das englisch-sprachige Stadt-Magazin "The Berliner" und die Ausstellung über das Nova-Festival im Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof
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Ausstellung über das Nova-Festival im Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof
The Berliner
6. Oktober 2025
Carolyn Stransky Vohr
attentionvohr
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We’re on strike.
The decision by @theberlinermag
to run an ad campaign for the Nova Festival Exhibition
was taken against the explicit objections
of editorial staff and regular freelance contributors.
Despite its claims of non-politicization, this exhibition is,
as the Holocaust historian Ben Ratskoff has shown,
in the business of instrumentalizing Holocaust memory to rally support for the current destruction of Gaza.
These ads also come after months of pressure on the magazine
to suppress coverage of the genocide and its impact in Berlin.
The magazine even turned off captions on these posts.
I joined The Berliner last year to build up the Carnal Knowledge section,
once dismissed as “trivial,”
and create reporting that treats difficult subjects seriously.
Working with people who trusted me with their stories has been the highlight of my career.
That’s why this moment is so devastating:
these ads and initial policies undermine everything we’ve tried to build and the integrity of our work.
I will not contribute to the magazine as long as these ads remain.
Our protest continues until they are pulled.
5. Oktober 2025
wladekflakin
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I’ve written for @theberlinermag for 15+ years now.
While there have always been disagreements,
every single regular freelance contributor
feels like management has crossed a red line here:
publishing Israeli war propaganda in the middle of a genocide.
I’ve included a link to an article I wrote about the Nova Exhibition in the last slide. Here’s the statement by everyone:
The decision of The Berliner magazine to run an ad campaign
for the Nova Festival Exhibition was taken
against the explicit objections
of its editorial staff and regular freelance contributors.
As we expressed in a letter to management,
we freelancers consider these ads clear evidence of ownership taking a political stance on Gaza,
having for months pressured the magazine to suppress editorial coverage of Palestine.
As such, we have no other choice but to protest the campaign
by withdrawing our collective labour for the magazine’s next issue.
We demand that The Berliner withdraw the ads.
If the ads continue, our protest will continue.