Arendo Joustra (born 19 July 1957, in

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) is a Dutch writer and journalist. Joustra is the editor in chief of the Dutch newsweekly ''

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'' and a commentator on politics and the

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. He is a co-author of books on the Dutch prime minister

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and the author of a book on the Danish writer Karen Blixen. He studied journalism in

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the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, and at

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(1979–1980).

Career

Before joining ''Elsevier'' as a reporter in 1989 he worked for eight years as a social affairs and political correspondent for the daily newspaper '' de Volkskrant''. At ''Elsevier'' he was a political writer, bureau chief and correspondent in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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, to cover European politics. He took on the role as deputy editor in 1996 and as editor in 2000. He is a member (deputy chair) of the Supervisory Board of the

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in Hilversum, a member of the Academy of the

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, a board member of the Willem Oltmans Foundation in Amsterdam, and a member of the jury of the Zilveren Camera, a Dutch prize for photojournalism and documentary photography, in Hilversum. From 2006 to 2010 Joustra served as president of the Nederlands Genootschap van Hoofdredacteuren, the Dutch Association of Editors. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the

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, now called the

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, in

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, the Netherlands (2013-2020), and of the

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, the Netherlands.

Bibliography

As author

*1987: '' Karen Blixen, Een Deense in Afrika'', publisher

Nijgh & Van Ditmar Nijgh & Van Ditmar is a Dutch publishing company, founded in 1837. In 2014 it was acquired by Singel Uitgeverijen. History The company was founded in 1837 in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the seco ...

, Den Haag, . *1988: ''Het Homo-erotisch Woordenboek'', publisher Thomas Rap, . *1997: ''Hof van Brussel'', publisher

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, Amsterdam, . *2013: ''Vier relaties van Beatrix. Ruud Lubbers, Europa, de Prins-gemaal en de natie'', publisher

Elsevier Boeken Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', '' Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', th ...

, Amsterdam,

As co-author

*1984: ''Ambtenaren in actie, Reportage van een Hollandse herfst'' (with

Pieter Broertjes Pieter Izak Broertjes (born 20 September 1952) is a Dutch journalist and politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He serves as the Mayor of Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Locate ...

), publisher Van Gennep, Amsterdam . *1989: ''

, Manager in de politiek'' (with Erik van Venetië), publisher Anthos, Baarn, . *1993: ''De Geheimen Van Het Torentje, Praktische Gids Voor Het Premierschap'', publisher

, Amsterdam . *1994: ''Het versleten corset van de Nederlandse letteren, Scheld- en bijnamen van en voor Nederlandse schrijvers, uitgevers en zo'' (with

Jaap Scholten Jaap may refer to: * Jaap Sahib, Sikh prayer * Jaap (given name) Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include: Academics * Jaap R. Bruijn (born 1938), Dutch maritime h ...

), publisher Thomas Rap, Amsterdam, .

As editor

*1991: ''

: Samen Onderweg, Over Democratie, Christendom & Samenleving, Economie en Internationale Vraagstukken'', (editor, with Erik van Venetië), publisher Het Spectrum, Utrecht, . *1993: ''Vreemde ogen, Buitenlanders over de Nederlandse identiteit'', publisher

, Amsterdam . *2010 ''Negenmannen, Oranjes & matpartijen, Elseviers Groot Politiek Lijstenboek'' (editor, with Jeroen Langelaar and Jos Widdershoven), publisher

, Amsterdam, . *2010: ''Handboek hoofdredacteur. Hoe je het wordt, bent en blijft'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2011: ''De Oranjes. Verrassende feiten over ons Koningshuis'', publisher Bertram+de Leeuw Uitgevers, Amsterdam, . *2012: ''Wij mogen niet talmen. Alle regeringsverklaringen van Schermerhorn tot en met Van Agt'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2013: ''De Inhuldigingsrede van koning

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en die van zijn zes voorgangers'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2013: ''Alle 33 Troonredes. Prinsjesdag onder koningin Beatrix'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2013: ''Alle 33 kersttoespraken. De persoonlijke redes van koningin Beatrix'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2015:

Thom de Graaf Thomas Carolus "Thom" de Graaf (;''Thomas'' in isolation: . born 11 June 1957) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. He is the Vice-President of the Council of State since 1 November 2018. De Graaf attended the C ...

Wim Kok Willem "Wim" Kok (; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.Mark Rutte Mark Rutte (; born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010 and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since 2006. After a business career working for Unileve ...

e.a., ''Kwetsbaar koningschap. Voor en tegen de modernisering van de monarchie'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2016: ''Elsevier's maandschrift. Over Elsevier's geïllustreerd maandschrift 1891-1940'
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publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2017: Gerard Noodt, ''Over de soevereiniteit van het volk. Een revolutionaire rede uit 1699 over de opperste macht'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2017: ''Een titel maakt de mens niet. Alle Oranje-interviews uit Elsevier'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2018: ''Wacht op onze daden. Alle regeringsverklaringen van

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tot en met Rutte'', uitgeverij Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2018: ''

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80. Reportages, interviews, beschouwingen en brieven uit

& haar beste toespraken'', uitgeverij Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2018: Gerard Noodt, ''Over de vrijheid van godsdienst. Een invloedrijke rede uit 1706 over religie, vrij van heerschappij'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, Amsterdam, . *2018: ''In gesprek met de Oranjes'' (the transcripts of 22

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broadcast on

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), Fontaine Uitgevers, . *2019: ''Alles wat je moet weten over Nederland. Een liefhebbende gids'', publisher Fontaine Uitgevers, *2020: ''

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begon in het Vondelpark. Toespraken van koning

'', publisher Uitgeverij Uitgeverij EW, . *2021: ''Tabé. Het lange afscheid van Ons Indië'', publisher Uitgeverij EW, .

References

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