Our Editorial Team – Reporting from the Neighborhood

In the multilingual local newsroom for Halle-Neustadt, you report on the topics that matter to you. In our open editorial meetings, you share your ideas and connect with others who support you in your project. In hands-on workshops, you’ll learn the basics of journalism and apply your new knowledge right away in your first research assignment. Whether as a reporter, filmmaker, or podcaster – stop by and discover your potential. Join our editorial team now. No prior experience required.

Info: redaktion@unser-haneu.de

  • 69 men – and a single woman in Halle-Neustadt
    Abdullah Alqaseer vor dem Straßenschild der Lise-Meitner-Straße. © Emma Alqaseer

    69 men – and a single woman in Halle-Neustadt

    Street names are more than orientation. They tell who a city considers memorable. When working for the “StreetQR” project, Abdullah Alqaseer In Halle-Neustadt came across a striking space – and when asked how they has arisen.

  • Ice cream with Halle’s writer-in-residence Aron Boks: Was there a stronger sense of community in the past—or not?
    Der Schrifsteller Aron Boks im Gespräch mit Unser HaNeu

    Ice cream with Halle’s writer-in-residence Aron Boks: Was there a stronger sense of community in the past—or not?

    Ice cream parlors are actually perfect meeting places. After all, all walks of life meet here, thinks Aron Boks and licks a pistachio ball with relish. Aron Boks is a writer, columnist, poetry slamer and this year’s town clerk of Halle until the end of September. For this task, he set the search for community as a topic and visited various meeting places in the city for his research. So it’s high time for a meeting with us in Halle-Neustadt. What about community and social cohesion today? How does his ADHD disease affect his creative work? What does the after-turn child think about his own East identity and how is he doing with the upcoming state elections as a native of Saxony-Anhalt? We invited Aron Boks to talk and he put us on a scoop of ice cream.

  • Digital Remembrance Culture: Preserve Neustadt’s Heritage
    Collage mit Material von Olaf Gorgas (Unser HaNeu) und Heinrich Renner (Nachlass Stadtarchiv Halle (Saale))

    Digital Remembrance Culture: Preserve Neustadt’s Heritage

    The urban heritage of the Neustadt is unknown to many. An initiative of various residents wants to change that: why a digital history book for Halle-Neustadt is needed.

  • Bureau de Change

    Bureau de Change

    We exchange stories. Bureau de Change is a UK-German community arts project by Kulturbühne Neustadt / Passage 13 in Halle-Neustadt and The Highrise Project in Armley (Leeds, UK). Both neighbourhoods have industrial histories. Together, we explore what makes places meaningful: memories, hidden places, meeting points, and everyday stories. Our “exchange office” in public space is a…

  • Pieces of Home: Exhibition Seeks Answers for a Contentious Concept
    Die Künstler und Künstlerinnen der Ausstellung “Pieces of Home”, die Teilnehmende des Projekts “HeimArt” gestaltet haben

    Pieces of Home: Exhibition Seeks Answers for a Contentious Concept

    What do terms like Heimat (home/homeland) and belonging mean to people in a district undergoing radical change? Twelve artists from our “HeimArt” art project spent several months searching for answers.

  • Iftar – A Feast for All Senses
    Iftar in Halle-Neustadt: im Ramadan begehen Muslime das Fastenbrechen mit einem Abendessen in Gemeinschaft © KI-generiert / Adobe Firefly

    Iftar – A Feast for All Senses

    Our neighborhood reporter Dagmar got to know the culinary side of Islam during Ramadan and immersed herself in the tradition of breaking the fast. Here is what she learned about herself and her Muslim neighbors and friends.