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March 12th 2010 Hans Laroes, editor-in-chief N O S News. NOS : part of Dutch Broadcasting Organization NPO NOS : news, sports end events. N O S News:. All news bulletins on radio, TV and the internet, and current affairs programming. Teletext. Websites, blog, etc; mobile news sites.
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March 12th 2010 Hans Laroes, editor-in-chief NOS News
NOS: part of Dutch Broadcasting Organization NPO NOS: news, sports end events
NOS News: • All news bulletins on radio, TV and the internet, and current affairs programming. • Teletext. • Websites, blog, etc; mobile news sites. • Digital channels: Politics24 and News24. • Streaming video on mobile phones, esp. I-Phone. • Website and programming on TV for kids (9-12: “NOS-Jeugdjournaal”). • Website and programming for younger people: NOS-Headlines and “Journaal-op-3” (news on the third network), Radio 3FM. • NOS-News on Tour: Education, workshops, debates on schools and universities.
NOSNews: • Budget NOS-News: 47 million euro’s • Budget NPO: about 750 million euro’s • Financing: • 2/3 public funding • 1/3 commercials. • But: “the money from commercials goes to the government” • (no relationship between results [number of viewers] and income)
NOSNews: • NOS: The number 1 broadcaster/ news organization. • Main bulletin 2 million viewers every night. • Competition, RTL: 1.1 million viewers. • No real competition on radio. • Website: breaking news, elections, big stories: • 1 million unique viewers a day. • “Reliable, Quality and Innovative”
NOSNews: • Strategic goals: • Being everywhere. • Being there any time. • Being liked and respected. • Being close.
NOSNews: • Recent history: • 2006: • integration of radio, TV, teletext and internet departments completely digitalized. • Together with: cut backs on the budget: 52 – 47 million • First year: TROUBLE! • Then: The “avant garde” gets is. • Everyone is beginning to like the possibilities of the digital age. • Experiment! Experiment! Experiment! • (Everything is possible, failure is impossible!) • New outings, new workflow, new successes, new praise • (check the bulletins on your playstation!).
NOSNews: • Important new developments. • Leave the Olympus. • Relationships are horizontal, not vertical. • Individuals are your partners! • Connect with each individual. • (through all these wonderful digital possibilities). • NOS Net: Tell us what you know. • Be transparent (Blogs). • Explain your choices, discuss your mistakes
NOSNews: • Be independent! • Your bosses: The audiences, the taxpayers. • NOT: Politicians, board of Directors. NO WAY • They have to grant you the opportunity to criticize them, to publish uneasy stories, to bring governments down. • They have to guarantee you independence, your budget, for a long term. • And: • An editor-in-chief is not a politician, but a journalist. She/he ought to be appointed on the base of her/his journalistic/managerial potential. • Your job: Perform excellent journalism (contracts!); connect; be a partner that deserves trust; be transparent; be innovative; help bring the digital age to your country. • AND………
…….HAVE FUN!!“Journalism is a wonderful, important, 24/7 kind-of-a-job”