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”Danes can be a little reserved, so be
prepared to take the first step.” So says
the Handbook for International Programs
at DSJ. This semester there are 49 exchange
students at Journalisthøjskolen.
One of them is 28-year-old Antonia Zennaro,
who doesn’t think this description
fits the Danes
Text: Thea Berg Johansen
Photo: Lærke Posselt
It’s wednesday. As the sun is setting over Brabrand,
Antonia makes Italian coffee on the
ceramic stove. The bare walls in the apartment
show that the four girls who live here
haven’t been living here for long. The entry
phone at the door says ”Journalisthøjskolen
3. th.” They all moved in late January or the
beginning of February to attend a photo
journalism program at Journalisthøjskolen.
For the time being she is the only one who
is at home but it won’t be long before Antonia’s
kitchen is filled with people.
The Danes
Antonia was born in Germany but grew
up in Northern Italy. She moved to Århus
from Hamburg, and the difference between
the Danes and the German people, who she
knows so well, is striking.
”The Germans can be uptight and want to
have things their way. The Danes are more
easy going,” Antonia says and continues, ”I
like that the Danes want to taste life, and
that they know how to do so.”
The espresso can on the stove is boiling as
the first people show up at the apartment on
Emmasvej. Today a Danish girl, Katrine, is
coming to teach Antonia Danish, and two
guys from Antonia’s photo class is coming
to dinner.
”I really want to learn Danish, now that I
have the opportunity,” Antonia says. As the
kitchen is filling up with people, Antonia
starts cooking.
”This is why Italian women have such big
arms,” Antonia smiles, stirring polenta, a
heavy Italian maise porridge.
Coming to Århus
It has been
almost two
months since
Antonia moved
to Denmark.
After living in
Paris, Rome
and Hamburg,
Antonia knows
what it’s like to
start a life in a
new city,
”Changing
town is always
fucking hard.
It takes some
time to integrateyourself.”
All the
international
students in the
kitchen agree
that the school
has done a lot
to make them
feel welcome.
”We didn’t
have to think of
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Journaliststuderende er politisk aktive
Er det muligt at bedrive objektiv journalistik, samtidig med at man skilter med sine
holdninger i et politisk parti? Ja mener ekspert, nej mener to store praktisksteder
Tekst: Kresten Morten Munksgaard
At studerende på Journalisthøjskolen
har en holdning til det meste,
kan ikke overraske mange, der har
deres daglige gang på skolen. En
rundspørge blandt de studerende
viser, at en fjerdedel tidligere har
været medlem af et politisk parti.
Ni procent er det stadig. Blot fem
procent af den danske befolkning er
medlem af et parti. Det vil sige, at
næsten dobbelt så mange journaliststuderende
er politisk aktive i forhold
til resten af befolkningen.
Tallene overrasker ikke David Nicolas
Hopmann, der har skrevet en
ph.d.-afhandling på SDU om balance
og upartiskhed i politisk journalistik.
”Hvis man kigger på partimedlemmer,
vil der oftest være en overrepræsentation
af højtuddannede.
Derfor har det ikke nødvendigvis
noget at gøre med journalistuddannelsen,”
siger David Nicolas Hopmann.
Han påpeger desuden, at det
ofte sker, at folk, der interesserer sig
for politik ønsker at blive journalister.
Medlemskab kan blive et problem
Hos to af de store praktiksteder har
man en klar holdning til de medarbejdere,
der er medlem af et politisk
parti.
”Du kan ikke arbejde på TV2, hvis
du samtidig er medlem af et parti.
Det går ikke, at vi mistænkes for
at være i lommen på nogen, når vi
formidler nyheder. Både for vores
egen og journalistens skyld,” siger
redaktionschef for TV2 Nyhederne,
Jacob Nybroe.
Næsten samme melding lyder fra
Søren Holm-Hansen, praktikvejleder
på Jyllandsposten. Her er det
heller ikke velset, at man skilter med
sin politiske holdning, men han understreger,
at det ikke er noget de
kan eller vil kontrollere.
Begge medier understreger, at et
partimedlemskab ikke udelukker en
praktikplads, hvis blot praktikanten
melder sig ud af partiet, inden praktikken
starter.
Politisk aktive studerende
Anne Bjerregaard Kristensen på 5.
semester er tidligere folketingskandidat
for Kristendemokraterne og
er i dag aktiv i Cura ungdom, som
er en politisk tænketank, for unge
med kristendemokratiske holdninger.
Hun arbejder til dagligt på Altinget.dk
hvor hun er i praktik. Hun
mener ikke, det politiske engagement
skaber problemer for hendes
objektivitet.
”Jeg kan godt skille tingene ad. Jeg
er journalist og ikke politiker, så det
er ikke et problem. Faktisk har mit
The Danes are not as reserved as they think they are
anything when we came here,” Antonia says
and continues, ”We were picked up at the
train station, and they drove us to the place
where they had arranged for us to live.”
The past ten years Antonia has not
been living at home in the North Italian
mountains. Her passion for photography
has made her move around quite a bit. Journalisthøjskolen
is hopefully the professional
school for photography that she could not
find in her home country.
”So far I like the school and Denmark a lot.
politiske engagementet givet mig
bedre indsigt og et større netværk,
som jeg bruger i mit arbejde,” siger
Anne Bjerregaard Kristensen.
Forfejlet diskussion
David Nicolas Hopmann mener
hele diskussionen om partimedlemskab
er helt forfejlet.
”Bare fordi du melder dig ud af et
parti, ændrer du jo ikke holdninger.
Der findes ikke en knap, man kan
trykke på, og så bliver man objektiv,”
siger han.
Han mener ikke, at det er et problem,
at så mange journaliststuderende
er eller har været politisk
aktive.
”Der er ingen entydige beviser for,
at journalistikken i Danmark er
skævvredet, og jeg tror, at hele diskussionen
bunder i en grundlæggende
skepsis over for journalister,”
siger David Nicolas Hopmann.
I might consider moving here but I have
only been here two months, and maybe I
won’t find it as great after living here for five
years,” Antonia wonders. But right now she
values her time in Århus.
”I don’t think the Danes should have such a
negative view on themselves,” Antonia says
and continues, ” I really like the honesty of a
Danish handshake.”