EW

EW is the largest Dutch weekly news and opinion magazine, with a reach of 159,000. The magazine focuses mainly on politics, international affairs and business, where readers tend to be business decision-makers, highly educated, wealthy, entrepreneurial and travel-minded. It presents itself as a mouthpiece for the “working backbone of the Netherlands” and aims to assist these groups with various choices relating to education, careers, fashion, personal and business-related finances, and leisure. EW has stood for independent and in-depth background, opinion and analytical journalism. It produces a weekly magazine, a website, a podcast and newsletters. There are also several events per year like the annual HJ Schoo Lecture and the EW Economics Lecture, and selects the Dutch Person of the Year. The editors have selected a “Dutch Person of the Year” annually since 2004. The choice is usually motivated by the argument that the individual has left a mark on the year, either positively or negatively. In some cases, the person is chosen because he or she is seen as symbolizing the year.