Transcript To be a journalist in Brussels - Association for Community Colleges

To be a journalist in
Brussels
Quotes of Ina Strazdina from her presentation
at the Community College on Media and
Europe in Sārnate (LV) June 2010.
The quotes do not necessarily reflect Ina
Strazdina’s opinions. They are mostly of
descriptive nature.
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”Actually, I am both an
educator, a journalist, and an
informer, … it is a mix is my
answer.”
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”What comes from the EUCommission is kind of
propaganda”
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”As a journalist in Brussels I
am a servant of my country.”
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”EU-journalists are there to
cover what is important for
their home countries.”
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”Networking is necessary. If you
are a professional you know
where to draw the line.”
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”As Brussels journalists we are
”nationalist” – kind of
soldiers of our countries.”
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”It is difficult to ”sell” a
European story. Your boss will
always impose the national
angle. There is no other way in
Latvia. It is always so in the
foreign sector, and I think it
counts everywhere.”
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”We cannot expect that people
read European media.”
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”European Voice, Observer,
Euractiv … I don’t think there
are any more European media.”
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