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scoopcamp 2026 – Experts Discuss the Future of Journalism

scoopcamp 2026: Transformation, brand essence, and financing concepts dominate discussions at the media conference in Hamburg

scoop Awards 2026

Andrea Wasmuth und Amelie Marie Weber erhalten die scoop Awards 2026. Die Auszeichnungen verleihen wir am 9. September im Rahmen des scoopcamp. Jetzt Ticket sichern.

Creator Lift: Meet the Creators

These are the 10 creators from the first Creator Lift cohort.

New Investment Group Launches

The new investment group is intended to mobilize private capital and close existing funding gaps for startups.

These are the Media Lift Teams 2026

From AI-powered autobiographies and dementia support to protection against hate speech: These five startups have secured Media Lift funding for 2026.

Hamburg launches funding program for creators

With "Creator Lift", nextMedia.Hamburg is launching a new funding program for ambitious creators. The application period runs until May 31, 2026.

First AI Media Leaders Conference in Hamburg

Over 50 speakers and more than 350 experts from the media and digital economy spent an entire day discussing the topic of AI at the Mojo Club.

scoopcamp 2025 in Hamburg: The program is ready

scoopcamp, the conference for the publishers of the future, is entering its next round on September 10 in Hamburg. For the 17th time, the conference is inviting leading minds from the media industry to discuss the most important trends and challenges in digital journalism.

Podcast hosts of "OK, America?" receive the scoop Award 2025

This year's prestigious scoop award goes to Rieke Havertz and Klaus Brinkbäumer for the podcast "OK, America?". The award ceremony will take place as part of the scoopcamp on September 10, 2025 at SPACE in Hamburg.

Dr. Nina Klaß im SPACE Hamburg

AIM Leaders: First Conference on AI in the Media and Digital Industries

On November 27, nextMedia.Hamburg will bring together decision-makers from the media and digital industries for the first time to discuss AI.

All team members of the funded start-ups from Batch 7 stand together for a group photo with a view of HafenCity.

Media Lift Incubator 2025: Here Are the Startups

nextMedia.Hamburg announces the five teams selected for the Media Lift Incubator 2025.

The new nextMedia advisory board

20 top-class companies from the international media and digital industry - nextMedia.Hamburg introduces the new advisory board companies.

AI Remains in the Spotlight: 20 Media Trends for 2025

The Hamburg-based initiative nextMedia.Hamburg asked renowned experts from the media and digital industries for their predictions for the coming media year, 2025.

Die beiden Moderatoren von Lage der Nation Philip Banse und Ulf Buermeyer halten den scoopaward in Hand daneben. Links und rechts stehen Carsten Brosda und Nina Klaß.

scoopcamp 2024

Around 130 experts from the publishing industry discussed the future of the industry at scoopcamp 2024 "Lage der Nation" receives the scoop Award 2024.

Nia Klaß, Egbert Rühl and Carsten Brosda wearing elegant evening wear pose together for a photo.

One year of SPACE

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft and its nextMedia.Hamburg initiative are celebrating one year of SPACE and the first successes of the innovation space in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district.

Der SPACE ist bestuhlt und voll mit Fachpublikum für das scoopcamp. Im Hintergrund ist ein großer Bildschirm, auf dem der scoopcamp Schiftzug mit einem transparenten Megafon gezeigt wird.

Program scoopcamp 2024

The program is set. On September 11, 2024, the industry will meet at SPACE to discuss the most pressing challenges and latest developments in journalism.

The presenters of "Die Lage der Nation".

"State of the Nation" Wins Scoop Award

"A New Standard for In-Depth and Interactive Journalism": *Lage der Nation* Wins the 2024 Scoop Award.

In a storage room there are two further rooms with purple walls and window fronts. In the middle of the room is a long table with workstations.

New Partners at SPACE

ZEIT ONLINE and the pilot agency group are now SPACE partners of nextMedia.Hamburg, bringing the number of SPACE partnerships to twelve.

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"Attention Economy" Themed Festival

The next themed festival, taking place June 24–27 at the SPACE innovation hub in Hamburg, will focus on the topic of the “attention economy.”

The founders of the start-ups supported by MediaLift stand together on a promenade in Hafencity. A canal stretches out in the background.

Startups in the Media Lift Incubator 2024

nextMedia.Hamburg announces the five teams selected for the Media Lift Incubator 2024.

Interested visitors can try out various AI products.

First Themed Festival on Artificial Intelligence

From February 19 to 23, 2024, nextMedia.Hamburg invites you to a festival focused on AI for the media and digital industries at SPACE in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt

Graphic: How much trust do you have in media content created with the help of artificial intelligence? 82.8% of respondents have little to no trust. 13.1% are undecided. 4.1% have a high level of trust.

New survey by nextMedia.Hamburg

Need for education: More than 80 percent of respondents have no trust in AI-generated content

Predictions 2024

20 media trends for 2024

This is what the experts from the nextMedia.Hamburg network predict in their predictions for 2024.

A view of the entrance area of the SPACE. A large storage room with a long white kitchenette. The modern furnishings are in shades of yellow and pink.

Opening of the New SPACE Innovation Space

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft and nextMedia.Hamburg, together with partners from Hamburg’s content and technology industries, are opening the new innovation space SPACE in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt.

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