taz Panter Foundation: Support journalism

Besides workshops for young journalists the Panter Foundation also supports the development of new journalistic formats.

The taz Panter Volontariat is a central programme of the foundation which aims to integrate people into the media landscape who are underrepresented. The programme brings talented young people into the newsroom who do not come from traditional, educated middle-class backgrounds. Since 2011, the taz Panter Foundation has trained eleven trainees from migrant backgrounds, eight of them now work in for taz. Over a period of 18 months, the trainees learn the skills of journalism, while the taz itself benefits from their experience.

Since 2009, around 520 participants have taken part in the taz Panter workshops, in which special articles have been produced under the guidance of taz editors. These workshops are designed to encourage young people to engage with journalism and have focussed topics such as "envy", "guilt", "fairy tales", and "violence". A more recent project is the taz Panter summer camp, which promotes intergenerational exchange. Younger and older participants discussed their perspectives on current issues and brought them together to make concrete demands of political decision-makers.

The Panter Foundation also supports the development of new journalistic formats. These include a column in taz FUTURZWEI and the talk format " Stimme meiner Generation" ("Voice of my generation"), in which Generation Z writes about itself. In addition, the foundation supports the prisoner newspaper "Der Lichtblick", in order to provide an uncensored voice for prisoners, as well as conferences on the topic of constructive and non-profit journalism.