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Do not fill this in! {{short description|German public broadcaster}} {{about|the international broadcaster|the unrelated German radio company of the 1920s and 30s|Deutsche Welle GmbH|the musical genre|Neue Deutsche Welle}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox television channel | name = {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} | logo = Deutsche Welle Logo.svg | image = Deutsche Welle.jpg | caption = Headquarters in Bonn | type = Broadcasting [[news]] and [[discussions]] | language = German, English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Persian, Dari, Pashto, Tamil, Urdu, Hindi, Albanian, Amharic, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Mandarin Chinese, French, Greek, Hausa, Indonesian, Kiswahili, Turkish, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Ukrainian | picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]]) | country = [[Germany]] | area = Worldwide | owner = [[Federal Government of Germany]]<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/world/europe/german-broadcaster-fires-chinese-blogger.html |title=German Broadcaster Fires Chinese Blogger |last=Johnson |first=Ian |date=21 August 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |quote={{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} is owned by the government, much like the British Broadcasting Corporation or the Voice of America. |access-date=4 November 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031729/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/world/europe/german-broadcaster-fires-chinese-blogger.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | headquarters = [[Bonn]], Germany | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1953|05|03}} | affiliates = [[World Radio Network]] | website = {{official URL}} | key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Peter Limbourg]]<br />(Director-General)|[[Claudia Roth]]<br />(Funder as [[w:de:Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien|federal commissioner]])<ref>{{cite web|access-date=5 February 2022|title=Who finances Deutsche Welle?|date=18 November 2021|url=https://www.dw.com/en/who-finances-deutsche-welle/a-36767785|website=DW.COM|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205161424/https://www.dw.com/en/who-finances-deutsche-welle/a-36767785|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | online_serv_1 = YouTube | online_chan_1 = [https://www.youtube.com/@dwnews DW News] | online_serv_2 = Livestream | online_chan_2 = [https://www.dw.com/en/live-tv/channel-english DW English] }} '''{{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}''' ({{IPA-de|ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈvɛlə|pron|De-Deutsche Welle.ogg}}; "German Wave"), commonly shortened to '''DW''' ({{IPA-de|deːˈveː|pron}}), is a German [[Public broadcasting|public]], [[State media|state-owned]]<ref name="nyt" /> [[International broadcasting|international broadcaster]] funded by the German federal tax budget.<ref name="DW_profile">{{cite web|title=What kind of company is Deutsche Welle?|url=https://www.dw.com/en/what-kind-of-company-is-deutsche-welle/a-3252998 |access-date=5 February 2022|website=dw.com|archive-date=4 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204222520/https://www.dw.com/en/what-kind-of-company-is-deutsche-welle/a-3252998|url-status=live}}</ref> The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, German, Spanish, [[Persian language|Persian]], and [[Arabic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About DW|url=https://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/s-30688|access-date=15 December 2021|website=dw.com|language=en|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214224137/https://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/s-30688|url-status=live}}</ref> The work of DW is regulated by the {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} Act,{{NoteTag|name=DWG|''Gesetz über die Rundfunkanstalt des Bundesrechts "{{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}"''}}<ref name="Deutsche Welle Act">{{cite web |title = Deutsche Welle Act |url = http://p.dw.com/p/17MtP |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 24 January 2018 }}</ref> stating that content is intended to be independent of [[Cabinet of Germany|government influence]]. DW is a member of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU).<ref>{{cite web |author=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |author-link=European Broadcasting Union |date=28 February 2019 |title=Members |url=https://www.ebu.ch/about/members |access-date=4 July 2020 |website=ebu.ch |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019093915/https://www.ebu.ch/about/members |url-status=live }}</ref> DW offers regularly updated articles on its news website and runs its own center for international media development, DW Akademie. The broadcaster's stated goals are to produce reliable news coverage, provide access to the German language, and promote understanding between peoples.<ref name="English profile">{{cite web |title = Profile DW |url = http://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/profile/s-30688 |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 5 July 2015 |archive-date = 5 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150705135023/http://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/profile/s-30688 |url-status = live }}</ref> It is also a provider of [[live streaming world news]] which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various [[mobile devices]] and [[digital media players]]. DW has been broadcasting since 1953. It is headquartered in [[Bonn]], where its radio programs are produced. However, television broadcasts are produced almost entirely in [[Berlin]]. Both locations create content for DW's news website. As of 2020, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} had 1,668 employees (annual average).<ref>"Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.01.2020 bis zum 31.12.2020" [Annual financial statement for the business year 01.01.2020 to 31.12.2020] (in German). [[Bundesanzeiger]] (published 30 March 2022). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.</ref> In total, over 4,000 distinct people of over 140 nationalities work in DW's offices in Bonn and Berlin, as well as at other locations worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About DW |url=https://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/s-30688 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215152228/https://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/s-30688 |url-status=live }}</ref> == History == === Precursor === A predecessor with a similar name was ''Deutsche Welle GmbH'', which was founded in August 1924 by German diplomat and radio pioneer [[Ernst Ludwig Voss]] in Berlin and broadcast regularly from January 7, 1926. The station was initially owned by 70% by [[Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft]] and 30% by the [[Free State of Prussia]]. From 1931 onwards, Deutsche Welle broadcast from the [[Haus des Rundfunks|Berlin Broadcasting House]]. On January 1, 1933, Deutsche Welle GmbH was officially transferred to [[Deutschlandsender|Deutschlandsender GmbH]]. The station sees itself in the tradition of the first German foreign broadcaster, the