Interview to Solveig Hass

Solveig Haas is a trainee in Ostfriesische Nachrichten, a newspaper in Aurich. She studied English and German Literature and then worked as a freelance translator. Now she is writing for the main newspaper in the region. We have had the pleasure to meet her and to interview her and moreover, she had guided us in a tour on their workplace.

• Do you think that percentage of women in media in your newspaper and in Germany in general is enough now or still needs to raise?

It needs to raise, yes, but women have also to raise in opinion. When women talk about politics or sports, the main concern for some people is not what they are saying but the fact that they are women.

• When interviewing a woman, do you think that they are made the same kind of questions to a man?

No, for example just look in the Oscars. While men are asked about what they felt in this part, what was for them playing this or that one..., women are asked about the clothes they are wearing.

• Do you feel that you are a woman while working on journalism?

I work in a rural area where there are people with a sexist mind, so I feel it somehow when I go to interview some farmers. I am always told about things like "you, that a are a woman...".