M100 Young European Journalists Workshop 2023
Reporting on Climate Change – and its Significance for Democracy
10 – 14 September 2023, Potsdam
Saturday, 9 September
Arrival
19:00
Welcome
Sunday, 10 September
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Karl-Marx-Straße 2, 14482 Potsdam
Workshop instructor: Sven Egenter, Editor-in-Chief, Clean Energy Wire, Germany
A global energy transition is the key to getting the climate crisis under control. Good journalism is central to drawing the right conclusions from the experience of Europe’s biggest economy, and to inform the public debate across the globe. Clean Energy Wire CLEW produces and facilitates top-quality journalism about the energy transition in Germany and the European Union and fosters cross-border cooperation among reporters covering the move towards a climate-friendly society.
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome by Organizers and Presentation of the Agenda
10:15 – 11:00
Self-introduction of the Participants
11:00 – 12:30
CLEW Workshop
Why too little is being done despite clear facts: Climate communication that also helps media professionals
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
CLEW Workshop
What is happening in journalism? And what should happen?
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30
CLEW workshop
Fundamentals of international climate policy. Between cooperation and protectionism
Workshop instructor: Julian Wettengel, Correspondent, Clean Energy Wire
17:30
End of Day 1
Monday, 11 September
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Karl-Marx-Straße 2, 14482 Potsdam
Workshop instructor: Prof. Dr Alexandra Borchardt, Senior Journalist, Book Author, Lecturer, Media Adviser, Germany
09:30 – 11:00
Presentation of the EBU Report “Climate Journalism that works. Between Knowledge and Impact”
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Working Groups / What every editor needs to know about climate change
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
BEST PRACTICE
Deutsche Welle: Planet A (virtual)
1. “Climate Reporting: Bridging Formats and Editorial Teams”
Input: Louise Osborne, DW Climate Reporter
In this session, Louise Osborne kicks off the discussion by focusing on how to bridge climate-related stories across various platforms and formats, from news programs to YouTube explainers, by adopting a constructive approach and seeing climate as a topic that overrides departmental divisions.
2. “How To Tell Climate Stories in 30 Seconds
Input: Tatiana Kondratenko, Lead of Planet A TikTok Channel
During this segment, Tatiana Kondratenko discusses crafting climate-related stories for short, snackable videos (Reels, TikTok) that resonate with a younger audience. She’ll cover the do’s and don’ts of effective storytelling in these formats.
AFP: The Planet Hub (virtual)
Action-centered climate coverage
Input: Ursula Hyzy, Head of Planet Hub, France
Ursula Hyzy will discuss the way AFP has moved from an impact-centered coverage of climate change to telling the story of the action against and around global warming. She will reflect on the guiding principles necessary on this challenging path in order to keep a strong, lively and reliable coverage. Among them : nurturing solid skills to keep track of the complex issues of climate science and climate diplomacy, training the entire newsroom on greenwashing, debunking fake news, keeping boots on the ground.
dpa: Cross-Departmental Climate Planning (virtual)
Climate Reporting at the dpa: fact-driven, cross-departmental and neutral
Input: Christine Cornelius, dpa Panorama Editor and member of the interdisciplinary climate team
The climate crisis affects all areas of life. Therefore, news coverage of this mega-topic can not only be thought about and dealt within one department. The German Press Agency set up a cross-departmental climate planning team in October 2021. In her session, Christine Cornelius who is part of this team will explain the idea behind the dpa’s cross-departmental approach. She gives data-based insights into which kind of climate reporting has worked well so far and which less so. She will also point out where there is potential for development in reporting the climate crisis and which questions remain unanswered so far.
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30
Sum-up: What we have learned? Collecting ideas for the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium presentation
17:30
End of Day 2
Tuesday, 12 September
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Karl-Marx-Straße 2, 14482 Potsdam
Investigating Environmental Risks
Workshop instructor: Alexandre Brutelle, Co-Founder of the Environmental Investigative Forum (EIF), France
An introductive training into investigating environmental risks and impacts on a cross-regional level. Based on investigations produced through EIF’s network, the participants will discover research frameworks, tips and OSINT resources for uncovering environmental scandals linked to natural resource exploitation from companies from the Global North.
09:30 – 11:00
How to lead an environmental investigation?
Defining the genre and finding a story lead
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
How to lead an environmental investigation?
Organizing your preliminary research
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
How to lead an environmental investigation ?
OSINT Tools for environmental investigations
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30
How to lead an environmental investigation?
Resources and networks to develop your own cross-border environmental investigation
17:30
End of Day 3
Wednesday, 13 September
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Karl-Marx-Straße 2, 14482 Potsdam
10:00 – 13:00
Working on the presentation for the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 – 17:30
(Not) the same story everywhere: Climate change as a topic of cross-border journalism
Workshop instructors: Angelina Davydova, Climate Projects Coordinator, and Iryna Ponedelnik, Climate Project Manager for “Online Journalism in depth”, n-ost, Berlin.
Climate journalism is cross-border by nature. After all, climate change does not stop at national borders. But what sounds so easy to say is not always so simple in practice: How to identify stories suitable for cross-border work? How to organize a team? How to deal with problems, misunderstandings – how to communicate in an international team with very different cultural backgrounds? How do I find cooperation partners in another country? What are the pitfalls of cross-border cooperation? How do I find a good cross-border story? And what is the best way to organize long-distance cooperation?
After three days of inspiration by the M100YEJ, this workshop offers practical tips for the collaborative production of cross-border publications – so that you can start right away at home…
17:30
End of Day 4
Thursday, 14 September
Orangery, Sanssouci Castle, Potsdam
09:30 – 22:00
M100 Sanssouci Colloquium: “BETWEEN AMBITION AND DISARRAY – THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY”
