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The strongest online platforms are Facebook and YouTube. TV usage reaches 117 million contacts per week and radio usage remains stable at 50 million.</p> <div class="picBox full "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/55655068" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/55655068_401.jpg" title="Studio der Sendung DW-News" alt="Studio der Sendung DW-News"> </a> </div> <p><strong>Our Vision</strong></p> <p>By 2025, DW wants to strengthen its position as an essential source of digital information that inspires its target group with regionally-relevant, on-demand content that encourages dialogue.</p> <p>DW Akademie is on track to becoming the leading European institution for media development.</p> <div class="picBox full "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/53678617" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/53678617_401.jpg" title="JaafarTalk aus dem jordanischen Flüchtlingslager Zatari" alt="JaafarTalk aus dem jordanischen Flüchtlingslager Zatari"> </a> <p>TV show JaafarTalk in Jordan</p> </div> <p><strong>Our Programming</strong></p> <p>Our offerings convey Germany as a liberal democracy rooted in European culture, providing a forum for German (and other) points of view on important topics, with the aim of promoting understanding and the exchange of ideas among different cultures and peoples.</p> <div class="picBox medium rechts "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/55359668" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/55359668_404.jpg" title="DW-Sendung To the Point - Totale" alt="DW-Sendung To the Point - Totale"> </a> <p>Talk show To the Point recorded at DW's Berlin studios</p> </div> <p>Our experts produce high-quality multimedia content distributed through television, radio, social media and the internet. Our portfolio comprises TV channels in English, Arabic, Spanish and German; and digital content in 30 languages. Our 24-hour English language TV channel is available almost everywhere in the world.</p> <p>Working locally in our target regions and with regional partners ensures that our content caters to our audience’s interests and demands.</p> <p><em><strong>Freedom. Dialogue. Expertise.</strong></em></p> <div class="picBox medium "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/55140810" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/55140810_404.jpg" title="Eric Topona | DW Studio | Arbre à Palabre" alt="Eric Topona | DW Studio | Arbre à Palabre"> </a> <p>DW radio studio in Bonn, Germany</p> </div> <p>Our aim is to foster a peaceful, stable global community. Therefore, we focus on topics such as freedom and human rights, democracy and good governance, free trade and social justice, health education and environmental protection, technology and innovation. </p> <p><strong>Our Audience</strong><br> </p> <p>We reach out to young people, to opinion leaders, to those actively involved in public debate, and to everyone striving to understand what is happening in the world. Through our audience approach, we tell stories close to the hearts of our users, viewers and listeners and their everyday reality. We provide platforms for dialogue, we listen to their concerns, speak their languages and close information gaps.</p> <p>Our German-language offerings are directed towards German speakers abroad and to those who teach or want to learn German.</p> <p><strong>Our Distribution</strong></p> <p>We rely on a global satellite network, on our roughly 5,000 partner stations, on the internet and increasingly, on mobile distribution. The DW app offers online content according to user preferences. Our radio broadcasts in ten languages continue to reach many people in Africa and parts of Asia. </p> <p><strong>Our DW Akademie</strong></p> <p>We believe that journalism, education and culture improve people's lives and that reliable, unbiased information and universal access to knowledge are fundamental rights.</p> <div class="picBox full "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/46803504" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/46803504_401.jpg" title="DW Akademie republica Accra" alt="DW Akademie republica Accra"> </a> <p>DW Akademie in Accra, Ghana</p> </div> <p>Together with our partners around the world, we work to promote freedom of expression, human rights and the development of functioning media systems.</p> <p>Our core focus areas are Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Media Viability, Media and Journalism Education and Innovation for Dialogue and Digital Rights. 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More than 2,000 participants from over 140 countries make the annual meeting at the plenary hall of the former German Bundestag in Bonn – known today as the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) – "The place made for minds."<br> <br> </p> <div class="picBox full "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/16639109" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/16639109_401.jpg" title="Global Media Forum 2012" alt="Global Media Forum 2012"> </a> <p>DW's Global Media Forum at the WCCB in 2012 </p> </div> <p>Media professionals get together to discuss the latest socio-political issues of our time and, in particular, how they relate to and are dealt with by the media. They are joined by decision-makers and influencers from politics and civil society, culture, education, business and science.</p> <p><strong>Our Organization</strong></p> <p>DW is a public broadcaster financed by federal tax resources. Worldwide more than  4,000 employees of more than 140 nationalities are working for a common goal.</p> <div class="picBox medium rechts "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/52364943/15665430" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/15665430_404.jpg" title="Deutsche Welle, Funkhaus Bonn" alt="Deutsche Welle, Funkhaus Bonn"> </a> <p>DW headquarters in Bonn</p> </div> <p><em><strong>Diversity</strong></em></p> <p>DW promotes a working environment that is free of prejudice. The aim is for all employees to feel respected and appreciated - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.</p> <p>Since 2011, DW has been a member of the German employers' initiative <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038/https://www.charta-der-vielfalt.de/en/" target="_blank" class="icon external" rel="nofollow noopener">Charta der Vielfalt</a> (charter of diversity) which is committed to promoting diversity in the workplace. </p> <p>With the establishment of the International Relations and Diversity department in November 2019, DW's management has made diversity a high priority and initiated change processes.</p> <p>Our <strong>Code of Conduct</strong> describes the values we adhere to as part of our company culture and defines our responsibility towards our users and partners, society and the environment.</p> <p><strong><em>Sustainability</em></strong></p> <p>DW operates sustainably, by using resources efficiently, reducing its environmental footprint and getting involved in social issues.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col2">  <div class="subHeader subHeaderTeaser">Corporate information</div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below"> <a href="/web/20220113090038/https://www.dw.com/en/our-mission-strategy-and-goals/a-18230211"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/50612895_302.jpg" alt="default" title="default"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> Our mission, strategy and goals </h2> <p>Several documents define why DW was founded in 1953 and where Germany's international media organization is headed in the next few years.   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>   <div class="col2 avTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="imgTeaserM video">  </div> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below"> <a href="/web/20220113090038/https://www.dw.com/en/head-of-international-relations-and-diversity/a-16100853"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/51115717_302.jpg" title="DW Zahra Nedjabat" alt="DW Zahra Nedjabat"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h4>Diversity Management</h4> <h2> Head of International Relations and Diversity </h2> <p>Zahra Nedjabat is the head of the department International Relations and Diversity at DW.   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 pictureTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="imgTeaserM below black" id="pictureteaser_44406942"> <div class="teaserImg"> <a href="/web/20220113090038/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-freedom/s-101506" target="_blank"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113090038im_/https://static.dw.com/image/41300461_302.jpg" title="Teaser klein | DW Freedom Speech. 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