A journalism workshop against mistrust: Knowledge Remains Power!

Globart Scholarship Programme for the “Days of Transformation”

24–27 October 2024 at Melk Abbey in cooperation with Bait and Digitaler Kompass

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So which media do we trust? How do I recognise fake news? When do I fall for reporting generated by artificial intelligence? And: how can I use mistrust as a constructive force – and how does journalism work that counters mistrust?

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In this journalism workshop, you will learn from practising professionals how innovative journalism works. The editorial team is led by Ines Holzmüller, who after many years at profil co-founded its fact-checking platform “faktiv”. She is supported by editor Iris Strasser, who co-founded the youth magazine Die Klette in 2017 and received the Austrian Youth Prize for “Journalistic Achievement” in 2019. Thematically, the workshop focuses on the inequalities and prejudices we encounter in the digital world – on social media and in artificial intelligence. On the first day, expert Nina Dulcic (NGO Sprungbrett) provides input. Over the following days, you will work in groups with the journalists of the Bait editorial team to create your own short videos and texts on the topic, which we will then publish on our social media channels – to reach other young people and raise their awareness of the issue.

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This year, the Globart Scholarship Programme is designed by the media start-up Bait and funded by the Federal Chancellery as part of the project series “The Future is Fem:AI*le!”. Bait was launched in 2022 by the media literacy organisation Digitaler Kompass and is the first participatory fact-checking channel directly on TikTok. In video format, its editors debunk false reports circulating in the digital world while teaching the tools to recognise misinformation independently – with the good feeling of self-empowerment at the forefront.

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Together with Bait, Globart sets an optimistic impulse at the “Days of Transformation”: if you are between 18 and 30 and interested in journalism, the scholarship programme “A journalism workshop against mistrust: Knowledge Remains Power!” gives you the chance to discover and try out how news is made and how it can strengthen or undermine democratic processes.

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What the scholarship includes

The scholarship includes participation in the workshop and in the programme of the “Days of Transformation”, whose past guests have included philosophers Sonja Flaßpöhler and Eva von Redecker, migration researcher Judith Kohlenberger, business journalist Ulrike Herrmann and artist Edgar Honetschläger. This year we welcome philosopher Maria-Luisa Frick, journalist and author Solmaz Khorsand, artist Judith Fegerl, musician Lukas Lauermann and many inspiring changemakers from civil society.

Thanks to our sponsors, Globart covers your accommodation for four nights (23–27 October 2024) in Melk as well as meals (vegetarian). Scholarship holders cover their own travel costs to Melk.

Contact for questions:
Ursula Rinderer, info@globart.at
+43 676 841090337

www.globart.at

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Provisional programme

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Arrival 4 pm
Opening of the scholarship programme / introduction of participants
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Thursday, 24 October 2024
9:30 am – 12 noon project work
12:30 pm lunch break
1:30 – 4:30/5 pm project work
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Friday, 25 October 2024
9:30 am – 12 noon project work, 12 noon lunch break
1 – 3 pm project work
From 4 pm participation in the programme of the Days of Transformation
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Saturday, 26 October 2024
9:30 am – 12:30 pm participation in the programme of the Days of Transformation
12:30 pm lunch break

1:30 – 4 pm project work
4:30 pm presentation / talk on the scholarship programme
In the evening, participation in the programme of the Days of Transformation
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Sunday, 27 October 2024
9:30 am – 1 pm project work
followed by lunch
then departure or onward journey to the Danube-Auen National Park