Month: January 2017

Stromovka Prag Schnee, Šlechtovka

Bilanz

Nach fast zwanzig Jahren, die ich in das Erlernen der Tschechischen Sprache investiert habe, werde ich nun immer häufiger für einen tschechischen Muttersprachler gehalten, der Probleme hat, sich auszudrücken.

free ticket for journalists

About the Irrational Stinginess of Some Press Officers in Prague

Before I started my Czech-related blogs, I worked for several newspapers, radio stations and news websites. Repeatedly it happened, that press officers of botanical gardens, galleries and other institutions1 surprised me with a totally irrational stinginess. Sometimes, after long exchanges of emails, they would grant a single-entry ticket. In other cases, like now the DOX gallery in Prague, I simply felt too bothered to follow up. Usually the task of press officers is to promote their institution, and that, of course, in a favourable and cost-efficient way. So why haggle about a free ticket? What is at stake? If that ticket will eventually convince some paying visitors to come to that place – hasn’t it already paid off? I understand that with a tight budget, you don’t just give away items of a limited quantity. But what is the actual price of a free press ticket? It’s the value of a piece of paper, plus the time you need to instruct your cash desk to issue it. No space in your precious premises will be …