Stories from our network

As the years go by, the Mundus Journalism Alumni network grows and strenghtens across the world - today we catch up with Hamburg alumna Isabela Martel (2018-2020) as she has started her new journey as a DW trainee in Bonn.

Almost at the end of the first year of Mundus 2.0, we talked to Jesper Gaarskjær, journalist and lecturer at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus, about how the curriculum combines the two foci of academic research and journalistic training. One good example: the course "Public Opinion and the Media"!

Professor Dr. Irene Neverla talks about challenges to the media in different democracies, her research on the subject and the course MeCoDEM that she is teaching to the last Hamburg cohort of Mundusians. University of Hamburg is still part of our second semester alternative - this year UHH will receive 2 Mundus students!

Charles University, Prague joined the Mundus Consortium in 2020, so last year was the first time that applicants could apply to study in Prague for their second year! Our first batch of students will hit the "Totalitarianism and Transistion" specialisation next year, but in the meantime we sat down with Filip Láb - the Erasmus Mundus Journalism coordinator in Prague to tell you more about our new partner and the course offer at Charles University!

The University of Amsterdam has been a long-standing partner on the Erasmus Mundus Journalism Programme from the very beginning. After remodelling their ‘Politics and Communication’ specialisation for the 2020 intake of Mundusians, we caught up with Andreas Schuck - the Erasmus Mundus Journalism coordinator in Amsterdam to find out what the next cohort of Mundusians can look forward to.

First city you will explore as a Mundus student: Aarhus! Today we take a look at how the first weeks as a Mundusian feel like for some of the current first-year students. Remember: adaptation and open-mindness are key!

Since 2020, Mundus Journalism has undergone some changes regarding the curriculum and the opportunities it offers students from all across the globe. In this interview, Penny Sheets Thibaut gives a special insight on the process of designing the new programme and adapting it to the fast-paced and constantly-changing international journalism landscape.

Since applications just opened, we asked Mundusians why they chose to apply to Mundus Journalism and what made this programme stand out among others - let’s hear their stories!

In this interview, we speak to Award Winning Investigative Journalist and Hamburg alumna Paulette (2008-2010) about her career in Investigative Journalism in Latin America and how investigative news can stay relevant in the age of clickbait journalism and fake news.

Jeremy Rue (Berkeley School of Journalism) and Catriona Bonfiglioli (University of Technology Sydney), unable to go on their habitual spring trip to Aarhus because of the pandemic, held two guest lectures via Zoom for Mundus students and alumni in August.