Welcome to the Department of Communication (IfK) at the University of Münster.

On 11 September 2025, the future of local journalism took centre stage in Berlin. Around 150 experts from the fields of politics, academia, media regulation and practice gathered at the Local Journalism Congress to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing local information services in the digital age.

From 24 to 26 September 2025, the annual conference of the DGPuK Journalism Research Section took place on the topic of ‘Journalism and Borders’. The conference was hosted by the Department for Communication Studies (IfK) at the University of Münster. 

Anne Mollen, Sigrid Kannengießer, and Anastasia Glawatzki have been awarded the prize for the "Best Innovative Contribution" by the Digital Communication division of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK) and the ICA's Human Machine Communication (HMC) division. The award was presented on September 16, 2025, during the joint conference "Machines as (new) actors in digital communication: challenges and opportunities for science and society" held by the DGPuK and ICA in Dresden.

The new fellow at the Centre for Research on Digital Public Spheres comes from the United Kingdom: Dr Janna Joceli Omena from King's College London will be visiting the IfK from September.