Journalist Lloyd Libiso emphasizes that YLE’s news work should return to genuinely independent journalism.
Lloyd Libiso is also known for its Inttistoorit podcast and the latest Survivors in Finland. Miia Sirén
On Friday, Yle announced the changes caused by major change negotiations. 309 jobs are lost and 156 are redundancies. During the conversion negotiations, YLE news anchor Marjo Rein announced that she had resigned and criticized how the news work of the Finnish Broadcasting Company has changed.
Radio editor received from YleX Lloyd libiso tells Iltalehti that he has wondered about the criticism of the above.
– I have been confused about how we are now talking about independent journalism. Last summer, none of these types of voice were ready to defend independent news, Libiso says.
Libiso was highly criticized by Libiso last summer in high -diversity training. HR Eija Hakakari In the summer, Iltalehti told that the training in accordance with the equality plan of the entire YLE employees would not be related to journalistic work. The same thing said to Iltalehti worked on YleX programs Jenni Poikelus. According to Poikelus, education related to diversity was also related to the development of the functioning and equality of the work community and not to journalistic work.
“Make you think”
Former news anchor Marjo Rein told her private Facebook update how her attitude towards journalism has changed over the years.
Rein made his last news broadcast on January 14th.
– I understand that network and phone applications are an important part of news today. But if the same fragmented material and selfie journalism are also forced into TV news, I don’t think it is appropriate. Everything that works online does not, in my opinion, work on television, Rein wrote.
Some things Libiso agrees with Rhine.
– Yes, it tells the same picture that I myself have been bringing out. There is certainly something to be repaired in certain activities, leadership and culture, Libiso says.
– Now, the most recent long -time, the truly respected journalist even brought up worrying things. Yes, it makes you wonder why these things are not taken seriously.
Core task
As a result of the change negotiations, YLE will reduce the number of employees by 309.
– I know a lot of people. I understand that the situation where they are is certainly not nice, Libiso says.
However, the librisha for previously criticizes the high number of employees above. In 2023 There were just under 3,000 permanent employees in Ylä.
Libiso hopes that Yle will make solutions in the future that support the core task of the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
– The task of YLE is independent communication, the weight of the word independent. I hope that there are now smart solutions for the future, Libiso says.
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Last summer’s uproar:
- Yle has provided diversity training for its employees.
- Diversity training dealt with, among other things, sexual and gender minorities and anti-racism.
- Yle has denied that the training was mandatory. But, for example, YLE’s 2022 and 2023 annual report states that “content work requires participation in diversity training”.
- Libiso opened up from the highly excited biodiversity training of a journalist Ivan Puopolo podcast on July 24. The experiences reported by Libison differed from the comments from YLE’s management.
- Libiso was shelved for its presentation as a weekend presenter for YleX radio channel. In the fall of 2024, YleX Channel Manager and Lloyd Libiso himself refused to comment on the causes of the solution. – We found it best not to continue working with Libison on YleX weekend, channel manager Hanne Kautto Comment.