Dutch freelance journalist – Scandinavian correspondent, based in Denmark.
Contact:
Office: +45 46 96 33 45 or mobile: +45 20 12 92 19 | petra@sjouwerman.dk
Nederlandse versie | Dansk version | English version
Primary work:
- Articles in Dutch about social, political and cultural topics for media in the Netherlands and Belgium
- Articles in English about Scandinavia for international media
- Articles in Danish about topics from the Netherlands or Scandinavia for media in Denmark
Current projects:
- Feature reports on social-political topics from
Recent projects:
- Article about wind energy in Denmark (in Dutch magazine Terra)
- Article about water control in Denmark (in Dutch magazine Landwerk)
- Article about the possible relation between breast cancer and night shifts (in Dutch national newspaper Trouw: Denen erkennen risico nachtdienst)
CV:
2000 – Freelance journalist and Scandinavian correspondent based in Århus, Denmark
Have worked as a freelance journalist in Canada (1988 and 1992) and in Australia (2005), where I reported to media in the Netherlands.
Broad experience from the business world, worked as a translator/interpreter French, and as assistent-manager at Air France in Amsterdam.
In April 2007 Petra Sjouwerman was third prize winner “For Diversity, Against Discrimination”
EU Journalist Award 2006.
My article “Company recruits autistic people only”, explores how “differentness” can be an asset and throws a positive light on the issue of integration of autistic people.
Read winning article: Company recruits autistic people only