No free tickets for journalists in the cultural sector: censorship or just a matter of business?

by Wijbrand Schaap
16 June 201829 March 2022
5 min read
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Menno Pols, verslaggever van De Gelderlander, kreeg dit jaar geen accreditatie (vrijkaart en andere voordelen) voor het driedaagse festival Manana Manana in Vorden. Reden: een artikel van zijn hand, vorig jaar, over de geldstromen binnen de club achter het festival. Die club verdient miljoenen met vooral de Zwarte Cross, met 220.000 verkochte kaarten het grootste festival van Nederland. De accreditatie is wel verleend aan collega’s bij dezelfde krant.
De organisatie, De Feestfabriek, gaf de vol...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

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Wijbrand Schaap( Journalist )

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009.
Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.

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