I am a Dutch/English speaking podcast producer, audio storyteller, and journalist with a background in TV, daily news, archival research and documentary production. My work has appeared on TIME, PBS NewsHour, VPRO (Dutch Public Television), and Cartoon Movement.
I studied history and like to work with archival material and look for different ways to tell a story.
ABN AMRO Art Collection: Eleven Women and More, Audio Tour Producer, Editor & Story Architect
Collaborated with ABN AMRO’s Art Curator, Transformation, and Diversity & Inclusion teams to design and produce an audio tour centered on themes of belonging, personal narrative, and corporate heritage.
Senior producer and editor for the podcast VLUCHTNUMMERS (Songs of flight) features the extraordinary stories of people who’ve had to flee their country, all told through music. Which songs gave them courage during difficult moments on their journey and confidence to build a new life in a new country.
Vluchtnummers was made with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNHCR en Stichting Vluchteling and produced by Jollofriceproductions.
Over half a century after James Baldwin featured in the seminal 1963 documentary Take This Hammer, I tracked down the young boys from the original film. Working closely with the local community, I interviewed them to preserve their stories from 1963 and explore how the racial and economic realities they faced then continue to mirror their lives today.
Short Doc In 2010 Haiti encountered Video journalist Caroline Dijckmeester-Bins collaborated with American editorial cartoonist Matt Bors to create a video incorporating animated illustrations of the people they interviewed, and features contributing illustrations from the Haitian artist Chevelin Pierre.
PBS NEWSHOUR An obscure piece of immigration law targets uniquely talented individuals who want to live in the United States. University of California, Berkeley students Lauren Rosenfeld and Caroline Bins explore how it could help some Russian performers in Las Vegas gain permanent residency thanks to their rope and trapeze talents.