Weltrundfunksender (world broadcaster) of the [[Weimar Republic]]. The Weltrundfunksender was renamed to [[Deutscher Kurzwellensender|deutscher Kurzwellensender (German Shortwave Broadcaster)]] by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] in 1933. === Beginnings === DW's first shortwave broadcast took place on 3 May 1953 with an address by the then-West German President, [[Theodor Heuss]]. On 11 June 1953, [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] public broadcasters signed an agreement to share responsibility for {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}. At first, it was controlled by [[Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk]] (NWDR). In 1955, NWDR split into [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR) and [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] (WDR), WDR assumed responsibility for {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} programming. In 1960, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} became an independent public body after a court ruled that while broadcasting ''to'' Germany was a state matter, broadcasting ''from'' Germany was part of the federal government's foreign affairs function.<ref name="Sjurts 2010 p. 43">{{cite book |last=Sjurts |first=I. |title = Gabler Kompakt-Lexikon Medien: 1.000 Begriffe nachschlagen, verstehen und anwenden |publisher=Gabler Verlag |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-8349-9180-5 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T3EpBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 |language=de |access-date=10 January 2021 |page=43 }}</ref> On 7 June 1962, DW joined [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] as a national broadcasting station.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 February 2014 |title = Ausarbeitung: Vergleich der Sender CNN, Deutsche Welle, BBC and CCTV |trans-title = Elaboration: Comparison of the channels CNN, Deutsche Welle, BBC and CCTV |url = https://www.bundestag.de/blob/410184/fb231184dbeb8473b6ce405adec4274f/wd-10-012-14-pdf-data.pdf |website=[[Bundestag]] |language=de |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170829202446/https://www.bundestag.de/blob/410184/fb231184dbeb8473b6ce405adec4274f/wd-10-012-14-pdf-data.pdf |archive-date = 29 August 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} was originally headquartered in the West German city of [[Cologne]]. After [[German reunification|reunification]], when much of the government relocated to Berlin, the station's headquarters moved to Bonn. === German reunification === With the [[German reunification]] in 1990, [[Radio Berlin International]] (RBI), [[East Germany]]'s international broadcaster ceased to exist. Some of the RBI staff joined {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} and DW inherited some broadcasting facilities, including transmitting facilities at [[Nauen]], as well as RBI's frequencies. '''DW (TV)''' began as '''RIAS-TV''', a television station launched by the [[West Berlin]] broadcaster RIAS (Radio in the American Sector / [[Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor]]) in August 1988; they also acquired the German Educational Television Network in the United States. The rein of the [[Berlin Wall]] the following year and German reunification in 1990 meant that RIAS-TV was to be closed down. On 1 April 1992, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} inherited the RIAS-TV broadcast facilities, using them to start a German- and English-language television channel broadcast via [[satellite]], DW (TV), adding a short Spanish broadcast segment the following year. In 1995, it began 24-hour operation (12 hours German, 10 hours English, 2 hours Spanish). At that time, DW (TV) introduced a new news studio and a new logo. {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} took some of the former independent radio broadcasting service [[Deutschlandfunk]]'s foreign-language programming in 1993, when Deutschlandfunk was absorbed into the new [[Deutschlandradio]]. In addition to radio and television programming, DW sponsored some published material. For example, the South-Asia Department published ''German Heritage: A Series Written for the South Asia Programme'' in 1967 and 1984 published ''African Writers on the Air''. Both publications were transcripts of DW programming. === Internet presence === In September 1994, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} was the first public broadcaster in Germany with an internet presence, initially '''www-dw.gmd.de''', hosted by the GMD Information Technology Research Center. For its first two years, the site listed little more than contact addresses, although DW's ''News Journal'' was broadcast in [[RealAudio]] from Real's server beginning in 1995, and ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''{{'}}s initial web presence, which included news articles from the newspaper, shared the site. In 1996, it evolved into a news website using the URL '''dwelle.de'''; in 2001, the URL changed to '''www.dw-world.de''', and was changed again in 2012, to '''www.dw.de'''. {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} purchased the domain '''dw.com''', which previously belonged to [[DiamondWare]], in 2013; DW had attempted to claim ownership of the address in 2000, without success. DW eventually moved to the '''www.dw.com''' domain on 22 June 2015. According to DW, their website delivers information by topic with an intuitive navigation organized to meet users' expectations. The layout offers more flexibility to feature pictures, videos, and in-depth reporting on the day's events in a multimedia and multilingual fashion. They also integrated their Media Center into the dw.de website making it easier for users to access videos, audio, and picture galleries from DW's multimedia archive of reports, programs, and coverage of special issues.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 February 2012|title=DW introduces new website and TV program|url=https://www.dw.com/en/dw-introduces-new-website-and-tv-program/a-15714267|access-date=26 March 2020|website=dw.com|language=en|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601073512/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-introduces-new-website-and-tv-program/a-15714267|url-status=live}}</ref> DW's news site is in seven core languages ([[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]], [[Standard Chinese|Chinese]], English, German, Spanish, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese for Brazil]], and Russian), as well as a mixture of news and information in 23 other languages in which {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} broadcasts. [[Persian language|Persian]] became the site's eighth focus language in 2007. German and European news is DW's central focus, but the site also offers background information about Germany and German language courses.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 |title = Learn German |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 5 August 2017 |archive-date = 5 August 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805082146/http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 |url-status = live }}</ref> '''''Deutsch, Warum Nicht?''''' (literally: ''German, Why Not?'') is a personal course for learning the German language, created by {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} and the {{lang|de|[[Goethe-Institut]]|italic=no}}.