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From 7-11 September 2026, EUSTORY invites you to Hamburg, Germany for a multi-day, interactive youth workshop on constructive journalism at the EUSTORY Past Forward Festival!

Shaping the World with Stories: History, Media & Democracy

How do media and journalism influence the way we understand the past and present of the world we live in? Who decides which stories are told, and how real is our "reality" anyway?  

Meet other EUSTORY prize winners and dive into an interactive workshop where you'll explore how media shape narratives and try it out yourself. Guided by two experts from the Constructive Institute in Aarhus, Denmark, you'll step into the role of a journalist: critically questioning narratives, working with sources, and experimenting with new ways of telling historical stories that connect people instead of dividing them.  

Two people looking surprised while looking at an object in a hand. Nature in the backgorund: snow on grass and green trees.
Many young people sitting and holding up green A4 papers in a room.
Person with phone with many black cables filming another person sitting on a purple chair and holding a microphone that is connected to the phone in a hallway that goes deeply to the end of the photo.
Hallway with blue walls to the left and gray walls in the back. A person holding a phone and taking pictures of a person sitting at a desk and working on a PC.

Over three days, you'll get hands-on experience with the constructive journalism approach. You'll develop your own story idea, explore angles, work with historical material and sources, and finally produce a short video: from concept to recording and editing.  

Expect practical skills as well as new perspectives, and the chance to rethink how media can be part of a strong (and democratic) society – and how you can shape the stories of tomorrow.  

The workshop will be part of the EUSTORY Past Forward Festival that celebrates EUSTORY's 25th anniversary. Alongside your youth workshop programme on constructive journalism, you will also get to experience an inspiring mix of events and the atmosphere of an international festival with the vibrant EUSTORY community of EUSTORY history competition organisers, experts, activists and young Europeans from more than 20 countries.  

Are you ready to join?  

 

In Short

What: EUSTORY Past Forward Festival 2026 / Youth Workshop – Shaping the World with Stories: History, Media & Democracy

Moderators: journalists Sonja Morell and Jesper Himmelstrup (Constructive Institute) 

Participants: Up to 50 EUSTORY prize winners, aged 16–20, who have been nominated as eligible by their national EUSTORY history competition

Schedule:

07 September Arrival & Opening Event 

08 – 10 September Workshops, Festival Activities & Closing Event 

11 September Departure 

For more information, check the FAQs and our Terms and Conditions. If you are younger than 18 during the EUSTORY Past Forward Festival 2026, please fill out and have your parents sign the Declaration of Consent.

The Venues

KörberForum, Kehrwieder 12, 20457 Hamburg 

Mass of water in the front. Brown buildings behind it. Trees to the right. The Elbphilharmonie (blue, glass building) in the very back.

KörberHaus, Holzhude 1, 21029 Hamburg 

Brown building. "KörberHaus" written in white at the bottom over the door. The door and its surroundings are made of glass.

The Accomodation

H4 Hotel Hamburg Bergedorf, Holzhude 2, 21029 Hamburg 

Hotel room with beige wall, beige bed sheets, a beige chair and a blue floor.
Hotel from the outside in a corner (street goes to the left and to the back on the right side). Building is brown and beige.

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FAQs 

Terms and Conditions 

Declaration of Consent 

(if you are under 18 at the time of the event) 

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