With the only academic training program on data journalism in the German-speaking world, editors will become sought-after experts in the fields of digital research, data analysis, visualisation and interactive format development.
Highlights
- Only academic training program in the German-speaking world that teaches programming for journalistic applications.
- Specializations in investigative research with modern digital methods, e.g. open source intelligence and AI tools
- Develop social, communicative and entrepreneurial skills, such as format development, project management in diverse teams and communication with users.
- Multi-media and cross-media project work with experienced teachers from the industry on current journalistic topics.
Focus & Qualifications
Designed for experienced journalists and editors, the course combines journalistic storytelling, data analysis and applied informatics with modern media and project management. Graduates will be able to
- demonstrate knowledge of the functionalities, formats and production conditions of digital journalism;
- develop digital formats and storytelling for data journalism topics;
- lead data journalism projects in small or large teams;
- work in newsrooms at the intersection of journalism, graphics and IT departments;
- use digital technologies for journalism in an economically, legally, ethically and critically informed way.
