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Black Lives Matter NL vapor protest, Fireworks ban petition and corona communication approach Diederik Gommers nominated for Issue Award 2021

Amstelveen, (January 18, 2021) – The Vapor Protest against institutional racism organized by Caitlin Schaap, Naomie Pieter, Elvin Rigters, Mitchell Esajas and Jerry Afriyie (KOZP), the petition for a ban on (consumer) fireworks by initiators of the Fireworks Manifesto and the communication approach around corona by Diederik Gommers have been nominated for the Issue Award 2021. The Issue Award has been presented every year since 2010 to the person…

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What corona has taught us

We are in the last days of an eventful year. A year in which the coronavirus has now had an iron grip on our society for three quarters of a year. A year in which communication was characterized as a crucial profession. And a year in which…

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The Red Threads of 2020 – by Guido Rijnja

A month ago, the jury of the Issue Award considered social issues of 2020 and the way in which people and organizations drew attention to them. Guido Rijnja, communications policy advisor at the Government Information Service and one of the jury members, noticed some…

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Thought Leader Thursday – Iris de Vries (Physician and Lifestyle): “Our immune system is insufficiently resistant to infectious diseases”

In the Thought Leader Thursday series, we speak to an expert in the field of a specific issue every Thursday. This week we speak to Iris de Vries, chairman of the Arts and Lifestyle Association. Iris talks about the state of the lifestyle issue,…

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How is… Tim Hofman | Issue Award winner 2019: “Winning the Issue Award definitely gave us a boost.”

Two years ago, presenter and program maker Tim Hofman received the Issue Award 2019 for his initiative of a petition for a broader Children's Pardon after his #BOOS documentary 'Back to your own country'. He tells us what winning this award…

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