Our Autobiography

17/07/2023

UNITED STATES - Journalist Daan Ballegeer explores in the United States, the birthplace of the automobile, how that means of transportation has influenced our lives.

Episode 1: Racing and race, a course of discrimination.
Episode 2: The Hummer, an energy eater in a time that begs for economy.
Episode 3: Driving is freedom, but not for everyone.
Episode 4: Mass production delivered prosperity, de-industrialization takes it away.

Supported

€7.550 allocated on 21/12/2017.

ID:

FPD/2017/1456

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Publication

PRINT/ONLINE

Redneck Races, De Volkskrant, 17/07/2023.
De hummer als barometer van de tijd, De Volkskrant, 01/08/2023.
Een witte stad die worstelt met een zwart verleden, De Volkskrant, 15/08/2023.
Hoe het welvarende Highland Park uitgroeide tot een oord van armoede en wanhoop, De Volkskrant, 21/08/2023.

Team members

Daan Ballegeer

Daan Ballegeer (°1982) is a Belgian journalist and writes for various Belgian and Dutch newspapers and magazines.

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