08-10 May 2026
A weekend with a view
Look closely at what is happening.
Ilse Aichinger
08-10 May 2026
Look closely at what is happening.
Ilse Aichinger
Five years of Journalismusfest Innsbruck
Every May, we open a window onto the complex present that we live in. This programme outlines what to expect at the 5th edition of the International Days of Information by Journalismusfest Innsbruck. As the non-profit organisation behind this festival, we are very proud to celebrate this milestone anniversary.
Since its very beginning Journalismusfest Innsbruck was conceived as “a meeting place, a place for debate and cultural exchange”. Achieving this with such widespread international participation has surpassed all our expectations.
The festival has become an integral part of the city, firmly marked in the calendars of attendees and participants alike. By the close of our 5th edition, we will have welcomed more than 550 guests from 45 nations over the years.
There is a clear demand for face-to-face dialogue, conversation and discussion and the opportunity to experience exhibitions, screenings and podcast recordings live. Interest has grown significantly: last year alone, the festival recorded around 7,500 visits. For this reason, we are committed to providing free access to most of our events.
Journalismusfest is made possible mainly through the support of public funding agencies, foundations, associations and a series of partnerships, including editorial offices. In addition to that, we are happy to be able to count on the contributions of so many others. With public resources becoming more limited, we kindly ask for voluntary donations.
As always, all of our events are accessible on foot or by bike.
A warm welcome!
The organisers are committed to making the festival as climate-friendly as possible. We kindly ask our guests to take climate-friendly transport options to travel to Innsbruck. The Tyrolean transport association VVT is our “Partner for a Better Climate”.
While the massif of the Andes, the South-American Cordilleras, make up 80 percent of Chile’s landmass, they remain a blind spot in the Chilean consciousness. In...
Katharina Blum meets the love of her life at a carnival costume party. But when her companion is unmasked as a wanted bank robber and...
What exactly is investigative journalism? In this workshop, you will learn the ropes and why its watchdog function is key for the role of journalism...
Master the art of successful story pitching, fee negotiation and selling your research and text multiple times. With Ruth Eisenreich, Editor and Senior Duty Editor at MOMENT.at and longstanding...
Cross-border regional cooperation is gaining importance within the EU whilst also facing new challenges in an age of growing nationalist tendencies. European Regions enable cooperation...
Whether it is fungi or bacteria, many pathogens are developing resistance to medications – to such an extent that it is already considered a silent pandemic....
A mosaic of dreams, experiences and personal worlds from around thirty Lebanese citizens reveals the multifaceted realities of a diverse country. From a political activist...
Europe’s quest for digital independence has never been more important. Peace and freedom around the world are being tested, facing overt and covert attacks. The...
Far-right parties are currently being elected in large numbers around the world. Does this yearning for strongman figures stem from unmet needs? Together with psychoanalyst...
Maryam and Zaynab Mehrzad are sisters and footballers from the city of Herat in Afghanistan. For many years, they played for the city’s women’s football...
How Much Does Laughter Give Away? Get an Individual Joke Consultation with Georg Cadeggianini, journalist, SZ für Kinder.
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On October 7 2022, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; just hours later, their Moscow offices were seized by...
In November 2025, Austrian regional daily newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitung treated itself to a new look for its 80th anniversary. “The world is evolving, and so are we”, wrote...
Female public figures are exposed to more hostilities and threats of sexual violence than men, especially online. Fuelled by right-wing networks, social media algorithms act...
“I was ordered to kill you.” I am ready to tell you everything I know.” These were the lines of a letter sent to Turkish...
Teenagers admire influencer Andrew Tate and his openly misogynistic rhetoric, and every day brings news of another abuse case or femicide. Is masculinity in the...
This investigation started with a massive dataset: over one million location requests, thousands of individuals observed in over 160 countries, including investigative journalists, public prosecutors and...
Precarious living conditions are linked to negative health outcomes for many people, as are exploiting or mentally taxing working conditions; and the long-term stress caused...
Author Robert Prosser from Alpbach, Tyrol, likes travelling to Lebanon time and time again, investigating and reporting on this multi-religious democracy, independent since 1943 and...
“We draw hope from action, the act of doing – and the belief that spring will always follow winter”, says contemporary historian Mirjam Zadoff, raised in...
Where does truth come from? And who decides what we believe? In Austria’s first investigative lecture performance format, journalism meets theatre, and research takes the...
Germany’s most entertaining stage show for journalists returns for its fourth appearance in Innsbruck. Five journalists each have ten minutes to present their investigations in...
For years, government advertising was an efficient way of securing favourable political coverage and a funding instrument for media outlets: not an ideal setup for...
With his band Thunder Strike, Afro-reggae star Kenneth Wilberforce Zonto Bossman, better know as Black Prophet, is a staple at all major reggae festivals. In...
What exactly is investigative journalism? In this workshop, you will learn the ropes and why its watchdog function is key for the role of journalism...
Master the art of successful story pitching, fee negotiation and selling your research and text multiple times. With Ruth Eisenreich, Editor and Senior Duty Editor at MOMENT.at and longstanding...
How to write humour, why it works and where the biggest hurdles lie. And what is ill-timed humour? With Robert Hofmann, Freelance Journalist
...On 17 October 2025, Berlin taz published its final daily print edition becoming the first major German newspaper to phase out daily printing. Since then,...
Why did the two young, Tyrolean-born journalists Maria Retter and Viktoria Waldegger decide to pursue a career in this field? What drove them? Were there...
Klimakultur Tirol’s blog explores the intersection of art, culture, climate and the environment. In the Klimakultur cube at Bozner Platz, TKI – Tiroler Kulturinitiativen and...
Both journalism and humanitarian aid in the autonomous Palestinian territories face intense pressure from the Israeli government. According to Reporters Without Borders, last year, at...
Tobi (Tobias Krell) is challenged by his eight-year-old self: He has to find out what leaves the most powerful traces in the earth. To find...
Media have been under critical scrutiny since their inception, not just since the rise of social media. You can trace an arc, from Socrates passing...
They are both charismatic and radical. Following Angela Merkel’s exit, on paper, they are the most powerful women in Europe. Giorgia Meloni, Marine Le Pen,...
“Media coverage of us, of sex workers is a complete disaster,” says political activist, author and sex worker Ruby Rebelde, who has closely scrutinised its...
Who is behind your favourite read? Meet the media makers and learn more about their work. Sebastian LoudonDatum
...Have you always wanted to know why a certain topic made it to Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard’s cover page? During the newspaper breakfast Rainer...
As part of the 2025 Journalismusfest, Innsbruck-based journalist Susanne Gurschler led her first city tour, featuring locations from her book “111 Orte in Innsbruck, die man...
A mosaic of dreams, experiences and personal worlds from around thirty Lebanese citizens reveals the multifaceted realities of a diverse country. This photojournalistic exhibition explores...
Restitution means the return of cultural objects that were unlawfully taken under colonial rule. Provenance Researcher Ohiniko Mawussé Toffa, researching the German colonial history in...
According to a report by the Israeli NGO HaMoked, more than 6,100 Palestinians were detained without charge or trial in autumn 2025. Under administrative detention, suspects...
For five years, Journalismusfest Innsbruck has brought together journalists, researchers, artists and audiences to discuss media, the public sphere and democracy. In celebration of this minor anniversary,...
“Fake news” and “alternative facts” are buzzwords that have stuck with us since Donald Trump’s first term. Now, the POTUS does his utmost to restrict...
The Daniel Haufler Scholarship offers German-speaking journalists the opportunity to travel to the US for three weeks in autumn; starting with an initial programme to...
On 4 August 2020, more than 200 people were killed as a result of a devastating explosion in the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The...
Who is behind your favourite read? Meet the media makers and learn more about their work. Theresa GirardiTyrolean street magazine 20er
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An hour of fun, fun, fun: banter, riddles and favourite jokes. Stage performance by and with Georg Cadeggianini Journalist, German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ),...
News media are in the midst of a process of transformation with unclear outcomes. Advertising revenue – an important source of income for many outlets –...
Even one and a half years after the Assad regime was toppled, Syria remains in a state of political limbo. It is still unclear how...
Marija Aljochina is a Russian conceptual artist, political activist and member of the artist collective Pussy Riot. Along with her fellow campaigners Nadya Tolokonnikova and...
Brace yourself for a truly froggy crime! Small tadpoles will eventually become teenagers, leaving the familiar waters of their home pond to embark on a...
Who is behind your favourite read? Meet the media makers and learn more about their work. Florian GasserZEIT, Vienna office
...The documentary film “A dinasztia” (“The Dynasty”) by the Hungarian investigative outlet Direkt36 tells the story of the Orbán family’s business dealings over the decades. Based on...
The human-rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, founder of the human-rights organisation Wjasna, has been one of the leading voices in the fight for democracy and the liberation...
What impressions and experiences do travel influencers share with their followers? Does the credibility of information still matter in travel journalism? How do photos on...
At the peak of the Greek financial crisis, China secured a majority stake in the Port of Piraeus – largely unnoticed by the European public. To...
Who is behind your favourite read? Meet the media makers and learn more about their work. Florian SkrabalDOSSIER
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The US political magazine programme Democracy Now! is one of the most impressive news formats in the world; according to its own figures, it is...
An intimate journey into the lived reality of human rights, shaped by decades of relationships with the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski from...
What actresses have long been discussing in public is also familiar to women journalists: ageing means losing visibility. The realities of experienced women are vastly...
What remains unseen when we cover a crisis? Experts will discuss blind spots in coverage – caused by specific editorial procedures, approaches and perspectives. Here, we...
Once more, the Choir of Diversity will take to the stage at Journalismusfest.They perform as a group of 80 to 100 singers; whoever wants to join...
It’s not just in the US that evangelicals and ethno-nationlist Catholics are continuously expanding their network; in Europe, too, the Christian right is gaining ground....
“I don’t like what I see in society. I don’t think I fit in,” says Christopher Thomas Knight, born in 1965. No address, no car,...
With the Brennero pass being closer than Bavaria, Italy is right on the doorstep. And a myriad of myths circulate. This is why the Science Notes editorial...
While Russia wages war against Ukraine, the US is increasingly undermining the Western alliance. Donald Trump threatens to annex Greenland, targeting European territory. In the...
Yugoslavia, Palestine and Iraq are only three of many war-torn countries that were documented by photographer Anja Niedringhaus in her iconic pictures, before she was...
The unfiltered soundtrack of Russian anti-Putin criticism. A blend of concert, campaign and theatre; rap and live music tell a story of resistance, repression and...
Open Source Intelligence, or simply OSINT, is the key to exciting investigative research. There is a reason why this term sounds a lot like intelligence...
A movement is gaining global momentum: the movement for nature’s rights. What if the bodies of water countered human interference with their needs and demands?...
At the time this programme went to press, it was still not clear whether Viktor Orbán, whose Fidesz party has governed continuously for the past...
Who is behind your favourite read? Meet the media makers and learn more about their work. Daniel Puntas BernetReportagen, Bern
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Badly beaten, Ljilijana has to go into hiding. Together with her successful sister Sanja, she disappears into her old Serbian homeland. But instead of finding...
One thread in the exhibition “The Other Russia. MEMORIAL” leads all the way to Innsbruck. In one of the showcases lies “Peter’s New Songbook for...
15 months after Donald Trump returned to power in the US, the country is scarcely recognisable. Trump has signed orders withdrawing the US from the Paris...
Intimidation, threats, violence: in many Latin American countries, journalists risk their lives when covering corruption, organised crime, femicides or human rights violations. Mexico and Venezuela in particular...
Due to their intensive commercial exploitation, the Alps, one of the largest continuous natural areas in Europe, are experiencing the significant consequences of climate change....
Houses are not only silent, rigid witnesses of history – they are history itself. They tell the stories of fates and figures, of major events...
Whistleblowing is a key mechanism of democratic checks and balances, capable of unmasking government and corporate corruption as well as human rights violations. Whistleblower Eileen...
Once the children’s recitals are over and the breakfasts prepared with sprinkles of love have been enjoyed, the AEP working group opens its doors for...
Yaroslav Hrytsak is considered one of the most influential Ukrainian historians and intellectuals. With his book “Ukraine – Biographie einer bedrängten Nation” (“Ukraine – The...
Loneliness has been a human experience since thousands of years. In recent times, this issue has moved to the forefront: a lack of close interpersonal...
For almost 30 years, since 1997, Jewish-Israeli journalist Amira Hass has been living in Ramallah in the Palestinian West Bank. Born in Jerusalem, she works as...
As a multi-creative dulcimer player, Maria Ma explores a diverse range of genres: On her instrument, an integral part of Alpine folk music in spite...
Journalismusfest Innsbruck will take place across 20 different locations, offering different degrees of accessibility.
Please note that some venues offer partial, but not full, wheelchair accessibility. At these venues, it may be necessary to use a lift or a dedicated entrance. Please, reach out to our staff at the venue. They will be happy to help. These events will have the assistance pictogram in this programme:
Guests with a hearing impairment will find technological support with varying functionalities at many locations. We therefore ask you to contact us briefly before the festival by email at info@journalismusfest.org so that we can clarify whether, and in what form, accessibility support is available.
We also ask guests with other sensory impairments or special needs to contact us via email in advance at info@journalismusfest.org so that we can discuss individual support options.
Inside Austria – Behind the Scenes:
Please note: new time, new venue!
Friday, 14:30 – 15:30 Theology, Leopoldsaal
Behind the Wall – Helping and Reporting in Palestine:
Please note: new venue!
Saturday, 10:00 Treibhaus
Festivals of Information:
Please note: new venue!
Saturday, 12:30 Treibhaus
Q&A Daniel Haufler Scholarship:
Please note: new time!
Saturday, 15:00 Theatercafé
Travel influencers and travel journalism:
Please note: new time!
Saturday, 15:45 – 17:00 Claudiasaal
Ales Bialiatski:
Please note: new time!
Saturday, 15:45 – 17:00 Treibhaus
NEW Documentary: ‘Bialiatski | Unbroken’:
Saturday, 17:30 at the Cinematograph
Please note, cancelled:
Democracy Now! at the Treibhaus and ‘Steal this Story, Please!’ at the Cinematograph
NEW Film: ‘Steal this Story, Please!’ followed by Amy Goodman live from Chicago:
Saturday, 17:00 Leokino 2, Admission: €11
NEW Let’s save Mum!
Sunday, 10:00 – 15:00, Bozner Platz
NEW Meet your magazine, Sunday, Bozner Platz
11:00 Daniel Puntas Bernet, Reportagen
12:00 Thomas Susanka, Science Notes magazine
14:00 Markus Huber, Fleisch
Das Journalismusfest Innsbruck findet an mehr als 20 Orten statt, daher variiert auch die Barrierefreiheit.
Alle Veranstaltungen, die mit dem Rollstuhl zugänglich sind, werden im Programmheft mit diesem Symbol gekennzeichnet:
Es gibt auch Veranstaltungsorte, die rollstuhltauglich, aber nicht gänzlich barrierefrei sind. Dort ist es nötig, einen Lift oder einen eigenen Zugang zu benutzen. Bitte wenden Sie sich vor Ort an unsere Mitarbeiter*innen, die Ihnen gerne behilflich sein werden. Diese Veranstaltungen werden im Programmheft mit diesem Symbol gekennzeichnet:
Für Besucher*innen mit Hörbeeinträchtigung besteht an vielen Locations die Möglichkeit technischer Unterstützungen, die allerdings unterschiedlich funktionieren. Wir bitten Sie daher, uns vor dem Festival kurz per E-Mail unter info@journalismusfest.org zu kontaktieren, um abklären zu können, ob bzw. welche Art der Barrierefreiheit verfügbar ist.
Besucher*innen mit anderen Sinnesbeeinträchtigungen oder besonderen Bedürfnissen bitten wir ebenfalls vorab um Kontaktaufnahme via E-Mail unter info@journalismusfest.org, um individuell auf die jeweiligen Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten eingehen zu können.