• HOW TO COVER POPULIST POLITICIANS, Sept. 10, 2024

        The relentless march towards power of populist politicians in elections across the world causes quite a few problems for colleagues trying to decide how to cover them. Do you starve them of the oxygen of publicity or cover their every quotable and controversial intervention? In Belgium there are some French speaking journalists who impose a cordon sanitaire around their utterances; elsewhere journalists believe in exposure. How do ombuds cope in those circumstances? 

         

        With guest speakers:

    Adriana Gomez, currently covering Donald Trump’s campaign trail for the Associated Press

    Bert Lauwers, ombudsman, VRT News

    Ruud Hendrickx, VRT adviser for programme ethics and professional integrity


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