VRT NWS

VRT NWS is Flemish public broadcaster VRT’s news content brand. Keeping the Flemish people informed is one of VRT’s essential missions. From its independent position, VRT NWS guarantees correct, factual, and reliable information in times when the line between real and fake news is blurring. VRT NWS also provides interpretation, background, and context for local, national, and international news. VRT NWS provides differentiated, multimedia news content via other VRT brands’ channels, its own media platforms, and social media.

VRT NWS wants to be, and remains to be, the most relevant news source in Flanders, informing all Flemings with news from everywhere. To maintain this relevance, the news service uses various channels to reach as many target groups in Flanders as possible. Today our society is increasingly confronted with an oversupply of information and disinformation. In this complex context, VRT NWS wants to guarantee independent, reliable, and impartial news and interpretation, and wants to do so in an accessible manner.

VRT NWS wants to stay close to the people and keep a finger on the pulse, to bring stories that are relevant in Flemish society and the world. In this way, the public feels involved, and people recognise themselves in the programmes. The news service provides information that is useful to the Flemings, that is concrete, makes their daily life easier and helps them to form an opinion so they can play their role in society.