THE self invented saying goes like this: “old journalists never die, they don’t fade away either”. I for one would still like to take up new ventures. As it happens, some health problems took me to the world of health care. That in itself is quite revealing. In short this: those working in the field
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In my practice, online speech coaching in English appears to be successful. Please go to these presentations https://soundcloud.com/janny1-1/win-20201109-13-42-32-pro translation poem Havenhart by Derek Otte https://www.fempeak.ai/profile/jannykok to learn more. My maritime knowledge has proven to be an added value in teaching. Having said that, being multifunctional as a journalist has also added value to my work
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THE FEELING may be recognizable: you are invited as a keynote speaker at a congress in English, but you do not feel at ease in the English language. Fear not: Janny’s help is underway. She has taught English fluency before and likes to do it again. It may be an opportunity to brush up your
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I’ve spoken my mind (in Dutch) on various occasions about proper journalism. Journalists are accused of publishing ‘fake news’. The counterparts can be accused of provoking that when they don’t respond to queries in order to get the full story. I’ve found that more and more.. As it is, I contnue working to the best
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Beware: this is just a summary of Janny Kok’s activities. FREELANCE journalist Janny Kok in Rotterdam is more or less well-known in the maritime cluster circles. Being interested in everything under the sun, I cover virtually everything. It is shown in various international publications, input to radio and TV networks, and production companies. Please hear
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A brief report about a tour aroundand also pictures of a daredevil on a tightrope walker https://twitter.com/JulietteReukema/status/1556943439912206343?s=20&t=dzaWymBVt-3CP1o66MwAhQ This is an impression of what’s going on during events and onboard ship: please go to https://youtu.be/11H96iiv4Lw and https://youtu.be/5FpCx0UEaBI or to my report as a true Rotterdammer as can be read below. “Onboard Smaragd, we appreciate networking. However,
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Havenman van het Jaar more that just an excuse to set maritime big wigs in the spotlight https://www.vandaagenmorgen.nl/nieuws/11543/havenman-van-het-jaar-2024-onderscheiden-voor-doen-wat-normaal-is? this report is in Dutch
Laten we beginnen met een paar vragen als schot voor de boeg voor de bespreking van het boek Accent: Frits Philips & Willem van Landschot UITGEVERS VOOR DE VREDE van Theo Jongedijk. Waar kennen we Frits Philips en Willem van Landschot van? Wie zaten er in het kabinet Zijlstra dat ongeveer zes maanden regeerde, en
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Some years ago Port Strategy asked me to take up opinions from the European maritime industry about Brexit. The article was published in the special interest magazine. https://www.jannykok.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Port-Strategy-June-2021_PAGE-48-5.pdf Here is the article prior to subbing by the Editor: David Cornwell, alias John le Carré, changed citizenship from British to Irish out of deep discontent about
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Guess what! According to the Dutch look-alike NHS, I was old enough to receive the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. That is exactly what happened on 21st April 2021. The second jab was given on 27th May. And that was not all. We were told that a booster jab on top of the other two would give additional
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It is no surprise that banks take care of their own profitability. The Dutch TV programme Radar focused on the way they do it: “make it hard to withdraw money of a dear deceased bank account. Even when you can do rightfully as a close relative.” Please go to the URL mentioned below to learn
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Rotterdam had its international song festival live. It has been a relatively small scale event, because of the Corona/Covid pandemic. Anyhow, here still is a dynamic promotion video https://youtu.be/K253_MHt_9c . It has attracted television watchers all over the world to my hometown Rotterdam. This live stream pictures the venue where it all happens https://youtu.be/mPEbfp4fwEQ And
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AN IDEA, a title and there you are: a publication in a national or regional daily, a special interest paper or a booklet. It is just an opinion about journalists, who are arrogant enough to write books the world is not particularly waiting for. I admit to being guilty of the charge. The exhibits in
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