
Dutch Problogger for nrc.next
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Dutch Problogger for nrc.next
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
Ernst-Jan Pfauth (23) is a blogger and journalist, who previously worked in New York to cover news at the United Nations. He's currently blogging at Dutch quality newspaper nrc.next and co-organized an international bloggers conference in Amsterdam on October 24, 2008. Before writing for nrc.next, he was the editor in chief of The Next Web, an international Web 2.0 blog.
Ok, enough for third person now. I'm regularly speaking about blogging and journalism. You can book me via The Next Speaker: http://thenextspeaker.com/sprekers/ernst-jan-pfauth/
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
(Online Media industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Together with Edial Dekker and Meganova, I'm organizing a conference for bloggers in Amsterdam on October 24. BLOG08 is about bringing people together who share an interest in blogging. Our theme is Rockstars of the Web.
Keynote speakers include Mashable's Pete Cashmore and Gapingvoid's Hugh MacLeod.
(Online Media industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Founder of the communications blog www.spotlighteffect.nl. Counts 1000 unique visitors each day, twelve talented writers and often appears in national media. Won a Dutch Bloggie for best marketing blog in 2008.
(Online Media industry)
November 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 4 months)
The Next Web Blog, first started in 2006, is a weblog that reports on everything that influences the future of the Web, in any way.
We profile interesting products, start-ups and existing companies that are building the Next Web. Our main goal is to keep you up-to-date, inspire you, give you new ideas and maybe even persuade you to start contributing to the New Web.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; UvA; Research industry)
October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)
I've teached two groups of 25 freshmen the course Social Psychology.
(Online Media industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Interned at IPS for four months, covering news in the United Nations headquarters. The IPS bureau chief wrote in my evaluation that I 'have the potential to be an excellent journalist'. Example of articles I've written:
- ECONOMY: Castoff E-scrap Holds Hidden Treasure
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37888
- POLITICS: Women's Fair Representation Looks Decades Away
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36790
- MEDIA: When Hate Speech Turns Deadly, Who Can Stop It?
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37345
(Higher Education industry)
September 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 1 month)
One of the largest study associations of Amsterdam. It has 1200 members and is very active in the field of social and study-related activities.
Communications science 2004 — 2009
Media Globalization: a bachelor seminar on the differences between the European and American media 2006 — 2006
city trips, movies, contemporary art, listining and making music, photography, literature.