Category: commentary

• Unterstützen sie / Support “Soll sein Schulem”

  Ich versuche den letzten notwendigen Betrag zur Veröffentlichung meines Buches durch Crowdfunding zu erzielen. Wenn Sie in der Lage sind zu helfen, gehen Sie auf den Link unten. I have launched a crowdfunder-drive to cover the remainder of the costs of my book “Soll sein Schulem.” Please follow the link below https://gofund.me/efe7827d

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  Forever in Our Hearts – Für immer in unseren Herzen!

  Fünf Jahre sind seit dem schicksalhaften Inferno im Grenfell Tower in Londons Stadtteil Kensington inzwischen vergangen. Mit einem Theaterstück, einer weiter laufenden öffentlichen Untersuchung, einem Schweigemarsch und Plänen zu einem Denkmal wird die Erinnerung an den Brand, der 72 Menschenleben kostete, wachgehalten.

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  Out of breath – Being GB-correspondent in 2019

  (updated and corrected version – correcting a  page synthesizing  and creation error, which duplicated some sections and also removed some photos) The other day I heard a Dutch NPO-radio colleague speaking (in Dutch) about the stress of the last year as a Great Britain correspondent. He spoke of the fact that the year was evidently…

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  Narrow advantages over ethical journalism: Daily Telegraph et al. and the Grenfell Inquiry

  I am reminded of the degrees of hostility the profession rightfully received after the first days and weeks following the Grenfell disaster. People thought we, us journalists, penetrated their area in an intrusive manner, and whilst doing so, not really hearing or caring. The distrust was not the least based on the experience of decades-long…
• Be a Mensch first!

  Journalism used to be a respected profession. We go out and meet other people, share their stories, report them for the benefit of others. If we are considered to be rude or inappropriate, at worst let it be for a persistent question asked, for that is our trade, whilst we must know also our boundaries…
• Weitere Fotos zum Südwales Bericht in der taz

  Fotos in Begleitung meines Berichts über Südwest Wales, Brexit und industriellen Zerfall in der taz (hier) https://taz.de/Grossbritannien-und-die-EU/!5629650/ Photos that accompany my article about South West Wales, Brexit and industrial decline in the German taz here https://taz.de/Grossbritannien-und-die-EU/!5629650/