Media attention for alumna of Political Science

Janet van Klink writes in her thesis “Media In Bed With Our Tough Guys” that embedded journalists often do not offer the complete picture. According to her the journalists are unable to write freely and independently. The embedded journalists have a more positive way of writing about the mission, use one-sided information sources and the military actions are less often placed in a bigger context. These journalists focus on the operation itself whereas independent journalists more often focus on the violence and politics.


Several Dutch newspapers have interviewed Janet van Klink on her thesis, e.g., the university newspaper, Mare, the local newspaper of the North, het Friesch Dagblad and one of the national newspapers, the NRC. A radiostation has also shown interest in het thesis.

The full interview in the Mare is available in Dutch on the Mare website. The articles in het Friesch Dagblad and NRC are available in pdf (Dutch).  

Last Modified: 08-01-2009