Hostwriter co-founder and CEO Tabea Grzeszyk contributed an article to the online dossier “In conflict: the media and the AfD,” published by the German Journalism Union (DJU) at ver.di, in which she looks at the implications of reporting on right-wing populist parties such as the German “Alternative für Deutschland” (AfD).
However, in Tabea’s article, she notes that covering populism is only part of a far bigger challenge: We must take an uncomfortable step and confront ourselves with the prejudices and blind spots we have as journalists.
Read the article in German here.
Read the article translated into English here.