Several (former) NOS employees joined on Monday night Jinek to talk about what went wrong with NOS Sport employees. Among other things, cycling analyst Marijn de Vries, who published a column on this last week, explains how she believes this behavior can be prevented.
De Vries shared in a column last Friday NRC that they are behind the scenes of the NOS program Evening Stage dealing with transgressive behavior. This happened during a car trip with an unnamed co-worker.
“The column landed exactly how I wanted it,” said De Vries in conversation with Eva Jinek. “That it’s obvious what happened to you.” She says she has received a lot of backlash, also from men, who now understand better why certain comments can be misunderstood.
TV analysts went to the editor-in-chief with the story during the season. The only thing that “with great difficulty” achieved was a different layout of the cars. A year later he was working again Evening Stage, but he was allowed to make fewer broadcasts. Then he wasn’t even asked to come back at all.
“This is the result of a failed manager,” said De Vries. “And that’s the debate I want to start with my column: we need to talk about this with each other.”
‘It prevents people from working in the media’
Siham Raijoul, who works at NOS Youth Newsrecognize stories about the editorial staff of NOS Sport that have been shared by De Vries and (former) employees who share their stories on de Volkskrant. “When you need it, you should always have the courage to ask what you want to ask. And then you want to leave as soon as possible.”
Raijoul also said he had been treated racially. “I was literally told, ‘You only have a job because of where you’re from.’ It makes you feel so small and lonely.”
Presenter, which after NOS on Dutch heart work, since leaving the news world. “This keeps talented people from working in the media,” he said of the racism he experienced in the media.
“It has to be different for the generation after me,” said one day– host Roos Moggré. “The editor-in-chief never does anything with all the reports they receive. It’s hurtful and frustrating.”
According to Moggré, that must be changed. “The responsibility here lies with the chief editor.” This is among others supported by De Vries. “The bottom line is that I reported it and nothing was done. Therefore, I blame the managers specifically.”
But people should also call others to account for mistakes more quickly, says Raijoul. “If you see something happening and you see someone can’t respond to it, keep it up for each other. Support each other and be the voice no one else can be.”
The Chief Editor has resigned
An inventory published by NOS on Thursday shows that bullying, (sexual) harassment, discrimination and verbal aggression have been taking place in the editorial office of NOS Sport for twenty years. NOS announced that the lead sports editor was stepping down. NOS management will remain in place for a while.
Presenter Tom Egbers, among others, has been accused of transgressive behavior. He wasn’t seen last weekend Sports Studios. His wife Janke Dekker has stepped down as head of the Mores hotline. Here people working in the cultural world can (anonymously) report transgressive behavior.
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