<ref>[http://www.dw.de/learn-german/deutsch-warum-nicht/s-2548 ''Deutsch, Warum Nicht?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621004654/http://www.dw.de/learn-german/deutsch-warum-nicht/s-2548 |date=21 June 2015 }}. {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}. Retrieved 5 August 2017.</ref> In 2003, the German government passed a new "{{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} Act", which defined DW as a tri-media organization, making the {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} website an equal partner with DW-TV and DW Radio. The website is available in 30 languages, but focuses on German, English, Spanish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, and Arabic. Persian became the eighth focus language in 2007. In March 2009, DW-TV expanded its television services in Asia with two new channels, namely DW-TV Asia and DW-TV Asia+. DW-TV Asia (DW-TV Asien in German) contains 16 hours of German programming and 8 hours in English, whilst DW-TV Asia+ contains 18 hours of English programmes plus 6 hours of German programmes.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/two-dedicated-channels-provide-gateway-to-europe/a-3930041 Two New Dedicated Channels Provide Gateway to Europe: Two DW-TV channel launched in Asia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709061649/http://www.dw.com/en/two-dedicated-channels-provide-gateway-to-europe/a-3930041 |date=9 July 2017 }} {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}.</ref> In August 2009, DW-TV's carriage in the United Kingdom on [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky]] channel 794 ceased, although the channel continues to be available via other European satellites receivable in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055640587 |title = No more DW-TV on Sky/Astra |work = Boards |date = 18 November 2001 |access-date = 15 May 2015 |archive-date = 18 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092648/http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055640587 |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2011, DW announced a significant reduction of service including the closure of most of its FM services in the Balkans (except for [[Romani language|Romani]]), but that it would expand its network of FM partners in Africa. The radio production for Hausa, Kiswahili, French, and Portuguese for Africa was optimized for FM broadcasts and DW also produces a regional radio magazine daily in English, to be rebroadcast by partners in Africa. Audio content in Arabic is distributed online, via mobile, or rebroadcast by partners. DW announced it would focus on FM partnerships for Bengali, Urdu, Dari/Pashtu, and Indonesian for South Asia, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. On 1 November 2011, DW discontinued shortwave broadcasts in German, Russian, Persian, and Indonesian and ended its English service outside Africa. Chinese programming was reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes a week. As of November 2011, DW only broadcast radio programming via shortwave in: Amharic, Chinese, Dari, English and French for Africa, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pashtu, Portuguese for Africa and Urdu.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-welle-changes-in-radio-broadcasts-starting-this-summer/a-6529299 |title = Changes in radio broadcasts starting this summer |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 19 July 2015 |archive-date = 22 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074611/http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-welle-changes-in-radio-broadcasts-starting-this-summer/a-6529299 |url-status = live }}</ref> The budget of the {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} for 2016 was 301.8 million euros.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/Etataufstockung-Deutsche-Welle-erhaelt-mehr-als-zehn-Millionen-zusaetzlich-137721 |title = Etataufstockung: Deutsche Welle erhält mehr als zehn Millionen zusätzlich |access-date = 29 August 2017 |archive-date = 29 August 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170829165216/http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/Etataufstockung-Deutsche-Welle-erhaelt-mehr-als-zehn-Millionen-zusaetzlich-137721 |url-status = live }}</ref> On 25 February 2018, [[DW-TV]] published ''"The Climate Cover Up – Big Oil's Campaign of Deception"'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/the-climate-cover-up-big-oils-deception/av-42731406 |title = The climate cover-up – big oil's deception {{!}} All media content {{!}} DW {{!}} 25 February 2018 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225124442/http://www.dw.com/en/the-climate-cover-up-big-oils-deception/av-42731406|archive-date=25 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> after documents confirmed big oil companies have known<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Supran |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Oreskes |first2=Naomi |author2-link=Naomi Oreskes |year=2017 |title = Assessing ExxonMobil's climate change communications (1977–2014) |url = http://stacks.iop.org/1748-9326/12/i=8/a=084019 |journal=Environmental Research Letters |volume=12 |issue=8 |page=084019 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f |issn=1748-9326 |bibcode=2017ERL....12h4019S |doi-access=free }}</ref> the burning of fossil fuels impacts climate since 1957.<ref>{{Citation |author = DW Documentary |title = The climate cover up – big oil's campaign of deception {{!}} DW Documentary |date = 25 February 2018 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwEniX51t0 |access-date = 26 February 2018 |archive-date = 4 March 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180304021435/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwEniX51t0 |url-status = live }}</ref> === Funding === {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} is funded from federal grants taken from the federal tax revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.dw.com/de/wer-finanziert-die-deutsche-welle/a-279073|title =wer finanziert die deutsche welle|publisher =Deutsche Welle|access-date =25 February 2022|archive-date =18 February 2022|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220218125342/https://www.dw.com/de/wer-finanziert-die-deutsche-welle/a-279073|url-status =live}}</ref> Since the reorganisation of broadcasting as a result of German reunification, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} has been the only remaining broadcasting corporation under federal law. In contrast to the national public broadcasters, which are financed by the license fee the ARD state broadcasters, Deutschlandradio and ZDF, it is not financed through the broadcasting fee, but from federal taxes. The Ministry for Culture and Media is responsible for the financing, which in turn allows the DW to offer a broadcast with low to nonexistent advertising time. === Rebranding television news === On 22 June 2015, DW TV launched a 24-hour English-language news channel with a new design and a new studio as part of a rebrand to [[DW News]]. Previously, DW's news programmes were called [[Journal (German TV programme)|''Journal'']] and broadcast in English in 3-, 15- and 30-minute blocks. The new