Coen Verbraak (born August 14, 1965 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch journalist and television producer and presenter.
Verbraak has worked as in interviewer for various media, including the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland .
As of 1997 he is also active in television. He made the program Achter de lach (literally "Behind the laughter") for Dutch television, showing the life behind the scenes of Dutch cabaretiers. [1] In 2009 he created the program Kijken in de ziel (literally "Gazing into the soul"), a series in which prominent people from a specific occupational group are interviewed about their work and their life. In 2014 the documentary Getekend, veteranen in therapie (literally "Marked, veterans in therapy") was released, in which Verbraak spent a year following veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder as they undergo therapy at Landelijk Zorgsysteem voor Veteranen (LZV) (literally "Dutch national care system for veterans"). This was the first time that an independent reporter was allowed access to the professional veterans' care system in The Netherlands.
Verbraak himself is often featured in talkshows. He appeared in De Wereld Draait Door [2] and Knevel & Van den Brink.
Zilveren Nipkowschijf is a Dutch television award that has been given out since 1961 by a selection of Dutch critics.
NPO 3 is the third and youngest of the terrestrial television channels operated by the Dutch public-broadcasting organization NPO in the Netherlands. It carries programmes provided by member-based non-profit broadcasting associations and is oriented towards children, youth and innovative television.
BVN, is a Dutch free-to-air television channel providing Dutch public-service television to viewers around the world.
Matthijs van Nieuwkerk is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is best known for hosting the daily De Wereld Draait Door (DWDD) television show from 2005 to 2020.
Mohammed Benzakour is a Moroccan-Dutch columnist, essayist, poet, writer and politician. He is the third child in a family of five. At age three, he and mother and siblings settle in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, where his father worked. He graduated from high school at vwo level and studied sociology at Leiden University and later political science and moved to Rotterdam to finish his master. Meanwhile, he joined the Labour Party. He started his journalism career working for De Volkskrant and also published in NRC Handelsblad, De Groene Amsterdammer and Vrij Nederland. He received the ASN Media Prize in 1999 and the Silver Zebra in 2001 for insights in a 'society in motion'. He later published two books, Abou Jahjah: Nieuwlichter of Oplichter. De demonisering van een politiek rebel in 2004 and Osama's Grot, Allah, Holland en ik, a compilation of his columns, articles and essays from 2001 until 2005, the year of publication. In that same year he also won the Peace Prize for Journalism. In 2008 his 'Stinkende Heelmeesters' was published, a compilation of essays, reviews, columns and reports from 2001 to 2008.
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Rob de Nijs is a Dutch singer and actor, active since the 1960s.
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Freek Jacobus Vonk is a Dutch biologist who specializes in herpetology with a special interest in snake venom. He travels the world in search of the most spectacular and bizarre creatures. He has been bitten by a number of venomous snakes, almost lost his arm due to a Caribbean reef shark bite and has housed several parasites in his own body.
Alexander Paul Klöpping is a Dutch internet entrepreneur specializing in consumer electronics, blogging, and is also a print and online journalist and speaker. Klöpping studies new media at the University of Amsterdam and is a self-described nerd. He is consulted by Dutch-language media for his expertise. He himself states that his expertise is "relative".
Zondag met Lubach was a Dutch weekly satirical television programme presented by Arjen Lubach and broadcast on NPO 3. Each week Lubach talked for half an hour about the news of the past week through various fragments from the media infographics and investigative journalism. The show's main scriptwriters were Tex de Wit and Pieter Jouke. The program was recorded in the main auditorium of the Theater Bellevue in Amsterdam.
"Slow Down" is a song performed by Dutch singer Douwe Bob. The song represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and was written by Bob along with Jan Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman, and Matthijs van Duijvenbode. The song was released as a digital download on 5 March 2016 through Universal Music Netherlands as the lead single from his album Fool Bar.
Maan de Steenwinkel, also known as simply Maan, is a Dutch singer and actress. De Steenwinkel first came to prominence after winning season six of The Voice of Holland. She has subsequently taken part in the Dutch television series De beste zangers van Nederland and in the Dutch version of Dance Dance Dance.
Sophie Francine Hilbrand is a Dutch Television presenter, actress and radio host. She followed a course drama at De Trap, a private school for acting in Amsterdam, but left after one and a half year when she debuted on 6pack.
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Ted van Lieshout is a Dutch poet and writer of children's literature. He has won numerous awards for his work.
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