JugendBildredaktion

Jugend Bildredaktion

The JugendBildredaktion is a great pilot project for everyone between the ages of 14 and 21. From September 2025, young people from various Hamburg schools and other institutions will meet approximately once a week. Together, they will research, develop topics and create their own photo reportages on local issues that are important to them – all with the support of professional photojournalists and in a relaxed atmosphere. No previous experience is required.

The results are presented to a wide audience as a public photo panorama in exhibitions, workshops and dialog events in order to bring people into exchange and discourse and to make new, young perspectives visible.

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Photo: Christina Czybik

What can you expect as a participant?

  • Creative work & co-creation:
    You will learn how to find exciting topics, research them and tell them in pictures.
  • Exchange & teamwork:
    You work on projects together with people of the same age from all over Hamburg.
  • Visibility:
    The results will be exhibited and discussed with the public at BildBotschaft, a modern meeting space in the heart of Hamburg’s city center (Mönckebergstraße 3). At the end, all the stories will be turned into a great booklet or website.
  • Practical insights:
    We visit editorial offices of various media companies to gain insights into professional editorial work.
  • Political exchange:
    You will receive an exclusive invitation to the Senate reception on the occasion of the opening of Hamburg Press Freedom Week in Hamburg City Hall (on November 3, 2025).
  • Experience:
    You will receive a certificate of participation for taking part in the JugendBildredaktion, which can be helpful on your CV and when applying for internships.
  • Duration:
    You can take part in the project for between 2 and 6 months.

Would you like to take part? Then register by September 18!

If you would like to secure a place in the youth photo editorial team, please send us a short application by e-mail by September 18, telling us who you are and why you would like to take part in the youth photo editorial team.

And also write to us if you already have an initial topic idea for a report that you would like to do. You don’t have to send any photos and it’s not so important that your email is perfectly worded.

Because we can only offer 15 – 20 places, we first want to understand what interests you, what makes you tick and whether you really want to get involved in this exciting project with us.

If you don’t speak German very well yet, that’s no problem at all. Feel free to write to us in English or simply use deepl.com as a translation tool.

We look forward to getting to know you.

Our address for registration or questions is: team@laif-foundation.org

Best regards

Your laif foundation team
BildBotschaft Hamburg project

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