GLAD 20 YEARS - Flipbook - Page 40
Magnus
Honoured
Two of the present employees at TV-Glad Ringsted have been aboard since the beginning, i.e. Blå
Berglind, a teacher, and Magnus Schultz, who is employed on special terms. The two participated
in building the TV branch from scratch, and since 2014 they have been part of TV-Glad’s overall
production.
“When I started doing TV, I had this idea that I wanted to save the world. No less. Information and
thus the destruction of prejudice via the grand media at the time, TV. But commercialisation, the
quest for viewers and the personal need for a well-paid job, steadily narrowed my possibilities for
doing anything meaningful. I quit TV for a spell, until I ran into Glad, and realised that it made lots of
sense. And even if I’m dead tired by the phrase making a difference, I actually think that’s what we
do!” says Blå Berglind. He talks about the first years of hard work and building competencies. And
the inherent pride when as staff member does a fantastic job.
“In the context of challenging politicians, our theme was invisible disabilities. We ended up with
Magnus having our mayor dancing sideways through City Hall in order for him to understand how
one lives with OCD. By ordering his mayor about, Magnus’ had his own limits exceeded dramatically.
And he did it with such bravura that he grew at least 10 centimetres that day, but he can explain that
himself,” says Blå Berglind.
And that particular incident does happen to be the one that Magnus Schultz choses as his special
moment during his years at Glad:
“When I was taken on, we had no programmes and no experience. This changed in 2014 when
we started producing for the national local TV along with the other branches. And what makes me
particularly proud, was the item where we tested politicians’ handicap insight under the headline
‘cool or slack at handicap’. I instructed Ringsted’s mayor on how he should move about in City Hall
as if he suffered from OCD. He wasn’t allowed to touch door handles as they might be loaded with
bacteria from someone else. He had to disinfect edges of the rostrum before speaking, and he had
to consider carefully his every move. Later I was told that it made a deep impression on him. In 2017
I was honoured with Ringsted Municipality’s Handicap Prize. Apparently, the event had also made
a deep impression Enhedslisten’s town councillor Jan Jacobsen who is physically disabled,” says
Magnus Schultz.
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