Dusseldorf “Turning point”, “caesura”, “turning point” – the events in Ukraine last week divide the world into a before and after for many people. Because suddenly there is a war in Europe.
As the Handelsblatt editorial team, this war presents us with new technical and emotional challenges. On the one hand, journalism is particularly important in times when nothing is really clear. It is our job to collect, sort and evaluate information. On the other hand, people also work in editorial offices. People who now scroll through hundreds of pictures and videos every day that show violence, suffering and sometimes death. People who traveled to the crisis area as reporters and, surprised by the speed of the invasion, suddenly no longer knew whether they would still be able to leave the country.
We have therefore decided to use the current episode of “Handelsblatt Rethink Work”, the podcast about people, the new world of work and leadership, to provide an insight into our world of work.
In the show, our editors-in-chief Sebastian Matthes and Kirsten Ludowig talk about the changes that the war means for our newsroom. Head of foreign affairs Nicole Bastian tells how she sent our reporter Jürgen Klöckner to Kyiv on Tuesday to do research, only to then have to worry about his departure from Thursday. Jürgen Klöckner himself reports how he experienced the situation as a German journalist on the Ukrainian-Polish border, where he was not allowed to leave the country for almost 48 hours. And the deputy head of department for economic policy, Daniel Klager, explains how the editors check facts for the news blog on a daily basis and sort out propaganda.
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More: You can hear the previous episode of Handelsblatt Rethink Work here