MARGJE DE KONING, IKONDOCS, EVANGELIST BROADCASTING, THE NETHERLANDS

After finishing her studies, Margje de Koning made all sorts of documentaries for many different broadcasting companies for 12 years. In 2004, she became a part time teacher at the Culture & Media studies (Dept. of Film & Television at the University of Amsterdam). In August 2004, she became Commissioning Editor for a documentary slot of 52’ docs. This meant producing and co-producing creative single documentaries on contemporary social, social-cultural and moral issues with a strong human interest angle. Since January 2005, Margje has been responsible for the Television Department of IKON and on January 2012 she became Head of TV, Radio and New Media programming at IKON. From January 2016, IKON has been incorporated within EO with Margje de Koning as Commissioning Editor, Documentaries for EO, JDocs and IKONdocs. EO – Evangelical Broadcasting – is one of the 12 member-based broadcasting associations within the Dutch public broadcast system contributing with 500 tv-hours/year. The department of documentary includes 3 labels EO, IKONdocs and JDocs. The focus for subjects are on human, social issues and human rights issues.