CONSTRUCTIVE AND ENGAGING JOURNALISM



GERD MARIA MAY

STRATEGIC MEDIA DEVELOPMENT, KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS

CLIMATE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY



STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT



I will help you develop a strategy that makes you more relevant to your audience.

I will help you connect the strategy with the everyday praxis and help you implement the good ideas in a way that brings you closer to your audience.

My focus is on the engaging and constructive communication.



WORKSHOP



If your organisation wants to get closer to your audience, I can help.

Through workshops I help make concrete plans, that you can implement with the given ressources.

My focus is on knowing your audience and figuring out how to engage them.



KEYNOTES



Why do the world, democracy, and media require constructive and engaging debate and journalism - and what is it? I give inspirational presentations based on theoretical knowledge and specific research, as well as 20 years of experience. I will develop the keynotes to the target audience.



ROOM OF SOLUTIONS



Room of Solutions is a debate -form where we meet to discuss possible solutions to relevant problems. The structure of the debate focuses on involving and engaging all participants in a constructive discussion.



- Gerd creates results. She urges, challenges and engages in taking new paths strongly based on a clear strategy. And then she makes sure that the effort is rooted in the organization before moving on to the next task.





Poul Kjærgaard, Editor-in-chief Fyens Stiftstidende



- Gerd is a thoughtleader in the development of future journalism and democratic conversation. She is dedicated, experienced and very good at what she does.





Ulrik Haagerup, CEO Constructive Institute



- Gerd is just what the future needs - a rule-breaker, community promoter, creator of ideas and science canon. She not only sees the future, but she also creates it along the way. She is what we future researchers call a real "game-changer.





Jack Nash, CEO & Founder, Example Company



- Gerd is one of the industry's most skilled and development-oriented professionals. I have known Gerd Maria May for many years, and I have also enjoyed being her leader while teaching at the journalistic education at SDU. Her skills and substantial experience in development, teaching and the principles and practices of journalism give her all the prerequisites for her work in developing journalism in an engaging and constructive direction.





Peter Bro, Professor in journalism, Head of Studies at the journalistic education at SDU.



- After workshop and one on one with Gerd, we now have an actionable plan for engaging new communities.





CEO and participant at workshop in audience engagement



- FANTASTIC PRESENTATION AND VERY COMPETENT LECTURER. WE WERE VERY INSPIRED, AND GERD MARIA SHOWED GREAT AND WIDE COMPETENCE ON THE THEME! THIS WILL CHANGE US AS JOURNALISTS!





Norwegian journalist after workshop in constructive and engaging journalism



My BACKGROUND





I have more than 20 years of experience in the media industry. In the last ten years, I have worked as a leader focusing on editorial development. As a Fellow at Constructive Institute at Aarhus University, I have done research in constructive journalism and developed a new set of journalistic values; STEP. I am the author of the journalistic textbook in engaging and constructive journalism, "From tower to Square".

I am a speaker, an author and consultant both in Denmark and abroad and teach at universities, postgraduate courses, and media companies. I work with established media companies as well as media start-ups.



MY vision





I think that the democratic conversation is one that everyone should experience as accessible. That the media invites users inside and provides democratic self-confidence to such a degree that everyone feels informed and able to take care of the problems they are experiencing in their lives. Journalism should involve, inform, investigate and inspire. I believe that journalism can engage and motivate people to participate in the positive development of our society. But it requires a change if we want to develop the democratic conversation. A change that I work to achieve, grow, and anchor.



SOME OF THE ORGANISATIONS I HAVE WORKED WITH:



ROOM OF SOLUTIONS IN THE MEDIA





Room of Solutions
Gerd Maria May
Johannevej 43, 5000 Odense C, Danmark | CVR nr: 41538112
| +45 2464 2516 | Gerdmay@gmail.com



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