Research program Pointer will open its own editorial office on Wednesday in an empty shop in the heart of Emmen. Tipsters can tell their story there. The editors of Dagblad van het Noorden are also involved in the project.
For a month, the journalists present dive into known and unknown issues raised by Drenthe. Not from an editorial office in Hilversum, but in the vicinity of those stories. Close to the skin of tipsters, experts by experience and responsible determinants and administrators. The results of the regional surveys are published in broadcasts on Radio 1, de website of and through Newspaper of the North .
High-profile stories
In any case, the editors are already targeting the water injection in Schoonebeek and the health gap in the Veenkoloniën. Previously, the pop-up editors in three previous cities have already produced high-profile stories. “For example, about the ongoing mining damage in Heerlen, which, just like in Groningen, is not handled properly, or the large-scale felling of trees in Almelo against the will of local residents,” says Pim Peterse of pointer .
From Wednesday 12 April, journalists can be found in an empty part of the Vlinderpassage on the corner of the Markt and Raadshuisplein. That same night the kickoff with a so-called meet-up in event location De Hondsrug, formerly hotel de Giraf.
At the table
Under the leadership of presenter Niels Heithuis, there will be a discussion about the health gap in the Veenkoloniën, regional dissatisfaction and the waste water injection in Schoonebeek. Guests will be guests for and opponents of the NAM plans and experts such as professor by special appointment of Regional Vitality Marijn Molema.
On the next four Saturday mornings, so-called ‘research tables’ will be held at the editorial office on the Marktplein, where residents will conduct research together with experts and journalists. The editors show how they work and what choices they make. The aim is to jointly get to the bottom of local issues and regional abuses.
The popup of pointer and DVHN is open every Wednesday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm. The editors can also be reached via the tip phone on 06-16636491 and a website .