Editing De Volkskrant (section)

==History and profile==
[[File:Amsterdam Wibautstraat De Volkskrant 001.JPG|thumb|left|Former headquarters in [[Amsterdam-Oost]]]]
[[File:Oostenburgereiland oostenburgervaart.jpg|thumb|left|Current headquarters in [[Amsterdam-Centrum]]]]
''De Volkskrant'' was founded in 1919<ref name=cordula>{{cite book|author=Cordula Rooijendijk|title=That City is Mine!: Urban Ideal Images in Public Debates and City Plans, Amsterdam & Rotterdam 1945-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pW9ZAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|access-date=9 December 2014|year=2005|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-5629-382-6|page=23}}</ref> and has been a daily morning [[newspaper]] since 1921. Originally ''de Volkskrant'' was a [[Roman Catholic]] newspaper<ref name=cordula/> closely linked to the [[Catholic People's Party]] and the Catholic [[pillarization|pillar]]. The paper temporarily ceased publication in 1941.<ref name=cordula/>

On its re-founding in 1945, its office moved from [[Den Bosch]] to [[Amsterdam]].<ref name="sommer">{{cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/zelfbewust-op-zoek~b66cf013/ |author=Martin Sommer |title=Zelfbewust op zoek |newspaper=de Volkskrant |date=23 August 2006 |language=nl}}</ref> It became a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s, but began softening its stance in 1980.<ref name="sommer"/><ref>Original citation: "Hoogtepunt en tevens laatste oprisping van het linkse levensgevoel was de beruchte Koninginnedagkrant van 1 mei 1980. [..] De rellen kwamen er en de Volkskrant solidariseerde zich met het oproer. [..] Zo bleef de Volkskrant de progressiviteit trouw, zij het langzamerhand steeds meer in homeopathische verdunning."</ref> On 23 August 2006 the ''Volkskrant'' published its 25,000th edition.

In 1968, the ownership of ''De Volkskrant'' and ''Het Parool'' merged into a new parent, De Perscombinatie. ''Het Parool'' gained control due to the larger investment in the parent. De Perscombinatie started joint printing. In 1975, ''Trouw'' joined. In 1994 De Perscombinatie acquired Uitgeverij Meulenhoff & Co and became PCM Uitgevers. In 1995 PCM acquired the larger Nederlandse Dagblad Unie, owners of the ''Algemeen Dagblad'' en ''NRC Handelsblad''. In 1996 it acquired ''De Volkskrant''. PCM was acquired in 2009 by De Persgroep from Belgium and in December 2009 renamed De Persgroup Nederland, now DPG Media Nederland.

In 2010, [[Pieter Broertjes]] completed his 20-year tenure as editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/philippe-remarque-stopt-als-hoofdredacteur-van-de-volkskrant~bdea73a4/ |title=Philippe Remarque stopt als hoofdredacteur van de Volkskrant |date=18 April 2019 |newspaper=Het Parool |language=nl }}</ref> In 2013 ''de Volkskrant'' was awarded the [[European Newspaper Award|European Newspaper of the Year]] in the category of nationwide newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|title=15th European Newspaper Award |url=http://www.adnative.net/global/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=107339&title=europe-15th-european-newspaper-awardmain-prize-winners-from-norway-the-netherlands-portugal-russia-and-germany#.VH11omSsXRA |work=Adnative |access-date=2 December 2014 |date=15 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604015209/http://www.adnative.net/global/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=107339&title=europe-15th-european-newspaper-awardmain-prize-winners-from-norway-the-netherlands-portugal-russia-and-germany |archive-date=4 June 2015 }}</ref>

In October 2006, ''de Volkskrant'' announced it intended to start publishing a free version of its paper, targeting young people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/02/europe/EU_GEN_Netherlands_Newspapers.php|title=Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant to launch free version for younger readers|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|date=29 March 2009|access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref> As PCM gave no permission this never happened.