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The headline on the DN cover on Sunday read: “These are facts, no opinion.” On December 6, climate activist Greta Thunberg was a guest editor-in-chief, in an exclusive DN collaboration.
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The project has awakened attention in the Swedish and international media. In Germany, where Greta Thunberg has made a big impact, the DPA news agency has asked several editors-in-chief if they might consider doing something similar.
– Greta Thunberg in the editorial office of Tagesspiegel? It could be an interesting day, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Mathias Müller tells the news agency.
But it would be problematic for the editor-in-chief to lend his role, he says.
– It could clash with our values, where journalistic independence is at the center, he says.
Here you can read e-DN on December 6
Kurt Stukenberg, The deputy head of the Spiegel Journal Science Department has a similar attitude.
– The activists are good sources of information, but obviously they are not independent, he tells DPA.
The editors-in-chief of Stern and Taz newspapers, however, have a different opinion. Both newspapers have previously collaborated with climate activists in publishing special climate topics. Barbara Junge, editor-in-chief of Taz, emphasizes to DPA that in such situations it is important that the newspaper does not hand over all responsibility to the guest editor, but rather works together with him.
DN editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski has also emphasized that even as Greta Thunberg is guest editor-in-chief, he retains his journalistic and legal responsibility, and that the same basic professional ethics and journalistic values apply. always.
When the Stern newspaper collaborated with the climate movement Fridays for Future, editor-in-chief Anna-Beeke Gretemeier wrote on Twitter that Stern is no longer climate neutral. “We must act. Before it’s too late,” was his statement.
In Germany, Greta Thunberg’s school strike has had a great impact. In connection with the climate summit in Katowice last year, a school strike was organized in Munich.
Photo: Sachelle Babbar
In various swedes media, DN’s decision has drawn criticism. Anna Careborg of Svenska Dagbladet wrote that it would be unthinkable for the newspaper to hand over the editor-in-chief to an activist. Beatrice Rindevall, from the ETC newspaper, for her part, said that many of those who criticize the project throw stones at the glass houses, because they themselves have done it wrong with their climate monitoring. But she wasn’t sure about the project, either, which she called a cheap public relations stunt.
When DN editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski introduced the next project in October, he wrote about how most of the mainstream media has been well-intentioned, but still failed to grasp the scope of the climate crisis.
“It is provocative to do things differently, to accept outside help, to say that you are not happy with what has been done so far. But it is also worth taking the risk, since the climate must be valued in the media. We cannot continue to treat this crisis as a special issue among ten others, ”wrote Peter Wolodarski.
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