What will I learn during the traineeship and how is it structured?

Deutsche Welle's new, redesigned traineeship offers the complete ABC of journalism from live television reporting to multimedia storytelling. The 18-month multimedia traineeship is for online, radio and television and comprises:

• six months in total of theory as well as practical training seminars held in English and German with instruction by working journalists
• nine months of placements with various DW editorial departments in Bonn and Berlin, and including a placement with a DW foreign bureau in Brussels, Moscow or Washington
• a one-month placement with DW's partner broadcaster, Deutschlandradio
• a one-month placement with a media organization of your choice
• one month of vacation

Because of the traineeship's multimedia focus, we want our trainees to think outside of the box right from the start and learn to choose appropriate and varied formats for the topics they tackle. That's why we have designed seminar blocks that take an in-depth look at different types of reporting such as data-driven journalism, mobile reporting and investigative research. The highlight of the traineeship is the final project where the trainees work together as a team to create a high-quality multimedia product.