The DW-Academy as an international training institute of the Deutsche Welle supports with its programmes freedom of opinion worldwide. With its projects it is in the regions Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa as well as in Europe and Central Asia locally represented.

 

In the media development the DW-Academy offers for journalists

in the field radio training courses about reporting current events, features and documentaries, interviews, radio plays, special interest programmes and magazine programmes;

in the field television training courses about reporting current events, documentaries and features, TV magazine and special interest programmes;

in the field multimedia training courses about opportunities and benefits of interactive elements, users’ expectations of an internet site and how to package journalistic content specifically for the internet.

For technicians the DW-Academy offers

in the field radio training courses about digital audio technology, digital archiving, production technology, network technology and Linux for network servers in TV and radio stations;

in the field television training courses about TV production technology, computer graphics in production planning, digital TV systems and production management;

in the field multimedia training courses about designing web sites, packaging multimedia elements and internet broadcasting for television.

Furthermore there are special courses for managers and trainers.

 

The DW-Academy has a network of partners around the world and focuses on cooperation with its partners in the media development. Its internet sites appears in the languages English, German, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese for Brazil, Arabic, Russian, Persian, Albanian, Amharic, Bengali, Bosnian B/H/S, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dari, French, Greek, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Kiswahili, Macedonian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu.