Students have two major assignments:

1. Dialogue project (7 weeks). Students dive into a societal problem and zoom in on specific places where it is manifest. They listen to affected people and other relevant sources, and they involve citizens through crowdsourcing techniques. They publish online and moderate.

2. Debate project (3 weeks). In small groups, students arrange and facilitate constructive debates and chose one of two types: A) A constructive debate between two people with opposing views or B) A conversation with at least six to ten people.

Students work in small editorial groups on production assignments from media partners. First, they seek out their audience in real life and on social media. They consult them on topics and angles. In the second phase, they arrive at productions in which they involve their audiences before, during and after the publication process. Finally, they evaluate the process and reflect on audience engagement in journalism.

In editorial teams, students research and produce a journalistic product on a specific topic and implement it in cooperation with a media partner. The product should serve as a best-practice example of constructive and dialogue based journalism. They learn how to have newsroom discussions and how to moderate a debate.