channel offers 30-minute updates every hour and 60-minute programmes twice a day on weekdays. DW News broadcasts from Berlin but frequently has live social media segments hosted from a specially designed studio in Bonn. The German, Spanish, and Arabic channels also received a new design. At the same time, DW's news website moved from a .de [[URL]] to .com and added a social media stream to its front page. The refreshed DW services were launched under the tagline 'Made for Minds'. === Plans for the future === {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} has developed a [[Two-tier system|two-tier]] approach that they are using for the future growth of their company which consists of a global approach and a regional approach. Within their global approach, DW has now made plans to boost its competitiveness market throughout the world with news and television coverage. The plan implements covering almost all regions of the world with two television channels in each region. With some exclusions, the entire world will be covered. Hours covered range throughout regions and the coverage will be in German, English, Spanish, and Arabic.<ref name="nhk-2014">{{cite web |url = https://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/english/reports/pdf/report_14030101-2.pdf |title=International Broadcasters Confronted with Great Changes: Their Strategies amid Streamlining Part II: Deutsche Welle (Germany) |last=Masayuki |first=Saito |date=March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326220117/https://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/english/reports/pdf/report_14030101-2.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> The regional approach looks at marketing over the Internet to offer news coverage in languages other than the 4 being offered. With updates on DW's website news will be better tailored to each region. Over time, they plan to diversify their online coverage with more regional content being covered.<ref name="nhk-2014" /> === Censorship === On 10 April 2019, DW announced that [[Venezuela]]'s state telecoms regulator [[National Commission of Telecommunications|Conatel]] had halted its Spanish-language channel. By 15 April, the broadcasting service was restored.<ref>Vivian Sequera and Andrea Shalal (15 April 2019), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-media-germany/german-state-owned-tv-says-it-returns-to-venezuela-screens-idUSKCN1RR221 German state-owned TV says it returns to Venezuela screens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416163927/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-media-germany/german-state-owned-tv-says-it-returns-to-venezuela-screens-idUSKCN1RR221 |date=16 April 2019 }} [[Reuters]].</ref> In 2019, the Russian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] accused DW of calling on Russians to take part in recent anti-government protests and threatened it would take action against the outlet under domestic law if it made such calls again.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ostroukh |first1=Andrey |last2=Balmforth |first2=Tom |date=8 August 2019 |title=Russia accuses Deutsche Welle of urging Russians to take part in protests |work=[[Reuters]] |publication-place=Moscow |editor-last=Lawson |editor-first=Hugh |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-deutschewelle-idUSKCN1UY23E |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417044621/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-deutschewelle-idUSKCN1UY23E |url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly after, Russia's parliament accused DW of breaking [[Elections in Russia|election legislation]] and asked the foreign ministry to consider revoking the German broadcaster's right to work in the country.<ref name="reuters.com">{{Cite news |last1=Kiselyova |first1=Maria |last2=Balmforth |first2=Tom |date=6 November 2019 |title=Russia's foreign ministry opposes call to ban Deutsche Welle: Ifax |work=[[Reuters]] |publication-place=Moscow |editor-last=Heavens |editor-first=Andrew |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-germany-deutschewelle-idUSKBN1XG0Z1 |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417044613/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-germany-deutschewelle-idUSKBN1XG0Z1 |url-status=live }}</ref> By November, Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergei Lavrov]] declared he did not support banning foreign media outlets.<ref name="reuters.com" /> On 3 February 2022, in retaliation to Germany's broadcasting regulator's decision to ban the transmission of the Russian state-run [[RT DE|RT Deutsch]] channel over a lack of a broadcasting license, the Russian foreign ministry said that it would shut down DW's Moscow bureau, strip all DW staff of their accreditation and terminate broadcasting of DW in Russia. It also stated that it would begin the procedure of designating DW as a "[[Russian foreign agent law|foreign agent]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/03/russia-shuts-down-deutsche-welles-moscow-office-a76254|title=Russia Shuts Down German Broadcaster Deutsche Welle's Moscow Office|website=themoscowtimes.com|date=3 February 2022|access-date=3 February 2022|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407122810/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/03/russia-shuts-down-deutsche-welles-moscow-office-a76254|url-status=live}}</ref> The Moscow office of {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} was informed that it would be shut at 9:00 on Friday, 4 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 February 2022|title=German anger as Russia shuts international broadcaster Deutsche Welle|page=1|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60257581|access-date=4 February 2022|archive-date=4 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204115632/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60257581|url-status=live}}</ref> DW made plans to relocate Moscow operations to the Latvian capital, [[Riga]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-09 |title=Deutsche Welle relocates to Riga |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2022/03/09/deutsche-welle-relocates-to-riga/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Broadband TV News |language=en-GB |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313034620/https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2022/03/09/deutsche-welle-relocates-to-riga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 June 2022, DW was banned in [[Turkey]] upon the request of [[Radio and Television Supreme Council]] (RTÜK). RTÜK ordered DW in February 2022 to pay the license fee or to terminate their service in Turkey.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-30 |title=Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle, Voice of America for not getting licenses -official |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/turkey-blocks-access-deutsche-welle-voice-america-not-getting-licenses-official-2022-06-30/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630211954/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/turkey-blocks-access-deutsche-welle-voice-america-not-getting-licenses-official-2022-06-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2022, [[Iran]] sanctioned DW Farsi for coverage of [[Mahsa Amini protests|2022 Iranian protests]]. Iran's Foreign Ministry announced the sanctions in a statement, accusing those listed of "supporting terrorism."