ARD Presse
Stuttgart (ots)
The ARD helps schoolchildren to distinguish truth from fakes around the day of press freedom on May 3rd. Because this day is also the occasion of the school media days in many federal states on the subject of media competence.
Kai Gniffke, ARD chairman: “Lack of media competence is a danger”
“Enemies of our democracy try to divide society with disinformation and fake news. The ARD works against this and promotes a lively democracy and social cohesion, not least through many media literacy projects. A lack of media literacy is a danger to democracy,” says ARD chairman Kai Gniffke.
Offers throughout Germany
How to recognize fake information? Media experts from Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), for example, clarify this question in a Online School Lessons. And that, among others, together with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, the “Medienanstalt Hessen” and the “Deutsches Filminstituts & Filmmuseums”. ARD is not alone in the fight against fake news.
“simple.media”, the media competence portal of the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR), brings journalists together with schoolchildren North German Broadcasting workshops in Hamburg and Lower Saxony together. And the NDR also has strong partners: as part of the cross-media initiative “Journalism makes school” he invites more than 200 students to the Central Committee in Hamburg for the theme day “Research cleverly: We won’t let ourselves be manipulated!”.
The Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) also visits schools for the “Journalism meets School” network. The children’s offer “MDR-Tweens” produces in a class in Thuringia, for example, the media magazine ” Tween Screen“.
The Bayrischer Rundfunk (BR) shows, among other things, that it is not easy to report freely everywhere in the world. In Webtalk want that Ina Ruck (ARD Studio Moscow) and Mike Lingenfelser (ARD Studio Tel Aviv) impart to the students.
Together with news editors from Südwestrundfunk (SWR), schoolchildren check news for its credibility – on site in the classes in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate with the project ” News professionals in school“.
” That’s how media works“, the joint offer from ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio invites you to a conversation with ARD capital city correspondent Nina Amin on May 3rd.
Kai Gniffke: “Passion for reality”
ARD Chairman Gniffke: “ARD discloses disinformation and offers people independently researched and verified information. That’s the passion for reality, that’s the freedom we fight for every day.”
Of course, the ARD offers on media competence from all state broadcasters are not only available on Press Freedom Day. There is an overview here.
Lots of press freedom programs
The ARD program is also dedicated to the day of press freedom, not only in the daily programs on the first channel, but also on the radio.
- The documentary “Deadly research – the murder of Jàn Kuciak” is shown on WDR television.
- The MDR television is in the film “Exact – The Story: Attitude in journalism. Where is the balance?” the accusation of tendentious reporting.
- The NDR media magazine Zapp is about how fakes and disinformation campaigns generated with artificial intelligence are threatening journalistic work and quality.
- ARD alpha, for example, shows the documentaries “The media makers of tomorrow” or “The local newspaper – from yesterday or indispensable” on TV.
And many ARD radio stations are dedicated to the day, for example in the ARD information night. You can also see it in the ARD Mediathek and hear it in the ARD Audiothek.
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