Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship 2026/2027 for Journalists Worldwide.

Application Deadline: 18 November 2024, 12 noon (12 p.m. UTC+1).

Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship. The 18-month paid journalism program is considered one of the most prestigious of its kind in Germany – and beyond. It covers a range of fields and skills, such as TV-moderation, multimedia storytelling, data journalism and working with AI-tools. The topics are explored in seminars and workshops at DW’s editorial offices in Bonn and Berlin, along with our regional bureaus across the globe. For the traineeship, DW is looking for open-minded and critical-thinking individuals with a background in journalism, or who are passionate about switching to journalism from law, economics, science or technology/IT.

The program covers the range of skills a journalist of the future needs: TV moderation, multimedia storytelling, data journalism, social media and virtual reality – in seminars, workshops and of course the DW editorial offices and our correspondent bureaux in Washington and Brussels. DW trainees are involved in long-term innovative, international projects and have been honored in past years with the CNN Journalism Award and the Grimme Prize. After the traineeship, the trainees usually continue to work for DW.

Deutsche Welle’s traineeship takes you around the world – not in 80 days but in 18 months. Internships with the editorial departments give you insights into business and science issues as well as culture, news and sports. Whether its Chinese, Farsi, Spanish or another language you speak, you’ll support DW’s broadcast language departments according to your language proficiency. You’ll work with the editorial teams right from the start, writing and producing reports, conducting interviews, managing social media channels and helping to produce TV and radio podcasts. Practice-oriented seminars are at the core of our training.

The DW Traineeship will start in January 2026 and end in June 2027.

Requirements

Qualifications

• To apply, you will need to have completed a university/college degree, an apprenticeship or have graduated from a journalism school prior to the start of the traineeship. All applicants are required to include certificates of their qualifications (in digital form).
  
  Journalistic experience

• The trainees work with DW editorial departments right from the start, so it is certainly an advantage if you have experience working in journalism.

For the bilingual DW traineeship, DW is looking for:

•  Native speakers of a DW program language (list of the languages below) with excellent knowledge of English (C1/C2) and a good knowledge of German (B1/B2)
•  Native English speakers / Proficient English users (C1/C2) with a good knowledge of German (B1/B2)
•  Native German speakers / Proficient German users (C1/C2) with excellent knowledge of English (C1/C2)

Candidates must also have completed a university or college degree or apprenticeship.

Benefits

• 18 months
• trainee salary
• international broadcaster in 32 languages
• crossmedia: TV, online and radio
• six months of seminars
• internships in Berlin and Bonn
• placements with DW foreign bureaus
• international multimedia projects
• well-known media trainers

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Deutsche Welle International Journalism Traineeship