<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2022 |title=Tehran sanctions DW Farsi for coverage of Iran protests |url=https://www.dw.com/en/iran-sanctions-dw-farsi-for-coverage-of-protests/a-63562810 |website=DW News |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417172722/https://www.dw.com/en/iran-sanctions-dw-farsi-for-coverage-of-protests/a-63562810 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2022 |title=وزارت امور خارجه برخی افراد و نهادهای اروپایی را تحریم کرد/ دویچه وله آلمان و RFA فرانسه از جمله تحریمشدگان هستند. |url=https://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/700487/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%81%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7 |website=Entekhab.ir |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417172722/https://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/700487/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%81%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7 |url-status=live }}</ref> == Logos == <gallery> File:OriginalDeutscheWelleLogo.png|First logo (1953) File:Deutsche Welle logo 1992.jpg|Second logo (1992–1995), introduced following the start of {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} TV in 1992 File:Deutsche Welle Dachmarke.svg|Third logo (1995–2012) File:Deutsche Welle Logo.svg|Fourth and current logo (2012–present) </gallery> == Broadcast languages == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Language !! Began !! Ceased !! Remarks |- || [[German Standard German|German]] || 1953<ref name="dw50a">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/1950-1954/a-326253-1 |title=1950–1954 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074603/http://www.dw.com/en/1950-1954/a-326253-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> || || TV (1992-2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/03/20/deutsche-welle-to-shut-down-german-tv-channel/ |title=Deutsche Welle to shut down German TV channel |work=BroadbandTVNews |first=Jörn |last=Krieger |date=20 March 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609050143/https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/03/20/deutsche-welle-to-shut-down-german-tv-channel/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://corporate.dw.com/de/einstellung-des-deutschen-tv-kanals-zum-01012024/a-66551841 | title=Einstellung des deutschen TV Kanals zum 01.01.2024 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=de |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128030325/https://corporate.dw.com/de/einstellung-des-deutschen-tv-kanals-zum-01012024/a-66551841 |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=DW (Deutsch) - Final Shutdown & Ident - 1st January 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHJrOoEr1c |access-date=2024-01-01 |language=en}}</ref> |- || English * || rowspan="4" | 1954<ref name="dw50a" /> || || Radio & TV |- || French * || || Radio |- || [[Standard Spanish|Spanish]] || || TV |- || [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || || style="vertical-align:top;" | Radio |- || [[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]] || 1959<ref name="dw50b">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/1955-1959/a-326264-1 |title=1955–1959 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101150132/https://www.dw.com/en/1955-1959/a-326264-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> || || Radio & TV |- || [[Persian language|Persian]] || rowspan="8" | 1962<ref name="dw60a">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/1960-1964/a-326452-1 |title=1960–1964 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212805/http://www.dw.com/en/1960-1964/a-326452-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> || || |- || [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || || |- || [[Russian language|Russian]] || || Radio & TV |- || [[Polish language|Polish]] * || || |- || [[Czech language|Czech]] * || 2000<ref name="dw00a">{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/2000-2005/a-326583-1 |title = 2000–2005 |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 19 July 2015 |archive-date = 22 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074617/http://www.dw.com/en/2000-2005/a-326583-1 |url-status = live }}</ref> || |- || [[Slovak language|Slovak]] * || 2000<ref name="dw00a" /> || |- || [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] * || 2000-2021<ref name="dw00a" /> || |- || [[Serbo-Croatian]] * || 1992<ref name="dw90a" /> || |- || [[Swahili language|Swahili]] || rowspan="6" | 1963<ref name="dw60a" /> || || Radio |- || [[Hausa language|Hausa]] || || Radio |- || [[Indonesian language|Indonesian (Malay)]] || || |- || [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || || |- || [[Romanian language|Romanian]] * || || |- || [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || 2000 || |- || [[Modern Greek]] || rowspan="5" | 1964<ref name="dw60a" /> || || Radio |- || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || || |- || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || || |- || [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || || |- || Italian * || 1998<ref name="dw90b">{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/1995-1999/a-326569-1 |title = 1995–1999 |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 19 July 2015 |archive-date = 22 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074624/http://www.dw.com/en/1995-1999/a-326569-1 |url-status = live }}</ref> || |- || [[Standard Chinese|Chinese]] || rowspan="2" | 1965<ref name="dw60b">{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/1965-1969/a-326466-1 |title = 1965–1969 |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 19 July 2015 |archive-date = 27 September 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150927181623/http://www.dw.com/en/1965-1969/a-326466-1 |url-status = live }}</ref> || || |- || [[Amharic language|Amharic]] || || Radio |- || [[Sanskrit]] || 1966 || 1998 || |- || Japanese || rowspan="2" | 1969<ref name="dw60b" /> || 2000<ref name="dw00a" /> || |- || [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] || || |- || [[Pashto language|Pashto]] || rowspan="2" | 1970<ref name="dw70a">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/1970-1974/a-326508-1 |title=1970–1974 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074621/http://www.dw.com/en/1970-1974/a-326508-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> || || |- || [[Dari (Persian)|Dari]] || || |- || [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || rowspan="3" | 1992<ref name="dw90a">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/1990-1994/a-326552-1 |title=1990–1994 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074619/http://www.dw.com/en/1990-1994/a-326552-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> || || |- || [[Croatian language|Croatian]] || || |- || [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || || |- || [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]] || 1997<ref name="dw90b" /> || || |- || [[Danish language|Danish]] * || rowspan="3" | 1965 || rowspan="4" | 1998<ref name="dw90b" /> || |- || [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] * || |- || [[Swedish language|Swedish]] * || |- || [[Dutch