Professor Asbjørn Jørgensen Seminar at UTS

UTS Journalism is delighted to be hosting Associate Professor Asbjørn Jørgensen from the Danish School of Media &Journalism. https://www.dmjx.dk/om-dmjx

“Greenland: Queen Mary or President Trump – what the media got wrong about politics”

In July 2024, Denmark’s Queen Mary and King Frederik visited Greenland - their first trip around their kingdom since King Frederik’s mother’s abdication.

Exactly 6 months later, Donald Trump Junior landed in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, promoting Donald J. Trump’s plans to buy the world’s largest island. Suddenly, Denmark’s ‘Borgen’ found itself in perhaps its worst international crisis since World War II – our closest ally USA suddenly shifting from dear brother to bullying villain. Locally in Greenland an already unstable political situation exploded, with elections now called for mid-March. The politicians were unprepared. The news media also failed, and still are.

This seminar will discuss why a critical media coverage of foreign politics is so difficult. A/Prof Jørgensen will look into the systemic barriers between parliament, newsrooms and the people. 

About A/Prof Jørgensen

With a background as a reporter in the newsroom of Danish media houses, A/Prof Jørgensen still considers himself as a hard news junkie. At DMJX, he's always been involved in the international projects and is now mainly teaching in their journalism programme, in particular international students. He's a course leader for the Nordic Journalist Center – his latest assignment was a course in Greenland. He's a passionate researcher keen on analysising international media and politics, and foreign news reporting. His current research project is looking into how the news media cover foreign and security politics, a contribution to the national Democracy and Power Study 2.0.

Hosts: UTS Journalism Dr Catriona Bonfiglioli & Christine Kearney