In this episode of Bosses for Breakfast, host Jessie Frahm joins journalist Johannes Langkilde at his home in Denmark for a cup of coffee. Johannes is a Danish news anchor, talk show host, and former US correspondent. Every morning, Johannes wakes up before his wife and kids, turns on his phones, reads two newspapers, and then goes downstairs to have his first cup of coffee. Johannes is an avid coffee drinker, already on his fifth cup as this interview begins.

Much of the world’s bad journalism, Johannes says, is rooted in amateurism: the journalists simply aren’t good enough. Some of it is polluted by journalists who intentionally deceive and aim to move the public opinion through what they call objective journalism; this is what we now call “fake news.” Good journalism, however, is all about telling a story, knowing your audience, and being truthful. 

Journalism is in a crisis because the media has lost the confidence of their audience. Fake news and biased writers have planted seeds of distrust in the population. 

Join us on this journey and gather insights into why journalism still matters and how you can apply journalistic principles into your communication work. 

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Find Johannes’s book, Da amerikanerne gik hver til sit on Goodreads

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