The training of journalists and communicators in Germany

Abstract

Germany, the economic locomotive of the continent, is a country where the mass media play an important role, with the headquarters of such influential European newspapers as the Süuddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and magazines such as Focus and Der Spiegel, as well as such powerful media groups as Bertelemann and Lee Kir. The Germans' desire to be well-informed therefore requires well-trained professionals. This training, which can come from various courses at the excellent public universities, information science, communication science or journalism courses, or at private journalism schools, meets this specific need. In describing in detail the possibilities for future German journalists, we will also take a brief look at the training of journalists in the former Democratic Republic.