The Journal was a news programme on Deutsche Welle broadcast from its studios in Berlin, Germany. It was broadcast every day, usually on the hour, and was available in English, German, Spanish and Arabic. These were broadcast via satellites to different parts of the world, but all these channels could be viewed via the media centre on DW's website and are often relayed via local broadcasters/channels. The Journal was first broadcast on 1 April 1992 when RIAS-TV became DW. Major rebrands of the Journal took place in 1994, 1999, 2002 and 2006. The Journal ended on 22 June 2015 after DW-TV reorganized and the programme succeeded by DW News.
Editions
There were three, 15 and 30-minute editions of the Journal throughout the day at differing times.
Weekdays
For the 30 minute broadcast, two news anchors were relaying the news. These editions also offered a business news segment, complete with on-screen ticker depicting European and German stocks, shares and commodity changes. The English-language Journal was 30 minutes long during weekdays at 0100, 1400 and 1900 UTC. The Spanish-language Journal was half-an-hour long at 2200 and 0100 UTC. The 30-minute Journal in German could be seen at 1300 and 2100 UTC.
Weekends
Similar to the weekday edition, apart from sports news were shown, rather than business. Also, the last 15-minute segment of each 30-minute broadcast was allotted to one of the following:
The programme was again revamped in 2009. On weekdays, Journal With Business or Journal mit Wirtschaft in German, was aired alongside Journal with In Depth. A new edition, Journal with Business Review or in German, Journal mit Wirtschaftsbilanz broadcast along with three editions such as Journal with Interview or Journal mit Interview in German, was broadcast on weekends. Journal with The Week and Journal with Reporters.
2012 new look
As of 2012, the Journal has new format following the rebrand of DW-TV to DW in February 2012. Spanish-language programming was limited to two hours per day until this rebrand and now DW offers 24-hour coverage in Spanish. The Arabic-language output has also increased. In order to facilitate these extra commitments, the Journal was no longer always 30 minutes in any language. There were three-minute summaries, 15-minute editions and full 30-minute programmes.
