My interview this morning with Erik Fichtelius started with a misunderstanding: I had implied that he had come from the party press, when in fact he had been a foreign correspondent with Aftonbladet - hardly the same thing. He went further though, and said that I had the wrong outlook on journalism in Sweden: the […]
After a number of false starts, I managed to speak with former DR director-general Christian Nissen this morning over the phone. We started by talking about his appointment. The appointment process - insofar as there was a process - seemed to me a curious mixture of informal queries through elite social networks - in this […]
Blogging has been a bit delayed recently with a number of trips to K\obenhavn and back. On one of those trips, I had to travel back to Aarhus to phone DR’s Head of News Ulrik Haagerup, who is, of course, based in K\obenhavn.
As Haagerup’s wikipedia entry shows, he’s risen up the ranks quickly. In response […]
Yesterday I went to visit Tage Baumann at the new DR-Byen in \Orestaden. I knew I would arrive early, but thought I could wander around the area and grab a bite to eat and a coffee before the interview. Unfortunately, this plan turned out to be a wishful projection based on the experience of BBC […]
Yesterday I met with Johannes Reimer, who’s been working for DR on-and-off since 1983. I’d asked to speak to him to give a longer-term perspective on DR, and he didn’t disappoint.
Johannes has a slightly awkward schedule, working one week as the program-chief for the early morning 6am to 10am programme, then next week switching over […]
I took my first trip to DR Aarhus today to interview Dianna Bach. Dianna started working for DR straight out of journalism school ten years ago, first in Aalborg and now in Aarhus. After starting as a reporter, she now presents a morning show (6am - 10am) on the regional radio network, with an estimated […]
