— For two days, 23 curious, open-minded, critical and committed media professionals gathered in Berlin for the b° local kickoff workshop where they dove into solutions journalism.
— Now in its fourth year, the Constructive Journalism Fellowship, a collaboration between the Bonn Institute and Deutsche Welle, focuses on how can journalism needs to evolve in times of crisis and disinformation.
— The discussion game from the Bonn Institute attracted strong interest and positive feedback in Hesse. Hessischer Rundfunk implemented the format in three cities in the central German state in the lead-up to local elections.
— Rethinking local journalism: The second edition of b° local, the innovation program of the Bonn Institute, will launch in March 2026. Fully funded places were available to newsrooms for the first time thanks to the support of the ZEIT Stiftung Bucerius.
— The latest Trends and Predictions Report 2026 from the Reuters Institute shows how strongly generative AI, platform logics, and the creator economy are putting pressure on journalism, leading to only one in three media executives viewing 2026 positively. We spoke with Nic Newman, the author of the report.
— With the first issue of its magazine, the Bonn Institute invites readers to "rethink journalism" in a way that is forward-looking and focused on people and their needs.
— Many people in Germany don't feel comfortable openly sharing their opinions. The Bonn Institute is partnering with the Sparkasse KölnBonn to launch a new discussion format that seeks to incorporate a wide range of perspectives and foster constructive dialogue in local communities.
— For Deutsche Welle, better reach means more constructive content. As part of this strategy, the German international public broadcaster is working with the Bonn Institute for the third year running to train its journalists in constructive journalism.
— Over the course of the next two years, Hannah Suppa, Rainer Esser and Lucy Kueng will accompany and advise the Bonn Institute in its work as members of the board of trustees.
— At the kickoff for b° local, the Bonn Institute's flagship innovation program on constructive local journalism, participants from newsrooms and media organizations started the central training phase of the yearlong project by developing specific individual goals.
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