DW = Germany's international broadcaster.
DW Innovation = DW ReCo + DW Lab.
We explore emerging technologies and their impact on journalism, media, and audiences.
| Official website | https://innovation.dw.com |
| Official Linkedin page | https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dw-innovation |
| DW's main English news site | https://www.dw.com/en |
"About two-thirds of upcoming datacenters, which typically require a large amount of water to operate, are set to be built in places that have been among the driest in the country over the past year."
In-depth #DDJ piece by Oliver Milman and Andrew Witherspoon for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water
Can you survive without US #tech?
DW's Ha Thanh Le Nguyen did a self-test. And filmed her #report with a Japanese camera.
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https://www.dw.com/en/can-you-survive-without-us-tech/video-77167102
"You’d be forgiven for wondering if we’re in the midst of a quantum leap in tech or whether people are just hyping up a heap of slop. So what should we make of the growing use of #AI in #weather and #climate modeling?"
Scott K. Johnson for @arstechnica :
The Tiny Awards celebrate "the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web."
If you want to nominate a specific project, now's the time: https://tinyawards.net/
A fully automated AI researcher has produced a paper that meets scientific standards. This could accelerate scientific discovery — but not without a cost.
Charlotte Sachs for DW:
https://www.dw.com/en/ai-researchers-are-coming-what-will-happen-to-science/a-76538755
"People follow people, not institutions (...). So a lot of media companies now understand that they need to train journalists to become content creators. But the big question is how. How is it different from the way we normally report? And how can we keep our journalistic values (...) while also being personal and relatable?"
Contemplates our colleague Johanna Rüdiger – in an interview with Gretel Kahn @reutersinstitute
#WorldPressFreedomDay has come and gone, but it can't hurt to take another look at these excellent #DDJ pieces by Rodrigo Menegat Schuinski (DW Data) and Veronika Halamková (Datawrapper):
https://www.dw.com/en/world-press-freedom-hits-new-low-as-authoritarianism-rises/a-76948348
https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/press-freedom-index
The state of press freedom is serious. It can be summarized as: "global decline with a few exceptions".
Full, interactive RSF index over here:
https://rsf.org/en/index
"When official information is difficult to obtain, reporters turn to court filings, leaks, community reporting and independently assembled datasets to reconstruct events. Those methods (...) are common in countries where governments tightly control information, but are becoming more familiar in the United States as federal agencies release less detailed data about immigration enforcement."
(via Jackie Spinner / Pulitzer Center)
#JobAlert #FediJobs
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Our colleagues at DW Akademie are looking for part-time #lecturers.
If you know about...
...journalistic writing & research
...media planning & audience relations
...intercultural communication
...project finance & controlling
...and if you're able to teach on location in #Bonn (DE), consider applying at #DWA (by June 19th, 2026).
Details: https://akademie.dw.com/en/international-media-studies-part-time-lecturers-f-m-d-in-bonn/a-77308249
🔊 Spread the word.
How did you last discover a new #podcast?
Maybe a friend recommended it – or, more likely, you watched a clip on #SocialMedia.
Podcasts are increasingly discovered through video. Short clips have become a key gateway to audio content, posing a challenge for formats that were never designed with visuals in mind.
Can #GenAI help close that gap?
@ladysahne documents another intriguing DW Lab project in our #blog:
https://innovation.dw.com/articles/ai-vertical-video-podcast-teaser-lab
