Life At Bonnier - Sydsvenskan

Meet Dick Thellmark

By Bert Menninga on 2011-07-11
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From engineering to advertising - and now being part of GROW at Bonnier Corporation. 

Dick Thellmark is an engineer who switched lanes.

"I stopped studying when I got an entry-level position at Sydsvenskan's advertising department during the 1980s," says Thellmark.

Christmas at Sydsvenskan

By Bert Menninga on 2010-12-21
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Sweden's daily newspaper Sydsvenskan hands over the news desk to kids on Christmas Eve.

Southern Swedish daily newspaper Sydsvenskan is doing something very different this Christmas. Twenty ten-year-olds will be joining the news desk and deciding the contents for a majority of the newspaper for the Christmas Eve issue. Nearly all the sections will have children as editors. 

"The world is big for ten-year-olds, and they're still extremely inquisitive," says Emma Leijnse, project manager for the special Christmas Eve edition. "We want the paper to reflect reality from their perspective."

Sydsvenskan's Campaign on the Side of the Good

By Bert Menninga on 2010-10-25
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In response to recent shootings, southern Swedish daily newspaper Sydsvenskan has launched a new campaign, "Vi älskar Malmö" (we love Malmö) on Sydsvenskan.se, Facebook och Twitter.

After a series of recent shootings aimed at minorities in Sweden's No. 3 city, Malmö, local newspaper Sydsvenskan is pulling together the forces of good with its campaign, "Vi älskar Malmö" (we love Malmö), which has already gotten lots of supporters.

SDS Pushes Extras

By Bert Menninga on 2010-10-20
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Last summer, Swedish daily Sydsvenskan sold cookbooks with the paper and in the beginning of the fall, Kristianstadsbladet followed suit. It's all part of the SDS Group's new push with extras.

After a test campaign with cook books at Swedish daily Sydsvenskan this past summer, the SDS Group is expanding its program. First out is the box collection Världens bästa Astrid Lindgren (world's best Astrid Lindgren) – nine tales read on nine CDs that will be sold for SEK 59 per CD.

Sydsvenskan and DN Win Awards from Society for News Design

By Bert Menninga on 2010-10-04
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The annual Scandinavian Society for News Design meeting also gave nods to Dagens Industri and Trelleborgs Allehanda.

At the end of September, the SNDS (Society for News Design Scandinavia) held its yearly seminar at the new Oslo Opera house. In connection with the meeting, the society awarded the Best of Scandinavian News Design 2010 prizes. Sydsvenskan took home no less than nine awards. And DN.se took home a number of top awards was well - including two second-place prizes, one for most attractive site and one for its homepage.

Charlotte Fagerlund: Davis Cup News

By Charlotte Fagerlund on 2009-03-06
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A Week in the Life: Charlotte is thrilled about the Sydsvenskan.se redesign.

This morning my nine month old son, Jacob, got to go with me to work for half an hour. His dad, who´s on parental leave at the moment, had to go to the dentist. Jacob sat quietly in a corner and smiled, so his mother could work.

Charlotte Fagerlund: Demonstrations, Tennis, Live Chats

By Charlotte Fagerlund on 2009-03-05
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A Week in the Life: Hottest news in Malmö are the Davis Cup and launch of New Sydsvenskan.

The two events that dominate life at Sydsvenskan at the moment are the Davis Cup tennis competition, which is being held in Malmö this weekend and where massive demonstrations are expected, and the launch of the New Sydsvenskan on Saturday.

The Malmö section on the Web is filling up with stories about how the town is preparing for the demonstrations. There is also a housing fair in town. One of the Web TV reporters delivers a clip from the fair and I make a slide show from the pictures the photographer has taken.

Charlotte Fagerlund: From Print to Web

By Charlotte Fagerlund on 2009-03-04
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A Week in the Life: Our blogger tells us a little about her career and the different hats she wears as a Web editor.

After three days of blogging maybe I should introduce myself a bit more. I've worked as a journalist for 10 years. I've worked for public service radio and TV, for the Bonnier newspaper Expressen and for Sydsvenskan. Until three years ago I had mainly worked as a reporter, but then I got a new position as a web editor, a job I really like.

Charlotte Fagerlund: Malmö News

By Charlotte Fagerlund on 2009-03-03
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A Week in the Life: this Sydsvenskan web editor takes us through her day.

An article about trams coming to Malmö within ten years is the most commented article on Tuesday morning. So at lunchtime, I give the article a hed and dek that talk about readers' comments. Some of the comments will be published in the printed newspaper tomorrow.

Charlotte Fagerlund: Web Editor

By Charlotte Fagerlund on 2009-03-03
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A Week in the Life: This new Sydsvenskan Web editor talks about their latest project.

 

Today I started my new job as Web editor for Malmö editorial. Computer and telephone were in place, but no network cable. So, the day began with a few calls to our technical support.

The past year, Sydsvenskan has conducted a project called the New Sydsvenskan. Part of the project is the redesign that is being launched on Saturday. Another part of the project is to have several web editors move out of the Web's central desk to various editorial. So as of today, I am working on Malmö editorial.