Lea Thies heads the Günter Holland School of Journalism (GHJS) at the Augsburger Allgemeine , where she is responsible for training young journalists. She completed her traineeship at Dewezet , earned a Master’s degree in Global Politics in London, and worked as a reporter for over 20 years. Today, she focuses on topics such as trainee upskilling, digital transformation, mental health in journalism, and personal branding for journalists. She also develops concepts to strengthen journalism’s relevance and build trust in the media. For this reason, she has integrated constructive journalism into the GHJS curriculum. Lea Thies is an enthusiastic team player and actively involved in " iNNEN – Network for Women in Journalism " as well as in the " Jule – Young Readers Initiative ". Together with the latter, she launched the trainee recruitment campaign volo-werden.de. She and her team recently won the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Award: The collaborative fact-checking project “Augsburg checkt's” was recognized as the best regional project in Europe for combating disinformation.
Mit Lea Thies
Ein Impuls über Personenmarken, konstruktive Kommunikation und die Frage, wie Journalist:innen den Ton im Netz aktiv mitprägen können – ohne sich selbst zu verlieren.
Mit Julia Blust, Miriam Scharlibbe, Astrid Maier, Swantje Dake, Lea Thies, Sarah Brasack and Christiane Uebing
Das Netzwerk für Frauen im Journalismus *iNNEN lädt ein zum Ideen-Meetup und Austausch - im Dialog über alles von Machtgefüge bis Allyship!
With Irene Caselli, Lea Thies, Chiponda Chimbelu and Hannah Storm
What's the way forward to ensure that journalists can keep doing their job and staying connected with their audience during tough times?