It’s pissing down outside, and I have to deliver about 700 newspapers to 70 crooked venues in central Copenhagen, Nørrebro and Vesterbro.
My cargo bike lost its cover years ago – during the COP15 climate summit in December 2009, to be exact; strange because it snowed a lot – and I ran out of bin-liners.
But in reality, I’ve been pretty lucky with the weather for the almost five years I’re personally provided our free newspaper.
Following a management buyout in 2017, my colleagues Hans Hermansen and Christian Wenande and I have accounted for half of our total distribution.
It’s a good way to cut costs and also put a face on the newspaper and meet customers, but an almighty move for the mug on the cargo bike when it rains.
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Hard industry
I’m not sure how proud I should be as an editor who personally delivers his newspaper, or indeed anything related to the newspaper.
We are in an endangered industry, and most news needs are taken care of online, where we have of course been present on cphpost.dk since the launch in 1998. In the next few months, we hope to launch a new website.
But I am convinced that a magazine newspaper (in our case monthly during the winter and early spring, every fortnight during the rest of the year) is the most effective way for national matches to follow the relevant news for you in Denmark.
A quick whiz through our news pages will inform you about everything you may have missed via social media. We try to be comprehensive with our coverage and select the stories that are most likely to affect your life.
Wading in the news every single day can be a waste of time – especially if your main interest is in the affairs or sports of your home country.
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Editor for almost 12 years
I’m also not sure how proud I should be that I am the longest-serving editor of a nationwide newspaper in Denmark.
First, it can be discussed whether we are a nationwide newspaper. We cover all the Danish news, both inside and outside the country’s borders, but we are local when it suits our needs and our name speaks for itself.
And secondly, I have had an unfair advantage as the newspaper for the last five and a half years of my time as editor, which started in May 2010, has not even been a weekly magazine.
So the stress that I felt acutely from May 2010 until mid-2016 has disappeared somewhat. Our staff has become much smaller, but it is not a disaster when you want a quick treatment.
So when Grae Minors, an overseas correspondent for Bermuda Broadcasting Company, seemed impressed with my newspaper-boy skills and suggested attending me for part of my deliveries in mid-January, I thought why not.
The result is below. Thank you Grae, and many thanks to our readers for continuing to pick up the newspaper when you see it!
Source: The Nordic Page