Experiences at the Limit
From the Balkan War to the refugee crisis.
A look behind the scenes of political reporting
AT THE HOT SPOT OF MAJOR EVENTS
CIVIL WAR WAS RAGING IN KOSOVO when the 29-year-old reporter Susanne Glass volunteered as foreign correspondent for German public broadcasting company ARD. Since then, she just can’t let go of Southeast Europe, and more than once during her reportages she literally ended up between the front lines, or almost reached her breaking point on encounters with victims of »conflicts«. Her retrospect of this time she so closely experienced mirrors the radical changes that characterise the Europe of
today, all the way to the current dramatic situation of the refugees on their way along the Balkan route. At the same time, she critically questions her own profession: How has reporting changed? When does the chronicler, bound by objectivity, for reasons of humanity feel the need to act and thus becomes a part of the story? Do journalists always keep the overall picture in mind? When and how are journalists manipulated or even misused?
Susanne Glass has a PhD in political science. At the age of 29, she moved to Kosovo as a war reporter for the German public broadcaster ARD. She worked as a correspondent reporting on Southeast Europe for radio and TV for 15 years, headed the ARD TV studio Vienna/Southeast Europe from 2013 to 2015, and was the president of the Foreign Press Association Vienna for 10 years. Her reports have won several awards. Since January 2016, Susanne Glass is heading the ARD studio in Tel Aviv.
AT THE HOT SPOT OF MAJOR EVENTS
CIVIL WAR WAS RAGING IN KOSOVO when the 29-year-old reporter Susanne Glass volunteered as foreign correspondent for German public broadcasting company ARD. Since then, she just can’t let go of Southeast Europe, and more than once during her reportages she literally ended up between the front lines, or almost reached her breaking point on encounters with victims of »conflicts«. Her retrospect of this time she so closely experienced mirrors the radical changes that characterise the Europe of
today, all the way to the current dramatic situation of the refugees on their way along the Balkan route. At the same time, she critically questions her own profession: How has reporting changed? When does the chronicler, bound by objectivity, for reasons of humanity feel the need to act and thus becomes a part of the story? Do journalists always keep the overall picture in mind? When and how are journalists manipulated or even misused?
Susanne Glass has a PhD in political science. At the age of 29, she moved to Kosovo as a war reporter for the German public broadcaster ARD. She worked as a correspondent reporting on Southeast Europe for radio and TV for 15 years, headed the ARD TV studio Vienna/Southeast Europe from 2013 to 2015, and was the president of the Foreign Press Association Vienna for 10 years. Her reports have won several awards. Since January 2016, Susanne Glass is heading the ARD studio in Tel Aviv.
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