Dutch Problogger for nrc.next
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- Current
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- Blogger and community manager at TEDxAmsterdam
- Blogger nrc.next at NRC Handelsblad
- Founder at Spotlight Effect
- Past
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- Editor in Chief at The Next Web
- Co-organizer at BLOG08
- Student-assistant in Social Psychology at University of Amsterdam
- United Nations correspondent at Inter Press Service U.N. bureau
- Secretary of the Board at Study Association Mercurius
- Education
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- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- New York University
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth’s Summary
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.
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth’s Experience
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Blogger and community manager
TEDxAmsterdam
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
TEDxAmsterdam is a conference that celebrates “Ideas Worth Spreading” in the Netherlands. Keynote speakers include Wubbo Ockels, Mabel van Oranje, and Kevin Kelly.
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Blogger nrc.next
NRC Handelsblad
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
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Founder
Spotlight Effect
(Online Media industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 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.
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Editor in Chief
The Next Web
(Online Media industry)
November 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 4 months)
Together with Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, I founded The Next Web Blog. It's a publication that reports on everything that influences the future of the Web, in any way. Within a year, we had 8.000 daily RSS subscribers, 300,000 monthly visitors who view 500,000 pages and an average of 8 new articles a day
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Co-organizer
BLOG08
(Online Media industry)
February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)
Together with Edial Dekker and Meganova, I've organized a conference for bloggers in Amsterdam on October 24, 2008. BLOG08 was about bringing people together who share an interest in blogging. Our theme was Rockstars of the Web.
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Student-assistant in Social Psychology
University of Amsterdam
(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.
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United Nations correspondent
Inter Press Service U.N. bureau
(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?
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Secretary of the Board
Study Association Mercurius
(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.
Ernst-Jan Pfauth’s Education
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Communications science 2004 — 2009
- Activities and Societies:
- Secretary of the board of the Study Association Mercurius 2005-2006, Participated in the 2007 United Nations International Student Conference of Amsterdam as Head of the Russian Federation Delegation, Created media in Brussels together with 300 young European journalists, selected out of 200- applications, to shape the image of Europe at the European Youth Media Days.
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New York University
Media Globalization: a bachelor seminar on the differences between the European and American media 2006 — 2006
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth’s Interests:
city trips, movies, contemporary art, listening and making music, photography, literature.
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