The Deutsche Journalistenschule e.V. (), the German School of Journalism, is a journalism school in Germany. At the time of its establishment, it was the country's first German journalism school. Today, Deutsche Journalistenschule is considered one of the best schools for journalism in Germany, along with the

Henri-Nannen-Schule The Henri-Nannen-Schule, formerly ''Hamburger Journalistenschule'', is the journalist school of Europe's largest publishing house, Gruner + Jahr ( ''Brigitte'', ''GEO'', ''Stern''), German weekly ''Die Zeit'' and national news magazine ''Der Spi ...

in Hamburg.

History

It was founded in 1949 by Werner Friedmann, co-editor of ''

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...

''. He modeled the school after the

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

, which he saw while visiting the United States of America. The original name of the school, Werner Friedmann Institute, was later changed into ''Deutsche Journalistenschule e.V.'' (DJS), which means German School of Journalism. For the following decades, DJS was the only professional school for journalism in West-Germany. Its students are taught by professional journalists of prominent German media outlets like ''

Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...

'', ''

'' or ARD. Only 45 students are accepted every year. The curriculum consists of classes in writing, research, TV-producing and others. In her speech on the school's 60th anniversary,

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called the DJS "a good piece of the success story of the

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". Many editors-in-chief of renowned German newspapers and magazines were once students of the DJS. In May 2012, the school moved from the former location in the heart of the city centre (Altheimer Eck) to the east of Munich (Hultschiner Straße 8), sharing the address with the Süddeutsche Verlag, the publishing house of ''

''. The school is currently led by Henriette Loewisch.

Notable alumni (selection)

Götz Aly Götz Haydar Aly (; born 3 May 1947) is a German journalist, historian and political scientist. Life and career Aly was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. He is a patrilineal descendant of a Mixed Turkish-Kurdish convert to Christianity name ...

, journalist and historian *

Alice Bota Alice Bota (born 15 December 1979) is a German journalist, presently working for the weekly ''Die Zeit'', and a book author. Born in Poland, she studied in both Germany and Poland and focuses on topics of Eastern Europe. Career Born in Krapkowi ...

, ''

Die Zeit ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...

'' *

Maxim Biller Maxim Biller (born 25 August 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a German writer and columnist. Born in Prague to Russian Jewish parents, he emigrated with his parents and sister to Germany in 1970, when he was ten years old. After living for a lo ...

, writer *

Günther Jauch Günther Johannes Jauch (; born 13 July 1956) is a German television presenter, television producer, and journalist. Career Jauch is known for a unique style of informing and entertaining people that is generally considered witty and funny. ...

, TV host * Kurt Kister, editor-in-chief of ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' * Timm Klotzek, editor-in-chief of ''Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin'' * Ludger Kühnhardt, political scientist *

Sandra Maischberger Sandra Maischberger (born 25 August 1966) is a German journalist, talk show host, and author. Early life and education Born in Munich, Maischberger spent five years of her childhood in Frascati, near Rome, Italy, and also grew up in Garching ...

, TV host *

Bastian Obermayer Bastian Obermayer (born 10 December 1977) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning German investigative journalist with the Munich-based newspaper ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (SZ) and the reporter who received the Panama Papers from an anonymous source as well ...

, investigative journalist * Jan-Eric Peters, editor-in-chief of ''

Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...

'' *

Andreas Petzold Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...

, former editor-in-chief and now publisher of ''

Der Stern ''Stern'' (, German for "Star") is an illustrated, broadly left-liberal, weekly current affairs magazine published in Hamburg, Germany, by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. Under the editorship (1948–1980) of its founder Henri Na ...

'' * Walther von La Roche, journalist *

Christine Westermann Christine Westermann (born 2 December 1948 in Erfurt) is a German television and radio host, journalist and author. Radio and television career Westermann grew up in Mannheim. After finishing her Abitur she did an editorial traineeship at ' and ...

, TV and radio host *

Ulrich Wilhelm Ulrich Wilhelm (born 8 July 1961 in Munich) is a German lawyer and journalist who has been serving as director of the Bayerischer Rundfunk ''(BR)'' since 2011. Career On 19 March 2015 the ''Rundfunkrat des Bayerischen Rundfunks'' chose him for a ...

, director of ''

Bayerischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; "Bavarian Broadcasting") is a public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD consortium of public broadcas ...

'' (BR).

References

External links

Official website

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