language|Dutch]] * || 1967 || |- || [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] || 2000<ref name="dw00a" /> || || |- || [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] || 2005<ref>{{cite web |url = http://belarusdigest.com/story/broadcasting-democracy-belarus-7248 |title = Broadcasting Democracy to Belarus |work = Belarus Digest |access-date=15 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141205113902/http://belarusdigest.com/story/broadcasting-democracy-belarus-7248 |archive-date=5 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 2011–2020 || |- || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || 2021 || || |} * partly by [[Deutschlandfunk]] (until 1993) == Shortwave relay stations == === Shortwave relay stations outside Germany === * [[Trincomalee]], [[Sri Lanka]] (1984 to 2013) sold to Sri Lanka Broadcasting Cooperation ** 3 × 250 kW shortwave transmitters ** 1 × 400 kW mediumwave transmitter ** 20 antennas (to be verified) * Kigali, [[Rwanda]]: A relay station in Kigali, Rwanda, was inaugurated on 30 August 1963, and provided coverage for Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/transmitting-from-the-hilltops-of-kigali/a-15692249 |title = Transmitting from the hilltops of Kigali |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 19 July 2015 |archive-date = 22 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074613/http://www.dw.com/en/transmitting-from-the-hilltops-of-kigali/a-15692249 |url-status = live }}</ref> This relay station closed 28 March 2015. ** 4 × 250 kW shortwave transmitters * Sines, Portugal closed on 30 October 2011 and was due to be dismantled after a few months. ** 3 × 250 kW shortwave transmitters * [[Radio Antilles]], [[Montserrat]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan180325.html |url-access= |title=The Caribbean Radio Scene: Radio Antilles |author=Adrian M. Peterson |date=March 25, 2018 |department=International Relations |website=ontheshortwaves.com |series=Wavescan N474 |publisher=Adventist World Radio (AWR) |agency= |location= |access-date=13 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114013518/http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan180325.html |archive-date=14 January 2023 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan171015.html |url-access= |title=International Shortwave Broadcasting in the Caribbean Islands |author=Adrian M. Peterson |date=October 15, 2017 |department=International Relations |website=ontheshortwaves.com |series=Wavescan N451 |publisher=Adventist World Radio (AWR) |agency= |location= |access-date=13 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114013528/http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan171015.html |archive-date=14 January 2023 |quote= }}</ref> DW used a relay station in Malta that had three SW and one 600 kW-MW transmitter and gave partial coverage of the Americas, Southern Asia and the Far East.<ref>Wood 2000: 51.</ref> It was inaugurated on 29 July 1974 in exchange for a grant of almost 1 million GBP. The station closed in January 1996. Formerly, DW shared a transmitting station on [[Antigua]] in the [[Caribbean]] with the BBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan181202.html |url-access= |title=Wandering the Caribbean with Deutsche Welle |author=Adrian M. Peterson |date=December 2, 2018 |department=International Relations |website=ontheshortwaves.com |series=Wavescan N510 |publisher=Adventist World Radio (AWR) |agency= |location= |access-date=13 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114012049/http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan181202.html |archive-date=14 January 2023 |quote= }}</ref> It was inaugurated on 1 November 1976 and closed on 31 March 2005. It had a relay-exchange with the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] that allowed DW to use two 250 kW transmitters in Sackville, New Brunswick until that facility closed down in 2012.<ref>Wood 2000: 51–52.</ref> In July 2011 {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} began implementing a major reform. The main changes have been a radical reduction of shortwave radio broadcasting—from a daily total of 260 to 55 hours—and an expansion of television broadcasting.<ref name="nhk-2014" /> === Relay stations leasing transmitter time to DW === {{One source section|date=June 2021}} In 2013, DW leased time on the following relay stations:<ref>[http://www.short-wave.info/?station=DEUTSCHE%20WELLE {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629223848/http://www.short-wave.info/?station=DEUTSCHE%20WELLE |date=29 June 2013 }} Short Wave.</ref> * [[Woofferton]], United Kingdom ([[BBC World Service]]) * [[Kranji]], Singapore (BBC Far Eastern Relay Station) * Dhabayya, [[United Arab Emirates]] (United Emirates Radio) * [[Nakhon Sawan]], Thailand (BBC East Asian Relay Station) * [[Ascension Island]] (BBC Atlantic Relay Station) * [[Meyerton, Gauteng|Meyerton]], South Africa ([[Sentech]]) ==Personnel== === Directors-General === {{More citations needed|date=February 2022}} [[File:Impressions June 24, 2015 (19109122045) (cropped).jpg|thumb|The current Director-General, [[Peter Limbourg]], in 2015]] * 12 October 1960 – 29 February 1968: {{Interlanguage link|Hans Otto Wesemann|de|Hans Otto Wesemann}} * 1 March 1968 – 29 February 1980: Walter Steigner * 1 March 1980 – 8 December 1980: Conrad Ahlers * 19 December 1980 – 30 June 1981: Heinz Fellhauer (interim) * 1 July 1981 – 30 June 1987: [[Klaus Schütz]] * 1 July 1987 – 30 June 1989: Heinz Fellhauer * 1 July 1989 – 31 March 2001: Dieter Weirich * 1 April 2001 – 30 September 2001: Reinhard Hartstein (interim as deputy intendant) * 1 October 2001 – 30 September 2013: {{Interlanguage link|Erik Bettermann|de|Erik Bettermann|ar|إيريك بيترمان}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 May 2013|title=Bettermann, Erik|url=https://www.dw.com/en/bettermann-erik/a-16813817|access-date=3 February 2022|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203150709/https://www.dw.com/en/bettermann-erik/a-16813817|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1 October 2013 – present: [[Peter Limbourg]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoffmann|first=Johannes|date=7 October 2013|title=Peter Limbourg took office as director general|url=https://www.dw.com/en/peter-limbourg-took-office-as-director-general/a-17122479|access-date=3 February 2022|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203145206/https://www.dw.com/en/peter-limbourg-took-office-as-director-general/a-17122479|url-status=live}}</ref> === Presenters === * [[Tim Sebastian]] * [[Sarah Kelly (journalist)|Sarah Kelly]]<ref name="dwen">{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/sarah-kelly/a-63576955 |title=Sarah Kelly |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210003254/https://www.dw.com/en/sarah-kelly/a-63576955 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Phil Gayle]] * [[Brent Goff]]<ref name="cges">{{Cite web|url=https://cges.georgetown.edu/profile/brent-goff/|title=Brent Goff|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210003134/https://cges.georgetown.edu/profile/brent-goff/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Nicole Frölich]]<ref name="dwnf">{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/nicole-fr%C3%B6lich/a-63180124 |title=Nicole Frölich |date=2022-09-20 |work=Deutsche Welle |accessdate=2023-06-22 |archive-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623013155/https://www.dw.com/en/nicole-fr%C3%B6lich/a-63180124 |url-status=live }}</ref> == DW Akademie == DW Akademie is {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}'s international center for [[media development]], media consulting and journalism training. It offers training and consulting services to partners around the world. It works with broadcasters, media organizations, and universities especially in developing and transitioning countries to promote free and independent media. The work is funded mainly by the German [[Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/who-we-are/s-30788 |title = Who we are |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 15 May 2015 |archive-date = 19 July 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719081150/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/who-we-are/s-30788 |url-status = live }}</ref> Additional sponsors are the [[German Foreign Office]] and the [[European Union]]. DW Akademie's journalism traineeship is an 18-month program for young journalists that provides editorial training in the three areas in which {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} produces content: radio, television and online. It is aimed at aspiring journalists from Germany as well as from regions to which {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} broadcasts.<ref name="traineeship">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/program/s-101205 |title=Traineeship Program |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719082606/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/program/s-101205 |url-status=live }}</ref> The "International Media Studies" Master's Program, offered in cooperation with the [[University of Bonn]] and the University Bonn-Rhein-Sieg of Applied Sciences, is based at DW Akademie. The four-semester program combines the disciplines of media development, media regulation, and communications. The seminars are held in English and German and the degree is aimed at media representatives from developing and transitioning countries. Carsten von Nahmen became head of DW Akademie in September 2018. He had been DW's senior correspondent in Washington since February 2017 and prior to this, deputy editor-in-chief and head of DW's main news department since 2014. Christian Gramsch was director of DW Akademie from November 2013 until May 2018, and prior to this DW's regional director for multimedia. He succeeded DW Akademie director Gerda Meuer, who had previously been deputy editor-in-chief of {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}'s radio program, and had earlier worked for various media outlets and as a correspondent for Inter News service. Ute Schaeffer has been DW Akademie's deputy head since 2014 and was previously {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}'s editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/about-us/s-9519 |title=About us |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=7 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707003408/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-akademie/about-us/s-9519 |url-status=live }}</ref> == Learn German section == {{Primary sources|section|date=December 2021}} {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}'s website has a section dedicated to providing material for those who are interested in learning the German language of all levels based on the [[Common European Framework of Reference for Languages]]. They offer free video and audio courses with access to exercises and transcripts. Users can also search for suitable courses and test which level they are at.<ref>{{cite web |title=Learn German |url=https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125031643/https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 |url-status=live }}</ref> Among the material available in their site, they offer free access to an animated series called "Harry Lost in Time" (Harry gefangen in der Zeit), for beginners.<ref>{{cite web |title = Harry – gefangen in der Zeit |url = https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/harry/s-13232 |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 1 June 2019 |archive-date = 31 May 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190531224430/https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/harry/s-13232 |url-status = live }}</ref> Through [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] animation, the series tells the story of a fictional character named Harry Walkott, a man who is struck by lightning in the [[Black Forest]] during his vacation in Germany and, because of this, becomes stuck in time, with the same day repeating over and over. With an English narration, the series introduces German expressions, words and grammar explanations, and also provides exercises to the user. == Antisemitism controversies == Reporting from ''[[The Guardian]]'' in January 2020 raised allegations of "sexual harassment, racism, antisemitism, and severe bullying" within the organization.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salfiti |first=Jad |date=2020-01-14 |title=Deutsche Welle staff speak out about alleged racism and bullying |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/14/deutsche-welle-staff-speak-out-about-alleged-racism-and-bullying |access-date=2023-03-07 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628040924/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/14/deutsche-welle-staff-speak-out-about-alleged-racism-and-bullying |url-status=live }}</ref> On 5 December 2021, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} announced that it would suspend its partnership with a Jordanian partner, [[Roya TV]], on account of antisemitic content published on Roya's social media.<ref name=":3" /> Guido Baumhauer, a senior executive with DW, apologized, saying: "We are truly sorry that we did not notice these disgusting images."<ref name=":3" /> Roya TV rejected the accusation and said it was the target of "hostile campaign" by unnamed parties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jordanian TV rejects German station's anti-Israel accusation|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jordanian-tv-rejects-german-stations-anti-israel-accusation-81587610|access-date=2022-02-19|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182759/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jordanian-tv-rejects-german-stations-anti-israel-accusation-81587610|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2021, [[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] published an investigation into social media comments allegedly made by members of DW's Arabic service, including posts that appeared to downplay the Holocaust or perpetuate anti-Jewish stereotypes.