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Close-Up 2009

The journalism exchange programme Close-Up began a second cycle in 2009. After an exceedingly successful launch in 2008, the project was continued last year. Between October 2009 and February 2010 the Close-Up journalists exchanged their workplaces.

A walk in the woods? Unthinkable for the reporter from Nairobi until his stay in Frankfurt! Dangerous animals are hidden in the forests of Kenya… Be a part of the experiences of the eight journalists and their fascinating urban portraits of Berlin, Palermo, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt, Nairobi, Freiburg and Tamale.

    Journalists’ Exchange: “Germans Have a Human Side, Too”

    (31 March 2010) How do journalists work in Germany, Israel and Ghana? What are they permitted to write? What are their readers interested in? The Goethe-Institut temporarily placed eight reporters from around the world in a different city and asked three of them these questions afterwards, resulting in a conversation about differences and similarities. more ...

    Close-Up: My Beautiful, Closed Laundrette

    (3 February 2010) Eight cities, eight journalists, hundreds of experiences: Once again, the Goethe-Institut project Close-Up relocated editorial journalists from around the world to unfamiliar surroundings – to a slum, a sealed border or laundrette – for four weeks. more ...

    Close-Up Weblog

    What does a Lithuanian journalist think of Bonn? And what does a reporter from Düsseldorf find fascinating about Budapest? Their latest impressions are in the journalists’ blog.
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