About Heidi Plougsgaard:
Ms Plougsgaard is a staff correspondent working for daily Jyllands-Posten, among the largest Danish newspapers and news sites, with a range of sub-publications and sister-sites.
She is currently situated in and working out of Istanbul, Turkey, but has also been a correspondent in London, Brussels, California. She has covered and reported from many countries, and also covered the 2020 presidential elections in the US.
Heidi has agreed to talk about:
“The daily work as a correspondent – both onsite reportage and desk reporting.
Including how to prepare, follow the news flow, and communication with the newsroom.”
(in Danish:
“Arbejdet i det daglige som korrespondent, både med reportage og med at lave ‘desk reporting’.
Dvs også om, hvordan man forbereder sig, overvåger nyhedsstrømmen, og hvordan du kommunikerer med redaktionen.”)
Here are 3 blocks with some examples of Heidi’s work. In Danish, but google will assist you in the translation.
From Turkey about LGBT issues in the country: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16124369/at-vaere-homoseksuel-er-lovligt-i-tyrkiet-men-erdogan-har-gjort-os-til-et-maal/
From Kosovo about the ethnic tensions: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/europa/ECE16005376/uroen-i-kosovo-traekker-lange-spor-hele-vejen-til-danmark/
From Turkey about Halal hotels: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16139016/halalhoteller-med-burkinikrav-ved-den-tyrkiske-riviera-er-populaert-blandt-danske-muslimer/
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Recent work, incl from Israel after the start of the war in Gaza:
About Turkey’s export of popular tv programs: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16866766/tyrkiet-er-verdens-tredjestoerste-eksportoer-af-tvserier/
About the Taiwan earthquake (desk reporting from Istanbul). https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16984423/det-var-det-vaerste-jordskaelv-i-25-aar-saa-hvorfor-gik-det-ikke-vaerre-i-taiwan/
About Jerusalem, on-site: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16835400/i-verdens-helligste-men-ogsaa-blodigste-by-ulmer-spaendingerne-altid-lige-under-overfladen/
About Israel’s military industry: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16833393/smaa-droner-robothunde-og-evangeliet-har-hjulpet-israelske-tropper-i-gaza/
About Israel’s kibbutz issues: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE16807824/har-hamas-slaaet-den-israelske-kibbutz-ihjel-et-aegtepar-er-flyttet-hjem-og-lever-nu-mellem-43-mordscener/
From Feb 2023 after the earthquake:
Heidi now reporting from the disaster affected areas. This shows smth about the work obligations and freedoms of correspondents: Sometimes, something big happens, and you just have to go.
In some of the articles, she is co-working with other journalists sitting in the Copenhagen or Aarhus office; this allows her to focus on the reporting eyes-and-ears tasks, while her colleauges back home can do the phoning, emailing, and surveilling of news agencies and press releases, plus the domestic angles.
READ/WATCH:
- 9.Feb: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE14983109/mens-redningsfolkene-kaemper-for-at-redde-liv-advarer-en-jordskaelvsekspert-om-op-mod-180000-doede/
- 8.Feb: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE14966448/hvorfor-skulle-saa-mange-doe-under-jordskaelvet-alt-er-af-daarlig-kvalitet-og-daarligt-bygget-selv-erdogans-nye-hospital-er-kollapset/?st=1
- 7.Feb: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE14956667/fundet-efter-34-timer-under-ruinerne-faa-mig-ud-herfra/?st=1
- 6.Feb: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE14955695/over-tusind-doede-og-saarede-efter-kraftigt-jordskaelv-i-tyrkiet-og-syrien/
More:
https://jyllands-posten.dk/article16289099.ece?shareToken=jdiun2jgjq5cuvnge4f9798i
https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/ECE15834961/de-illegale-migranters-bankmaend/