<ref name="Probe">{{Cite news|date=2021-12-03|title=German broadcaster suspends workers amid antisemitism probe|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-europe-social-media-race-and-ethnicity-0a77332661e80f68e58b7cb11c40127f|access-date=2022-02-19|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182802/https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-europe-social-media-race-and-ethnicity-0a77332661e80f68e58b7cb11c40127f|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2022-02-07|title=German broadcaster DW urged to act against antisemitism|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-middle-east-germany-race-and-ethnicity-3e9025015e9d4386b32117945c6bf1f0|access-date=2022-02-19|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182759/https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-middle-east-germany-race-and-ethnicity-3e9025015e9d4386b32117945c6bf1f0|url-status=live}}</ref> On 3 December 2021, DW announced that it was suspending four employees and one freelancer during an external investigation, to be led by former German Justice Minister [[Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger]] and psychologist Ahmad Mansour, into the allegations.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2021-12-05|title=Deutsche Welle suspends cooperation with Jordan broadcaster|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-israel-media-social-media-30fdb59fbf12d0756b865d99a5a1998c|access-date=2022-02-19|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|language=en|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182800/https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-israel-media-social-media-30fdb59fbf12d0756b865d99a5a1998c|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Probe"/> On 7 February, this investigation concluded that DW was correct to suspend these five employees, and recommended further action against eight other employees; it also recommended ending cooperation agreements with some Middle East-based news outlets, but concluded that there was no "structural antisemitism" at DW.<ref name=":1" /> Following the report, DW terminated the contracts of several other employees, including the former bureau chief in Beirut, who advocated the execution of "[a]nyone who has to do with the Israelis"; an employee who claimed that Israel controls people's brains "through art, media and music"; and a third journalist had posted "the Holocaust is a lie."<ref name="aljazeera.com">{{Cite web|title=German broadcaster DW fires two more Arab employees|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/15/deutsche-welle-fires-two-more-arab-employees|access-date=2022-02-19|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220013015/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/15/deutsche-welle-fires-two-more-arab-employees|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=German Media Giant DW Fires Staff Over Antisemitism|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-german-media-giant-dw-fires-staff-over-antisemitism-1.10614935|access-date=2022-02-19|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182759/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-german-media-giant-dw-fires-staff-over-antisemitism-1.10614935|url-status=live}}</ref> Several of those fired stated that they had not been given a chance to defend their case, criticized DW's lack of clarity regarding guidelines for what constituted antisemitism, and said they felt they were being censored in what they could write about the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="Scapegoats">{{Cite news|last=Alsaafin|first=Linah|title='We are scapegoats': Arab journalists fired by Deutsche Welle|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/11/career-assassination-dws-scapegoating-of-arab-employees|access-date=2022-02-19|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219182800/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/11/career-assassination-dws-scapegoating-of-arab-employees|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="aljazeera.com"/> In September 2022, Farah Maraqa, one of seven Arab employees of DW fired<ref name="Scapegoats"/> in February, subsequently sued DW and won her case. The court ruled that her dismissal on charges of anti-Semitism was "legally unjustified". A former colleague, Maram Salem, won her case in July against DW for unlawful termination, ruling that her Facebook posts were not anti-Semitic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/5/german-court-rules-palestinian-ex-dw-journalist-sacking-unlawful|title=German court rules Palestinian ex-DW journalist sacking unlawful|first=Linah|last=Alsaafin|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905222526/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/5/german-court-rules-palestinian-ex-dw-journalist-sacking-unlawful|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in September 2022, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} updated its [[Code of Conduct]] to include "Germany's historical responsibility for the Holocaust is also a reason for which we support the right of Israel to exist" among their values and noted antisemitism is grounds for dismissal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/dw-code-of-conduct-in-32-languages/a-62448730 |title=DW: Code of Conduct in 32 languages |date=2022-09-01 |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Deutsche Welle |archive-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917122432/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-code-of-conduct-in-32-languages/a-62448730 |url-status=live }}</ref> The updated code of conduct is thought to improve {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}'s chances of successfully terminating antisemitic employees in the future.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-public-broadcaster-now-requiring-employees-to-support-israels-right-to-exist/ |title=German public broadcaster now requiring employees to support Israel's right to exist |date=2022-09-16 |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |last=Axelrod |first=Toby |archive-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918052100/https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-public-broadcaster-now-requiring-employees-to-support-israels-right-to-exist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2023, [[The New Arab]] published the results of a year long investigation by Palestinian news website ''Arab48'' which concluded that Arab employees were unfairly dismissed over largely spurious antisemitism charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newarab.com/investigations/pro-israel-bias-shaped-dws-antisemitism-probe-pt1|title=Pro-Israel bias shaped DW's antisemitism probe - pt1|first=Rabeea Eid, Rashad|last=Alhindi|date=25 August 2023|website=The new Arab|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825115849/https://www.newarab.com/investigations/pro-israel-bias-shaped-dws-antisemitism-probe-pt1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newarab.com/investigations/pro-israel-bias-shaped-dws-antisemitism-probe-pt2|title=Pro-Israel bias shaped DW's antisemitism probe - pt2|first=Rabeea Eid, Rashad|last=Alhindi|date=25 August 2023|website=The new Arab|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825114346/https://www.newarab.com/investigations/pro-israel-bias-shaped-dws-antisemitism-probe-pt2|url-status=live}}</ref> == See also == {{Portal|Germany|Journalism|Television}} * [[Euronews]] * [[Karin Helmstaedt]] – DW presenter for the ''Euromaxx'' culture and lifestyle show * [[Max Hofmann]] – Brussels Bureau Chief for DW in Belgium * [[Television in Germany]] * [[List of world news channels]] == Notes == {{NoteFoot}} == References == === Citations === {{Reflist}} === Sources === {{refbegin}} * McPhail, Thomas L. 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