Trouw
Karel Smouter is a seasoned journalist and editor with a comprehensive background in media and academia. Currently serving as Hoofdredacteur at Trouw since May 2024, Karel has previously held the position of Redacteur at NRC from September 2019 to May 2024, where the focus was on societal discontent and the implications of increasing secularization in the Netherlands. Karel also has experience as Chef of Media at NRC, Correspondent for Oost-Nederland, and roles at De Correspondent, including Correspondent Migration, Religion & Human Rights and Deputy Editor in Chief. Earlier, Karel worked as Editor-in-chief at De Nieuwe Koers and co-authored 'Eenmaal Oranje' at Atlas Contact. Karel's educational background includes a BA in Philosophy and a minor in Theology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, alongside entrepreneurial ventures in publishing and events.
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Trouw
Trouw is one of the three national quality newspapers in the Netherlands, and part of the Belgium publisher De Persgroep. In 2012 it received the award European Newspaper of the Year fot its concept of a 'daily weekly' and its design. It produces every day a newssection and a section 'De Verdieping' with background, analyses, reports en opinions. On saturday there are two extra magazines called Letter&Geest with essays and bookreviews and a magazine named Tijd with human interest-story's. It's orginally founded in 1943 as a resistance newspaper. Nowadays the newspaper takes special interests in politics, sustainability, education, healthcare and the role of religion and (new) religious groups in our rapidly changing society.