As of: February 10, 2024, 9:00 a.m
By: Michaele Heske
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How does the news get into the newspaper?
Editor Timo Aichele reported on his work to class 8b led by teacher Carolin Böhm.
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Visit to the local newspaper in the high school: Editor Timo Aichele reports on the work of the journalists.
Dorfen
- How do you distinguish reliable information from fake news - this was discussed by eighth graders from Dorfen high school with Timo Aichele, editor of the Dorfener Anzeiger.
In a double lesson he told the 8b students not only how journalists work, but also a few things about media literacy.
Class teacher Carolin Böhm had invited: “The topic of newspapers is on the curriculum in German class – so it’s great to have a professional visiting who reports from practical experience.”
There is a conference every morning at 10 a.m. and the editors plan the next day's issue together.
The evening before, for example, there was a city council meeting in the town hall in Dorfen, which the deputy editorial director Aichele regularly attends, or a concert in the Jakobmayer Hall, which one of the freelancers reported on.
It is possible that there is also a current one.
Reportage is coming up, for example about the Hemadlenz parade on Nonsense Thursday.
The editors discuss these and other topics in the morning and decide what the local newspaper will “open” with: “The lead is always the most important and interesting text on the page, marked by a larger headline,” says Aichele.
Regardless of whether it's the current demonstrations against the right or a swimming accident at the Kronthaler Weiher: "You go there and see for yourself what's going on," reports the editor, who wrote his first article for this newspaper in 1998.
Because a journalist has “responsibility for the truth” and checks the information carefully.
Aichele distributes newspapers: the Erdinger/Dorfener Anzeiger with the political section of the Münchner Merkur and the tz, which also belongs to the publishing group.
According to Aichele, the latter is a so-called tabloid that is sold primarily at kiosks and has to have much more emotional headlines than a subscription newspaper.
Journalists are “problem seekers”.
That's why the bad news often dominates, and the media is often accused of that.
But behind the controversial issues lie the problems that a society needs to solve.
It's a balancing act for the editors to report on the bad things without making everything worse.
“The editors no longer only write their reports for a printed newspaper, but also for the online portals of the respective media companies.” The news spreads quickly on the radio and on the Internet.
Can the daily newspaper even keep up?
“Sure, we offer serious background information on the topic, talk to experts and publish interviews,” emphasizes Aichele.
And: “We are a completely independent medium.” Independent of the influence of politics and business.
The editorial and advertising departments are strictly separated from each other.
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The journalist now wants to know how the students get information.
“Via Instagram or Tik Tok,” says one girl.
Other students also spend a lot of time on social networks.
“Just because a report has millions of clicks doesn’t mean it’s true,” warns the editor about fake news.
“You have to check the claims using other reliable sources.” You have to be careful, especially with influencers who suddenly express themselves politically.
Aichele repeatedly involves the high school students and asks them which articles the young people find exciting.
For example, there is the sports section, which is of particular interest to boys, but the stories from Dorfen are also at the top of the reading list.
Sabrina's parents have subscribed to the Dorfener Anzeiger, says the 14-year-old: "I find it really exciting to see what's going on in the city." Her neighbor at the bank, Lena, who has so far "only leafed through the daily newspaper" because it was on the table , added after the double lesson: “I didn’t realize how much work went into it.”