Gerrit Hiemstra
{{Short description|Dutch meteorologist and weather presenter}}
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| birth_name = Gerrit Hiemstra
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|08|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Drachten, Netherlands
| nationality = Dutch
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| alma_mater = Wageningen University & Research
| occupation = Meteorologist
weather presenter
| years_active = 1986–present
| known_for = NOS Journaal, NPO Radio 1
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| website = {{URL|https://www.weatherimpact.nl}}
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Gerrit Hiemstra (born 19 August 1961) is a Dutch meteorologist and weather presenter.{{cite web |title=Gerrit Hiemstra - Beeld en Geluid Wiki |url=https://wiki.beeldengeluid.nl/index.php/Gerrit_Hiemstra |website=beeldengeluid.nl |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}{{cite web |title=Gerrit Hiemstra - TVblik |url=https://tvblik.nl/dossier/gerrit-hiemstra |website=tvblik.nl |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}} From 1998 until 2023 he was one of the weather presenters for the Dutch public news broadcaster NOS Journaal.{{cite news |last1=van der Heeden |first1=David |title=Het nieuwe NOS Journaal is nog even wennen |language=nl |url=https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/het-nieuwe-nos-journaal-is-nog-even-wennen~a53c4475/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=1 June 2012}}{{cite news |title=Ik ben bang voor onweer |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/08/30/ik-ben-bang-1287449-a705296 | trans-title=I'm afraid of thunder |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=NRC Handelsblad |date=31 August 2013 |language=nl}}
Awards
In 2021 Hiemstra received the {{ill| Machiavelli award|nl|Machiavelliprijs}}, a Dutch prize awarded annually to politicians or organisations for outstanding achievement in the field of public communication.{{cite web |title=TV weatherman wins communications prize for climate change approach |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/01/tv-weatherman-wins-communications-prize-for-climate-change-approach/ |website=dutchnews.nl |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=4 January 2022}}{{cite news |title=Weerman Gerrit Hiemstra krijgt Machiavelliprijs: 'begrijpelijke taal, met wetenschap als basis' |trans-title=Weatherman Gerrit Hiemstra receives Machiavelli Prize: 'Understandable language, based on science' |language=nl |url=https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/weerman-gerrit-hiemstra-krijgt-machiavelliprijs-begrijpelijke-taal-met-wetenschap-als-basis~b727a0c6/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Trouw |date=4 January 2022}}{{cite news |title=Machiavelliprijs voor weerman Hiemstra, 'onbedoeld boegbeeld klimaatverandering' |url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5278557/gerrit-hiemstra-machiavelliprijs-publieke-communicatie-weerman |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=RTL Nieuws |language=nl |trans-title=Machiavelli Prize for weatherman Hiemstra, 'unintentional figurehead of climate change' |date=4 January 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{cite web |title=Over Gerrit Hiemstra |url=https://over.nos.nl/onze-mensen/gerrit-hiemstra/ |website=nos.nl |publisher=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting |access-date=23 August 2022 |language=nl}}
- {{cite news |title=Gerrit Hiemstra, onbeschroomd strijder tegen klimaatonzin |trans-title=Gerrit Hiemstra, fearless fighter against climate nonsense |url-access=subscription |language=nl |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/gerrit-hiemstra-onbeschroomd-strijder-tegen-klimaatonzin~bab82181/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=De Volkskrant |date=22 January 2018}}
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Category:Dutch television presenters
Category:Dutch radio presenters
Category:Television weather presenters
Category:20th-century Dutch people
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