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Mark van der Werf

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Mark van der Werf (1976) ging na de school voor journalistiek aan het werk bij de regionale krant Rijn en Gouwe. Daar speurde hij naar nieuwtjes in gemeenten die hij even op de kaart moest opzoeken: Reeuwijk en Vlist. Later werd hij verslaggever in Bodegraven en Alphen aan den Rijn.

In 2005 stapte Mark over naar het Algemeen Dagblad. Eerst bracht hij een aantal jaren door op het Binnenhof, bij de parlementaire redactie. Daarna ging hij aan de slag op de redactie economie. Kabinetsformaties, vliegrampen, voetbalplaatjes, en ‘50 jaar frikadel’; noem een onderwerp, en Mark heeft er een stukje over getikt.

In 2011 vond hij het mooi geweest en gooide hij het roer om. Mark werd leerkracht op een basisschool. Over die carrièreswitch gaat zijn boek: ...more

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