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CurrentFilmmaker and Founder of New Energy TV (December 2005 - now). New Energy TV produced numerous videos on sustainability and renewable energy. Our mission is to follow the energy transition and use the camera as a tool to generate urgency and show progress. Sponsored or not, the bulk part of our video content is produced in a more or less journalistic style. www.new-energy.tvInitiator New Energy for Europe (December 2020 - now) a platform on the green hydrogen revolution. Europe lacks a binding project, a ‘grand’ plan for the future. Building up a hydrogen powered economy could deliver this. By exposing both current projects as future promises related to the implementation of green hydrogen we try to endorse the energy transition. www.newenergyforeurope.comInitiator Cool Down The Planet (April 2019 - now - under construction). Cool Down the Planet shows ‘hot problems’ and ‘cool solutions’. We aim to map, country by country, the impact of climate change and expose human abilities to find solutions. A grand journalistic journey - giving junior reporters a chance to show skills. Let the facts speak for themselves, is our motto. www.cooldowntheplanet.comPioneer WebTV (2002-03). After broadcasting this amazing report for Dutch tv - https://youtu.be/0__ilHvOw8s - the Russian actor Boris and I grounded the first WebTV station in the Netherlands: “Nederland 4”.Documentary maker Dutch Television (2003 - 2006). TV Reporter Current Affairs Programme “Netwerk” (1994 – 2003)Radio Correspondent in Prague (1990-1992). Radio Reporter “AVRO Radiojournaal” (1986-89) and Veronica Nieuwsradio (1990-91)Master’s Degree “History of the Press, Propaganda, Public Opinion” (UVA)Bachelor of Arts Degree “Dutch Language and Literature” (RUL)Highschool: Comenius Atheneum, graduate 1979
