Nederlands Dagblad

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The Nederlands Dagblad is a Dutch national daily newspaper . It is published six days a week in broadsheet format . The editorial office is in Barneveld . The publisher is the company Nederlands Dagblad BV , distribution is carried out by De Persgroep Nederland . The paid circulation in the first quarter of 2008 was 31,645 (print) and 756 ( e-newspaper ) copies. The editor-in-chief is Peter Bergwerff.

The newspaper sees itself as a Christian daily with orthodox - Reformation alignment that defines them in detail in a policy statement.

history

The newspaper was published in the summer of 1944 during the German occupation in World War II under the name Reformatie Stemmen . During this year there was a split within the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, the "Gereformeerde Kerken vrijgemaakt" ( Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (liberated) ) broke away from the "Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland" and ran the Reformatie Stemmen under the new one Title De Vrije Kerk continued.

Instead of founding a counter-project to the daily Trouw , which had opposed the split, it was decided to gradually develop De Vrije Kerk into a daily newspaper. From 1948 the newspaper appeared twice a week under the name Gereformeerd Gezinsblad , which was changed again , and in 1959 the desired daily publication was finally implemented. Editor-in-chief for the years 1948–74 was Piet Jongeling, who was represented in the Dutch lower house for the GVP from 1963 to 1977 , initially as group leader, but from 1971 onwards only as the only member of parliament.

In 1967 there was the last name change to the current name. In 1992 the association with the "Gereformeerde Kerken vrijgemaakt" was ended, since then the newspaper has only been committed to the Bible and the three formulas of unity (the Dutch Creed , the Heidelberg Catechism and the Dordrecht teaching rules ).

Similarities and differences to the Reformation Dagblad

There are similarities and parallels to the similarly positioned Reformatorisch Dagblad outside of the orientation. In contrast to most of the other regional and national newspapers in the Netherlands, both have been able to maintain their circulations since the turn of the millennium. Both started an Internet portal for young people in 2004, in the case of the Nederlands Dagblad it was called NDlite. In contrast to the Reformatorisch Dagblad , however, the newspaper website is also online on Sundays.

Additional information

See also

  • The list of Dutch newspapers shows the position of the Nederlands Dagblad compared to the other newspapers in the country

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Het Oplage Instituut ( Dutch / partly English)
  2. ↑ nd.nl: "Beginselverklaring" (Dutch)