Political Journalism Seminar was something Special

It is always exciting and enlightening to meet colleagues from other countries. Still, the DEDI democracy seminar was something special. The Egyptian journalist colleagues whom we met showed an enormous will to cover the parliamentary elections in an impartial and incorruptible way. They were very curious to hear how political journalism and spin works in Denmark.

So even though we from the Danish group mainly came to explain and teach, we took with us as least as much. On top of that, the seminar was well organized and there was made space to spend a more informal time together across nationalities. Even if the seminar is over now, to me this is just the beginning of following closely Egypt’s efforts to develop into a democracy with an impartial and free press.

This article was written by Rasmus Nielsen, the Danish Editor-in-chief of the political online publication Altinget.dk about his experience in attending the Political Journalism Seminar organized by the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute last summer.