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Eirik Solheim on NRK Beta, media transparency and how to engage readers in the new media reality

Kristine Lowe

24 Sep 2008 — 1 min read

Here's your chance to hear Eirik Solheim, one of the new media gurus at The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), talk about NRKs blogging efforts, media transparency and how to engage readers in the new media reality.

I might be promising a bit too much here as this is a very informal session I'm organising for tomorrow, but I know I have many editors, journalists, bloggers and people who are more than averagely interested in the future of media reading this blog, so I thought those of you who are based in Oslo or nearby might find this interesting (which admittedly is a small portion of you, but still...).
I'm in the process of setting up a forum for Journalisten on online journalism: a place to discuss, be inspired, argue and exchange experiences about this ever shifting, fast evolving frontier of journalism, and, incidentally, our first meeting this autumn will be tomorrow at 5pm. It will feature a short introduction by Eirik, before we open the floor for questions and debate. It's short notice, I know, but if you'd like to come along tomorrow and/or want to be informed about our future events, drop me an email...

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