Trouw
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Trouw (Dutch pronunciation:
History
Trouw is a Dutch word meaning "fidelity", "loyalty", or "allegiance", and is cognate with the English adjective "true". The name was chosen to reflect allegiance and loyalty to God and country in spite of the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Trouw was started during
After the war the paper became a daily, its allegiance to the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. By 1967, though, the paper's chief editor made it clear that Trouw was not to be considered a paper only for Christians: it wanted to be a paper for everyone. In the course of time the percentage of Trouw readers that belong to the Reformed churches shrank considerably: in 1965 69% of readers belonged to one of those churches, but by 1979 this had dropped to 48%, and by 1999 to 28%. In their own words, in 2005, they intended to "remain a newspaper rooted in a Christian tradition and to be a source of contemplation and inspiration for everyone, churchgoer or not, who feels a need for moral and spiritual orientation."[8]
Circulation at the end of the 20th century was a little over 133,000.[9] On 3 February 2005, Trouw changed its format from broadsheet to compact.[10]
Currently, Trouw is a part of the De Persgroep Nederland, the name given to the former PCM group after the Belgian publishing house
References
- ^ Trouw (in Dutch), DPG Media. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ a b Loes Reijmer, "Cees van der Laan nieuwe hoofdredacteur Trouw" (in Dutch), de Volkskrant, 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Contact (in Dutch), Trouw. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Oplage dagbladen (in Dutch), Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Case Study "Trouw": The new profundity in the newspaper – with daily supplements". European Newspaper Congress. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015.
- ^ "European Newspaper of the Year - Category Nationwide Newspaper - Trouw, the Netherlands". Editorial Design. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "The illegal press". Dutch Resistance Museum. 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Trouw - nieuws, verdieping en gids". De Persgroep Nederland. 18 August 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ISBN 9789065507709.
- ^ "Netherlands: National daily Trouw to go compact". Editors Weblog. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
External links
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- Official website (in Dutch)
- Illegale Trouw (in Dutch), underground issues from 1943–1945