Jan Prins (14 May 1944 in

Zaandam Zaandam () is a city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan ...

– 7 March 2008 in

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) was a Dutch newspaper editor and journalist. Prins, born in

Zaanstad Zaanstad () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, Dutch municipality in the province of North Holland, situated northwest of Amsterdam. Its main city is Zaandam. It is part of the conurbation and Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area of ...

into a communist family (his uncle was Marcus Bakker), began his journalistic career in the early 1960 as an apprentice reporter at '' De Zaanlander'', after which he went on to work for Sijthoff in The Hague, and to become

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of the '' Rotterdams Dagblad''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prins, Jan 1944 births 2008 deaths Dutch newspaper editors People from Zaanstad 20th-century Dutch journalists