AXEL SPRINGER SE 
By 05.01.12
The Axel Springer Academy, Germany's most modern school
of journalism, is launching an online magazine on the freedom
of the press in Germany. Under the motto "Write it
loud!" on the website ("20twelve"), 20 young journalists
are examining the issue of media freedom in Germany in the
year 2012. With the aid of numerous background reports,
interviews and videos, they document how often attempts are
made to influence independent reporting. They are also
portraying people who champion the fundamental right of
freedom of the press in Germany. The site is complemented by
the "20zwoelfBlog", which will be established as a
forum for debate on this topic.
While researching for the website, the young reporters from
the Axel Springer Academy stumbled among other things, across
secret pacts and documents which will now see the light of
day for the first time. They discussed the importance of
defending press freedom with BILD am SONNTAG reporter Marcus
Hellwig in his first interview following his release from
four months of captivity in an Iranian prison. The limits of
the freedom of the press are also discussed on the website,
for example in an exclusive debate between BILD
editor-in-chief Kai Diekmann and the media lawyer Christian
Schertz.
"Freedom of the press is one of our most valuable assets
and is already almost taken for granted particularly by young
people. At the same time, the recent events relating to
Federal President Christian Wulff demonstrate how blatantly
attempts are made to influence the media right up to the
highest offices", says Academy Director Marc Thomas
Spahl. "It is us journalists of all people who must draw
attention to such abuses and bravely defend this fundamental
right. In more or less the way it was also done by Axel
Springer, whose 100th birthday we are celebrating this
year." The young journalists from Team 10 have been
working intensively on the website over the past few months
and will continue to research and write for it.
The combines the advantages of a well-established School of
Journalism with those of a classical internship. During their
two-year vocational training, the young journalists learn
their craft from scratch. The focus is on investigative
research and cross-media work. The Academy, which is also the
publisher's think tank, has received a number of awards
for its innovative projects, including the and the CeBit
AppStar.
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