People had gone home on Greenlandic media when they suddenly heard about Trump Jr.'s visit.

World eyes turned to Greenlandic media KNR and Greenland after it was revealed that Trump Jr. would visit Greenland.

KNR has been under scrutiny since Monday, when it was broken that Trump's son would visit Greenland.

In the course of this week, the world's attention has been on the Greenlandic media KNR and Greenland. (Photo: © Irene Jeppson)

By Karen Klærke ([email protected]) 31 minutes ago

On Monday afternoon in Nuuk, Greenland, souschef Bibi Nathansen of the news department at KNR received a message on Messenger.

In the message, it was stated, among other things, as follows:

The souschef does not wish to disclose who is behind the message, as it is private.

However, shortly thereafter, the redactors were kept busy.

- It was a holy Thursday, which is a half-Friday here, so people were gone at noon - we had four people on the redactors, Bibi Nathansen explains.

The first thing they did was to try to confirm the story.

- We called an unbelievable number of people, who independently of each other said they could neither confirm nor deny, but think we should hold onto it. That's another way to say there's something here, she says.

Bibi Nathansen is souschef in the news department at KNR. (© Irene Jeppson)

Later in the day, they were able to announce the news that the American president's son Donald Trump Jr. was on his way to Greenland as part of Trump's plans to gain more control over Greenland. ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/tema/donald-trumps-interesse-groenland )

- We went in breaking, and we were the first media to report that he was on his way, says Bibi Nathansen.

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'I don't think the world press is thinking about time differences'

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Following this, the Greenlandic media was contacted by media from all corners of the globe.

From Shanghai, Jordan, Germany, Australia, and the Nordic countries they wanted to get hold of them.

Also the British media BBC and the American media CNN have contacted them.

In fact, there have been so many inquiries that the small redactors have been forced to distribute them among themselves.

Night into Tuesday, Bibi Nathansen got around two hours of sleep, while she since in the morning at 4 Greenlandic time has been called up by interested parties.

- I don't think the world press is thinking about time differences, and that something is called a holiday, she explains.

The news about Trump Jr.'s visit broke on a Greenlandic holiday, so there were only four on duty. (The picture is from today and not on Monday) (© Irene Jeppson)

Many of the inquiries from the media are about whether KNR can help them find sources for them.

- We are a public-service station, and we work first and foremost for our own population, so to other media who would like insight into Greenland, we have politely said that we have built a source network over many years, and that work they must do themselves, she says.

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KNR has new potential stories in the pipeline

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Bibi Nathansen thinks it is very clear that there is a lack of experts or reporters with insight into Greenland.

How do you think the media's coverage has been?

- I should not judge what is right and wrong, and I will not come with a personal evaluation of what the Danish media have done.

- It is obviously very clear that Greenland is a good geopolitical map in international big politics.

However, it is according to her important to say that it is their and the coming generation's future that is at stake.

- We are a good geopolitical map, but we are also people, she says.

Even though Trump Jr. has left Greenland again, the redactors still have ideas for new stories.

- In terms of the future, we are in the process of investigating how it has been for other Arctic regions - Inuit in Alaska - to be part of the USA. That does not look particularly good, she thinks.

Listen to Bibi Nathansen tell the whole story in Tabloid, where host Mette Walsted Vestergaard also investigates how significantly the media's coverage of Trump has changed since his first presidential term.

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