Dutch Press Officers: Sorry, National Media Only
Correspondents have it hard. Finding stories that can hit a chord with foreign audiences isn’t an easy task. Sometimes, it’s not even the story, it’s just the Foreign Desk’s budget that is too short: so editors need to be picky when choosing for which report they’ll pay.
The case of El País & Chavez’s wrong picture
Spanish prestigious newspaper El País had a case of bad judgment when it published an unverified photo of an ill man believed to be Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez. The head of state is currently in a Cuban hospital to treat his cancer.
If Clark Kent is not putting up with it anymore, why should we?
Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent is quitting his job as a reporter at the Daily Planet. He is fed up with ‘soft’ news and wants to do ‘real’ journalism. It is therefore ironic that a multitude of newspapers and journalists picked up on the infotainment story and reported on a fictional character as if Kent’s...
How long will investigative journalism last?
Alright, the title is misleading. There will always be investigative journalism, but no can argue that it has become a privilege for few. The head of the jury for the prize of the Dutch Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ) put the right question forward: is there any space left for investigative journalism in newsrooms? Ad...
Report: Could the economic crisis undermine Portuguese drugs policy?
The Dutch are known for their light approach to drugs – even though policies have become more rigid in recent years. Dozens of thousands of kilometres south of the Netherlands another fellow EU country has been worldwide praised for its drugs policies. It’s been ten years since the Portuguese government decriminalized drugs. While the substance...
