Eric Van Den Berg Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Responsible for the production of original news stories for as member of a small investigative team.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Researcher on a 2-year NWO-funded project studying the impact of algorithmically-driven systems (e.g. Google) on Dutch journalism. Taught dataresearch and online journalism at the School voor Journalistiek.

Amsterdam

I write for online titles including Vice, Brandpunt+ and NRC Handelsblad. I co-produced a documentary for 2Doc (Oorlogskinderen) and am currently working on a follow-up. Below you can find some links to my work.

Hilversum

Part-time contract as an investigative journalist focussing on tech and social media, mainly as a writer for the online title Brandpunt+.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

-Manager of the internet editorial for a national public broadcaster.-In charge of a team of four employees (fte).-Grew online reach from near zero to 500.000 unique visitors a month within a three-month time frame.-Set up an online presence on multiple channels (web, Facebook, Youtube) from scratch.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

-Manager of the internet editorial for a regional public broadcaster.-In charge of a team of seven employees (fte).-Publisher of several Youtube formats. Most successful format drew more than a million views a month.-Grew online reach from 800.000 unique visitors a month to 1.7 unique visitors a month.

London, United Kingdom

Reporter for an international English-language daily covering shipping, international trade and maritime insurance.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Wrote, translated and edited news and features for the English-language website of a major Dutch newspaper.

Amsterdam

Full-time freelance journalist. On contract with Amsterdam daily Het Parool to cover Amsterdam West. Other clients included Revu, NRC Handelsblad, Time Out Amsterdam and Heineken International.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Part-time (3 days/week) posting through Thieme Media Group to Heineken International's communications department. Wrote features and news stories for Horizon (internal management title), World of Heineken (advertorial publication) and Heiport (employee intranet). Co-responsible for magazine production.Continued freelancing for several other Dutch titles while working for Heineken.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Full-time freelance journalist. Published work appeared in: J/M Pubers, Vara TV Magazine, Folia and Havana.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Weekly magazine for students and employees of the University of Amsterdam.Wrote news and features for the website and weekly print publication.Co-responsible for production of Folia's first website.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Internship reporting for AT5 Nieuws, Amsterdam's best TV news broadcast. Produced, researched and edited news items on a daily basis.

Master Of Arts, International Journalism

With distinction

Bsc, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Chief Editor of student bi-monthly Sociologisch Mokum