A real storytelling platform for your students
The Duckling School Program gives students access to a platform where they create and publish their own stories, guided by professional journalists.
How it works
Free: Journalist for a Day
In the Journalist for a Day workshop, which we developed with Constructive Institute, a group of journalists with experience from organizations such as DR, Zetland, and TV 2 visit your school and work directly with students. They do interviews, research an publish a final story.
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Create a finished story with text, photo, video and audio.
Interview fellow students, teachers, and external sources
Distinguish between facts and opinions and think critically
Reflect on the role of the media in democracy
Give constructive feedback
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In a world shaped by algorithms and information overload, students need more than media consumption. They need a voice. Duckling gives them the tools and space to reflect, create, and contribute.
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High schools, efterskoler, højskoler og grundskoler (ældste trin))
Teachers in Danish, media, social science
Project-based learning environments
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Duration can be full day, half day or 2 modules (90 minutes)
Can be for an entire school or single classes.
Location: At school
Language: Danish or English
School Paper of the Future
An ongoing program where students create and run their own digital school paper using the Duckling app.
It provides a different kind of platform, where students publish stories that matter, instead of just scrolling.
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Run an editorial team
Publish stories regularly
Interview people in their community
Cover topics that matter to their school
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In a world shaped by algorithms and information overload, students need more than media consumption. They need a voice. Duckling gives them the tools and space to reflect, create, and contribute.
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High schools, efterskoler, højskoler og grundskoler (ældste trin))
Teachers in Danish, media, social science
Project-based learning environments
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Students and teachers get access to an online toolkit and guidance from a professional journalist. Together, they set up an editorial team, build a publishing rhythm, and develop an editorial calendar—while connecting and collaborating with other schools.
What teachers are saying:
"Duckling has run workshops with several of our classes. It’s wonderful to see how engaged they become."
Claus Witfeldt
Teacher, Ørestad High School.
“We have developed a digital school paper together with Duckling, and we can see that it makes a significant difference for students."
Susanne Kudahl
Teacher, Borupgaard High School
Stories that help us see the world differently
Duckling combines editorial stories from experienced journalists with community stories created by emerging storytellers.
The Duckling App
The Duckling app is a place to discover thoughtful stories and publish your own. Designed for curiosity, compassion and critical thinking, the platform helps stories travel through communities that care about ideas and understanding. Instead of endless scrolling and outrage, Duckling gives space to stories that help us see the world in new ways.
Discover stories
Explore thoughtful stories from journalists, photographers, filmmakers and young storytellers. Stories combine writing, photography, audio and video.
Publish your own stories
Anyone can become a storyteller. Create stories about people, ideas and places that matter to you.
Join communities
Stories live inside communities where people share interests and perspectives. In Duckling’s communities people care for each other and help share thoughtful stories to the right audience.
A compassionate platform
Duckling’s app is designed to encourage curiosity, compassion and critical thinking. No hate. No gossip. No algorithmic outrage. Just thoughtful storytelling.
