Dafydd ab Iago

"We know more about Donald Trump's hair growth or ear reconstruction surgery than we do about who will be our next mayor or why the swimming pool has to close," says Dafydd. That's the motivation spurring Dafydd to volunteer several articles per month, solely on Tervuren matters. "News desert is the term for the lack of local and micro-level news," he says. Dafydd has been a journalist for over 25 years, mostly covering European politics. Key themes are climate, energy and geo-politics. "In our town, we lost the weekly Dutch-language newspaper, De Serrist, when the last issue rolled off the presses in January 2022, ending 77 years of local news reporting near the end of Covid," he adds. Aside from English, Dafydd speaks Welsh, Dutch, French, Esperanto and Spanish. He studied at the universities of Vienna, Oxford, Bristol and Wales.

Dafydd ab Iago has been a journalist for over 25 years, mostly covering European politics. By founding, Brave News Dafydd aims to ultimately contribute to filling gaps in local news reporting.

“We know more about Donald Trump’s hair growth or ear reconstruction surgery than we do about who will be our next mayor or why the swimming pool has to close,” he says. That’s the motivation spurring Dafydd to volunteer several articles per month, notably for Tervuren+, with a publication rhythm of 3-4 targeted and researched articles for free per month.

“News desert is the term for the lack of local and micro-level news,” he says.

Aside from English, Dafydd speaks Welsh, Dutch, French, Spanish and German. He has studied at universities in Wales, Vienna and Oxford.