The Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change

03/02/2022

We're pleased to share details of an exciting author chat and book launch, featuring a few familiar faces.

Paul Mihailidis, Sangita Shresthova, and Megan Fromm have edited a new book called "Transformative Media Pedagogies."

Join them and other contributing authors for an online event on February 16, 2022.

Sign up, and save your spot: tinyurl.com/2h4h85xp

08/10/2021

"As part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation-funded Salzburg Media Initiative, together with his wife, journalism professor Susan Moeller, Salyer founded in 2007 the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. The three-week summer program has since assembled in Salzburg over 1,000 students and faculty from university partners on five continents alongside media innovators and journalists to shape the future of media literacy and of evidence-based journalism."

11/08/2021

Not all our work happens in . Check out our new office!

For almost 75 years, Salzburg Global Seminar has worked to shape a better world by bringing current and future leaders together at our historic home of Schlo...

09/08/2021

In a recent paper, faculty member Roman Gerodimos explored the relationship between media literacy, youth global engagement, storytelling, and contemporary security, using the case study of Deterrence, a web documentary in eight episodes co-created with students at Bournemouth University.

Click on the link below to read more! 👇

Exploring the relationship between media literacy, youth global engagement, storytelling, and contemporary security through the lens of the web documentary, .

09/08/2021

Archivist and researcher Talya Cooper provides three basic tips for journalists hoping to improve their personal archiving practices.

Talya Cooper spent several years working alongside journalists in a newsroom, where she witnessed some “unholy messes” of files on both physical and virtual desktops. But as she writes here, while taking good care of data requires some time and money the loss of irreplaceable reporting work can ...

08/03/2021

Register today for this year's Social Justice + Media Symposium. This symposium will focus on the contributions that media artists, teachers, practitioners, and scholars must make toward building more just and sustainable communities and societies.

A plenary keynote will launch the symposium, followed by a series of concurrent seminars/workshops, a closing screening, and a reflection on the life and work of Moses Shumow.

Friday, April 23, 2021 (11.00 - 14.30 EDT / 17.00 - 20.30 CEST)

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the unevenness of our public institutions in how they serve communities, and the vulnerability of our media systems that support marginalized communities in times of great challenge. The pandemic and protests have also exposed the need for media makers, scholars, an...

08/03/2021

International Women's Day 2021 theme is 'Choose to Challenge' - |

05/02/2021

As part of a recent study, Salzburg Global Fellow Erik N. Martin suggests some ways PSB services might survive and thrive with robust fidelity to democratic needs.

Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) is generally characterized by a remit to provide high-quality news, educational content, cultural enrichment and ent…

30/01/2021

Salzburg Global Fellow Silvia Bacher has been recognized by UNESCO for her work in media literacy.

Congratulations, Silvia!

Silvia Bacher recibió el Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance UNESCO Awards 2020, el premio más importante en la materia

20/01/2021

"Viewers didn’t care about 'good' or 'bad' television this year [2020]. Maybe the distinction never mattered."

Viewers didn’t care about “good” or “bad” television this year. Maybe the distinction never mattered.

19/01/2021

"Marc Phillips was exhausted from being extremely online. The former social media manager worked for award-winning global brands. But by 2017, he had had enough."

Social media teams are stretched thin and minimal support often makes for a thankless job, according to social media managers.

19/01/2021

Catch up with "Mental Health in the Newsroom," a discussion chaired by the Society of Editors President Alison Gow. This was the first in a series of free debates and panel sessions by the Society of Editors discussing the most vital issues facing the media industry today.

How can we talk about mental health and our newsrooms?