{"id":11831,"date":"2026-10-02T10:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-news&#038;p=11831"},"modified":"2026-10-14T18:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:45:44","slug":"international-exchange-visitors-from-eight-african-countries","status":"publish","type":"hbi-news","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/international-exchange-visitors-from-eight-african-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"International Exchange: Visitors from Eight African Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guests from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal visited the HBI last week. Journalists, media professionals, and content creators participated in an informational tour organized by the Goethe-Institut.<\/p>\n<p>The overarching theme was &#8220;Strengthening Media Resilience through Local Influencer Networks.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/jan-hinrik-schmidt\/\">PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt<\/a> provided insight into the German media system and current trends in media consumption during a lecture with simultaneous interpretation. Topics included the role of public media and the growing importance of digital platforms and social media as news sources.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent discussion focused on the current challenges facing journalism and the media.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How independent are public media in various countries?<\/li>\n<li>What role do alternative information sources play?<\/li>\n<li>How can the credibility of fact-checks be assessed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11782\" src=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26-10-02_Internationaler-Austausch_Teaser-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of the delegation's visit to the HBI with Jan-Hinrik Schmidt\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26-10-02_Internationaler-Austausch_Teaser-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26-10-02_Internationaler-Austausch_Teaser-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26-10-02_Internationaler-Austausch_Teaser.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11778,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11831","hbi-news","type-hbi-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Exchange: Visitors from Eight African Countries - Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung Hans-Bredow-Institut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/international-exchange-visitors-from-eight-african-countries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Exchange: Visitors from Eight African Countries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guests from Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal visited the HBI last week. 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