Amsterdam

Graduation: Bachelor's degree from the University of Amsterdam

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My journey in Amsterdam has ended. I am glad to share that I have successfully graduated from the University of Amsterdam in Communication Science, with an 8/10 in my thesis "The Role of the Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic".

In the past three years, I joined several student associations (Study Association Mercurius, ISN Amsterdam - Erasmus Student Network, UNICEF Nederland), but more importantly, I founded the independent student-run newspaper The Amsterdammer.

I also did a Summer internship at La Silla Vacia in Bogota, and two internships at the photo agency NOOR Images. On top of that, I was able to volunteer at the UNSEEN festival, the International Journalism Festival and at the World Press Photo festival.

I was able to grow both in an individual and professional way. I will be forever grateful for the opportunities that living in Amsterdam brought me and the people I was able to meet during my bachelor's.

Due to the pandemic, I will be moving in January 2021 to New York City instead of in Fall to continue my studies at the Columbia Journalism School.

If you are interested in reading about my research project as part of my graduation thesis, you can visit its dedicated website:

The Amsterdammer | Investigation: Dutch student media threatened to lose their independence

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Ending its second year, The Amsterdammer seeks to understand the development of student journalism in the Netherlands by taking a look at the past.

Since their inception in the beginning of the 19th century, student magazines quickly gained importance around the country and today, there are roughly 45 university publications in the Netherlands. The Amsterdammer was able to talk to 17 of them.

The Amsterdammer | Activist Rudolf Valhoff Arrested After Protest Participation

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He was allegedly mocked by several police officers and sexually harassed.

Rudolf Valkhoff, 65, worked as a History and Philosophy teacher at the University of Amsterdam for 30 years. In 2015, he participated in the Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupation during the student protest against the lack of democracy and spending cuts at the university. He was fired a year later, based on “substantive grounds,” according to the university.

The end of his working contract at UvA marked the beginning of his involvement in the rallies to reach, as he describes it, academic freedom. Valkhoff is an active participant of Humanities Rally UvA. Last Friday, he joined “Outraved,” the dance demonstration march around the city alongside the DJs and about 100 students, which ended with his arrest.