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NDR is looking for young podcast stars: Who brings happiness into the microphone?
The NDR Podclass Contest 2024/25 promotes young podcast talent from Northern Germany. Students develop creative concepts on the topic of happiness.
NDR is looking for young podcast stars: Who brings happiness into the microphone?
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) has launched the exciting Podclass Contest 2024/25 to discover young podcast talent from Northern Germany! Since October 1st, eighth and ninth grade students from Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Hamburg have submitted their creative podcast concepts. The competition attracts school classes, working groups and project groups from all types of schools and promises exciting insights into the minds of young people.
This year's motto "Generation Happy? What goes into a happy life?" challenges participants to explore their own ideas about happiness. What does happiness mean to you? What social observations do they make? The students deal with topics such as family, friendship and the influence of social media. The NDR jury will select the best concepts, and the four winning teams will be able to produce their first podcast episode in the NDR studios in Hanover, Kiel, Schwerin and Hamburg!
The course of the competition
The learning phase started in October 2024 with the simply.Media Podcast Playbook, a manual full of useful tips and techniques. The teams developed their own talk formats and submitted their detailed concepts by November 22nd. The NDR jury will now select the three best teams from each federal state for the final, which will take place from December 2024 to February 2025. The finalists will be tasked with further developing their concepts and creating a complete script, which must be submitted by February 7, 2025.
The jury consists of experienced NDR employees who evaluate the entries and select the winning teams. Criteria such as originality, structure and the potential for serial production are taken into account in the decision. All twelve teams that make it to the final will receive a certificate, while the second and third place teams can also win prizes. The anticipation for the creative podcasts is huge, and the NDR professionals are on hand to support the teams throughout the entire process!