About

  • Editor-in-chief Sp!ts, 3rd largest newspaper in the Netherlands. Daily readership of 1,7 million.
  • Member of the Dutch Press Complaints Commission.
  • Member of the jury of the “Silver Camera”, the national yearly award for photojournalism.
  • Board member of Kim, forum for reflection on (the ethics of) journalism.
  • Member of the committee for contact with professionals at the Tilburg based Fontys School of Journalism (FHJ).
  • Between January-June 2009 member of the temporary commission “Innovation and Future of the Press” of the minister of Media.
  • Former editor-in-chief of Dagblad De Limburger.
  • Master in Eastern European History and the author of “Alles voor het Nieuws” (1994).

    Living in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Cycling addict. Married, two kids.