Helmut Osang

Head Asia Division of Deutsche Welle Akademie

Helmut Osang (Ph.D.) is Head of the Asia Division of the DEUTSCHE WELLE AKADEMIE. Since joining the (former) Radio Training Centre of DW in 1993 as journalism trainer and media consultant, he has held dozens of workshops in Germany and abroad, in Africa, Middle East, South-East Europe - and Asia, in particular South-East Asia. In 1997, he taught "Radio Journalism" at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore. Helmut is a radio journalist with DW since 1984. Before that, he worked as writer and editor for various magazines, daily newspapers and news agencies (Reuters, Inter-Press Service) from 1975 on. He holds a doctorate degree in Media and Communication Studies and Sociology. In 2006, Helmut co-founded the German Forum Media and Development, which networks scholars, practitioners and policy makers from the North and the South to discuss issues of international media development.