposure of corruption in Turkey has put him in the sights of pro-government media and the government.  

HER - Women in Asia series premiers on DW

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From July 2, DW's new series HER – Women in Asia will be available progressively across DW platforms. The series portrays the lives and perspectives of diverse women from Asia.  

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DW Magyar: Deutsche Welle launches program in "old, new" broadcast language Hungarian

DW is expanding its journalistic offering with Hungarian as its 31st broadcast language.  

DW Documentary: A multilingual success story

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Exciting stories on a wide variety of topics from around the globe: DW brings viewers background reports from the worlds of politics, business, science, culture, nature, history, lifestyle and sport.  

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DW meets up with Germany's first Black woman in Bundestag

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Eritrean-born lawyer Awet Tesfaiesus had been involved in local politics before elected to German parliament. She hopes that her visibility as an MP will encourage young immigrant women to follow her footsteps.  

Argentina: Midterm elections amid high unemployment rates

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Unemployment, inflation and the handling of the pandemic have fueled anger among Argentines as they head to the polls for midterm elections. There is little hope that politicians can straighten out the country. DW's Johan Ramirez reports.  

Ivory Coast: Cleaning the Ébrié Lagoon

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Fish have become scarce in the Ébrié Lagoon in southern Ivory Coast. Its water is polluted and littered with waste. Scientists and NGOs are striving to restore degraded resources and raise awareness among the population.  

Destination Culture - Muskau Park & Rakotz Bridge

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Muskau Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the former home of Prince Pückler. Hannah Hummel explores the site and learns about its history - from pineapple cultivation to a love letter machine. She also visits the popular Instagram motif, the Rakotz Bridge, and takes a boat ride on Saxony's biggest artificial lake, which used to be a lignite opencast mine.  

China targets Malaysian singer-songwriter Namewee

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A mandopop song has gone viral amid the rising tension between China and its neighbouring countries. DW's Joyce Lee talks to the singer-songwriter Namewee in Taiwan.  

Sweden: Trouble in reindeer land

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Sweden's last large herds of reindeer are in danger: They inhabit a region under threat not just from climate change – but by the pursuit of renewable energy to counter global warming.  

DW Akademie

DW journalism traineeship: Call for applications now open!

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of DW's international traineeship program will be postponed until January 2023. The call for applications will be open until November 29, 2021.  

The event series "Constructive Journalism Dialogues: Dispatches from the field" continues in 2022

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How do journalists produce solution-oriented stories? In January, DW Akademie together with partners will host the fourth virtual discussion in the series "Constructive Journalism Dialogues: Dispatches from the field".  

Cambodia: Choosing facts over fiction

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CamboJA, an association of journalists from Phnom Penh are fighting to improve access to reliable information during the pandemic. Now they are sharing what they learned.  

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JUNE ISSUE

Local insight, global reach: Working in a strong network with partners 

Partnerships are at the heart of DW's international distribution. This English-language issue of Weltzeit explores some of the more than 4,000 partnerships worldwide.  

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Shaping tomorrow, now: The DW Global Media Forum 2022

On June 20 and 21, 2022, the next DW Global Media Forum will explore opportunities to foster resilient journalism in times of crisis and capacitate civil societies for the future.  

Portrait of Angela Merkel. The Federal Chancellor of Germany opened the 2021 conference with an important message on our responsibility for and the limitations of freedom.

GMF 2021 HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights of the 2021 Global Media Forum

Check out the highlights and top speakers that participated in the DW Global Media Forum 2021. We were honored to welcome these renowned voices from around the world to discuss "Disruption and Innovation".  

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DW Freedom of Speech Award Laureate 2021: Nigerian investigative journalist Tobore Ovuorie

Nigerian journalist Tobore Ovuorie awarded the DW Freedom of Speech Award 2021: 'On no account should we let our voice be silenced'

In a special award ceremony at the DW in Bonn, DW Director General Peter Limbourg honored the investigative journalist today as part of the Global Media Forum. Ovuorie is the seventh Freedom of Speech Award laureate.  

DW Freedom of Speech Award 2021 für Tobore Ovuorie

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Since 2015, the DW Freedom of Speech Award has honored a media person or initiative that has shown outstanding promotion of freedom rights.