Nicklas Wancke
Humanist of the day

Nicklas Wancke

The host of the Finnish Broadcasting Company’s Morning News programme imagines in his sleep deprived state that everything can be easily explained and understood as long as there is a desire to so. He believes that a background in the humanities lays the foundation for an all-round education and is the best foundation for being a jack-of-all-trades in journalism, and that humility makes one understand that the topic and the interviewee – not the interviewer – are always the most important!

Nicklas Wancke

Nicklas Michael Wancke
Born July 18, 1965, Helsinki

BA (English Philology), University of Helsinki

Host of FBC’s Morning News programme (Ylen aamu-tv), 2006-
Director of FBC’s English language news desk, 2000–2005
Reporter on Radio Finland, 1996–2000
Reporter at FBC, 1996-
Co-founder of a translation company, 1990
Tour guide in Egypt, Syria and Singapore, 1988–1990

Written by Nicklas Wancke (Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta, ed.)
Translated by Joe McVeigh

I have my dream job. At the Morning News programme, no two days are the same. The best Morning News has a range of subjects: the anchor gets to interview both an ordinary person and a celebrity, the ringmaster as well as the president.

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When I think about my best memories, one of them stands above the rest: the English lecturer Tim Andrews. He gushed with energy and warmth, and his lectures were captivating and immensely inspiring. Whenever I speak in front of a large audience, I always try to keep in mind how Tim got a bunch of people to enjoy, learn and laugh from even the tears in his eyes.

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I confess, I’m lazy. I like good food. When I’m around sweets, I usually eat too much. And I don’t suffer from a bad conscience afterwards. A hedonistic humanist? Harmony and balance, however, must be maintained, so the counterbalance to this hedonism are exercise and work brought about through self-discipline.

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