Liesbeth Van Impe
Liesbeth Van Impe | |
|---|---|
 Liesbeth Van Impe in 2023 | |
| Born | 20 April 1977 Roeselare, Belgium |
| Citizenship | Belgium |
| Education | Romance languages and literature, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Title | Contributing editor, Journalist |
Liesbeth Van Impe (born 20 April 1977) is a Belgian journalist and contributing editor.
Biography
[edit]Van Impe Studied Romance languages and literature at the Catholic research university in Leuven, where she graduated in 2000 with a thesis about the Algerian War. After her studies she went traveling for a while. Next she started working at Universiteit Vrije Tijd of the Davidsfonds.
In 2004 she made her journalistic debut at De Morgen. When the newspaper restructured in 2009 she was part of part of the discussions between the contributing editors and the editors-in-chief as a union member. In June 2009 she resigned as a result of people still being laid-off . Next, she started as 'chef politics' at Het Nieuwsblad. In november 2011 she became 'editor-in-chief of politics' at this newspaper. Finally in november 2013 she became Editor-in-chief, together with Pascal Weiss, succeeding Guy Fransen.
Next to this, she is one of the five Flemish commentators who write 'Stoemp Flamand' in the french newspaper Le Soir and she makes contributions on a regular base for Le Vif/L'Express, RTBF and RTL TVI. Finally she has been a guest lecturer in 'political journalism' at the Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts sinds 2009 and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven sinds 2015.
In 2020 she wrote the book Chemo day is the best day of the week (Dutch: Chemodag is de beste dag van de week). In this book she talks about her experiences as a Breast cancer patient.[1]
In april 2021 she started the podcast Het Punt van Van Impe. In this podcast she talks about the political news of the last week together with Jeroen Roppe .[2]
In 2022 she participated in <i id="mwPQ">De Allerslimste Mens ter Wereld</i>, a Belgian TV-show. She got the third place.
Sources
[edit]- Voorstelling Liesbeth Van Impe; Read my lips
- Wie is Liesbeth Van Impe?; De Morgen; 15 maart 2013
- STEYAERT Katrien; Leven na Leuven: Liesbeth Van Impe, romanist en politiek hoofdredacteur 'Het Nieuwsblad'; Campuskrant KU Leuven; 30 April 2013
- Profiel Liesbeth Van Impe; LinkedIn
- Beknopte biografie Liesbeth Van Impe; VUB
References
[edit]- ^ "'Wat op de chemo gebeurt, blijft op de chemo'". De Standaard. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Het Punt van Van Impe – podcast". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
