Another interview with DW director Erik Bettermann, published Nov 19:
http://www.faz.net/s/Rub475F682E3FC24868A8A5276D4FB916D7/Doc~ECBE36E2A1CC447BEA7EE79B560E77912~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
Herein he says that DW Chinese gets jammed "since 14 days", i.e. since
early November. As reported no jamming could be found on RMS recorings
around Dec 1. But certainly it would not hurt to keep an eye on it.
Another noteworth (not made elsewhere, too) remark from this interview:
"In all language services I use people with a western-Christian
background."
About 100 DW staff members have set up a "Pro Deutsche Welle" action
group, as earlier reported. The Journalist magazine published their
position paper:
http://www.journalist.de/downloads/pdf/dokumentationen/Doku_Pro_Deutsche_Welle.pdf
Condensed translation:
DW TV has just been relaunched in 2007, now the management announces a
complete reorientation for 2009 that on the radio side has already
started. The changes are drastic: Abandoning German as primary language
in favour of English; radically changing the target audience, away from
German-speaking people abroad to English-speaking audiences;
concentrating on the internet at the expense of mass distribution
platforms like shortwave (radio) or cable (TV).
More than 100 stafff members from all departments came together in the
"Pro Deutsche Welle" initiative because they are deeply worried about
the future of DW as far-reaching German voice for freedom, democracy and
human rights, ready to fight for DW, its service obligations, its
quality and its audiences, hoping that they can count on council members
and politicians as allies. [...]