{"id":198386,"date":"2026-06-16T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=198386"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:51:44","slug":"erasmus-magazine-wint-kring-awards-voor-beste-achtergrondverhaal-en-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/16\/erasmus-magazine-wint-kring-awards-voor-beste-achtergrondverhaal-en-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus Magazine wins Kring Awards for best background story and column"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">Erasmus Magazine has won two national journalism awards. An article by editor Tessa Hofland received the Kring Award for best background story, while a column by Giselle Maria Timmers won the Kring Award for best column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-1600x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781519661 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781519661 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781519661 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781519661 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781519661 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Kring-Award-2026_Tessa_Wieneke_Giselle_prijs_EM_11.6.2026_exp_Esther-Dijkstra-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781519661 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p>Editor Tessa Hofland (left) and editor-in-chief Wieneke Gunneweg proudly received the awards.<\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/esther-dijkstra\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Esther Dijkstra<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The awards were presented on Thursday at the national Kring Congress for independent higher education media. For her <a href=\"http:\/\/Why it is so difficult to expel unsuitable medical students\">award-winning article<\/a>, Hofland investigated why, for almost twenty years, it has been virtually impossible to remove underperforming medical students from their degree programme. The jury unanimously awarded the story the highest score and described it as \u2018an excellently written, socially relevant investigation\u2019 that \u2018skilfully exposes a major problem faced by medical programmes across the Netherlands\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the jury, Hofland shows in a patient and factual way how the instrument iudicium abeundi is in practice hardly usable. The openness about sources and working methods was also praised, making the article, according to the jury, \u2018a fine piece of investigative journalism\u2019 and \u2018a more than deserved winner\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! 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students\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-05-15\">15 May 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEducation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also award for best column<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The winning column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/11\/12\/shirtless-in-a-newly-built-kitchen\/?noredirect=en-GB\"><em>Shirtless in a newly built kitchen<\/em><\/a> by Giselle Maria Timmers was praised for its \u2018fine observations\u2019, a tone that \u2018never goes off track\u2019, and subtle humour \u2018never served in heavy-handed portions\u2019. The jury also praised its recognisability, structure, and the ability to unfold a larger story from a small, everyday moment, with a \u2018slightly melancholic\u2019 ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">Een lijst met artikelen<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-violet  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Giselle-Timmers_foto3_columnist_jan2026_Geisje-van-der-Linden-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770370374 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/11\/12\/shirtless-in-a-newly-built-kitchen\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tShirtless in a newly built kitchen\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-11-12\">12 November 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tColumn\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pride <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Hofland, the award feels like a recognition of a collective effort. \u201cI am extremely proud. I worked on this for so long, and during that time the whole team helped me. Colleagues took over tasks, thought along about the story and the visuals. That makes this award feel like a real team achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor-in-chief Wieneke Gunneweg is also proud of the double win. \u201cThese prizes are a huge recognition of all the energy and effort the team puts into good journalism.\u201d According to Gunneweg, Hofland\u2019s story underlines the importance of journalism within higher education. \u201cWith that investigation we put an important problem on the agenda and really made an impact. It shows that higher education media can tell stories that national media are less likely to pick up or explore in as much depth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The composition of the jury also makes the recognition extra meaningful, Gunneweg says. \u201cThe fact that the appreciation comes from professional journalists and colleagues in the field makes it even more honourable.\u201d This year\u2019s juries consisted of experienced journalists and columnists from national media, including Stijn Bronzwaer (newspaper NRC), Merijn van Nuland (newspaper Trouw) and Eva Hoeke (freelance columnist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Annual awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kring of Higher education media presented the awards on Thursday during the annual Kring Congress in Maastricht. There, the best journalistic productions from higher education media were awarded in the categories Background, Column and Photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award for best photograph went to Kees Rutten from Trajectum. He made a portrait of student Mochir Moboic, who fled from South Sudan and, via vocational education and work, eventually enrolled in the journalism programme at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erasmus Magazine has won two national journalism awards. An article by editor Tessa Hofland received the Kring Award for best background story, while a column by Giselle Maria Timmers won the Kring Award for best column. The awards were presented on Thursday at the national Kring Congress for independent higher education media. 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