Media
Yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the twin terror attack that killed 77 people in Oslo and on Utöya in 2011. The terror of that day still feels unfathomable, surreal. To some extent, more so now than when the terrible events of the day way were unfolding. In the earlyish
Blogging
Meet the blogger who changed the law, sort of. Or whose case at least prompted Norwegian legislators to introduce legal amendments to allow for the Internet to be treated as a public place. This story really, truly, beggars belief, but due to outdated computer systems Norwegian authorities have been unable
Blogging
Well, would you have believed: Just as you thought the media was becoming more industrialised than ever. Just as the steady stream of cost cuts, lay-offs, consolidation, online traffic partnerships and industrial scale copy-paste-steal practice popularly dubbed aggregation reached new heights. Just as you thought the media was looking more
Media
"You can’t bring about innovation with disruption," a friend of mine likes to say. Luckily, I’ve also gleamed some valuable insights on exactly how to go about changing what I myself like to call dysfunctional organisations from her, or how to disrupt them enough to bring
Personal
Add meetings, presentations and report-writing that title pretty much sums up my week.It's been a week with a slightly dizzying pace, very intense, but, although I started it in the doctor's office, I got a lot of important things done, learnt some valuable new things
Media
After introducing a "hard" paywall in November 2011, tiny local newspaper Hallingdölen in Ål, Norway, boasts of its best financial year ever in 2012. The name of its businessmodel? "Ål inclusive" (the term refers to how only paying subscribers can access the paper on all platforms)
Blogging
Here's a book I just discovered is hot off the press today, a book I've been working as a bit of a backstage assistant for, and am delighted to finally see published. It's a history of Norwegian blogging, and the book's title
Blogging
This might be old news if you follow me on any of my Norwegian social media profiles, but I thought I'd take a few minutes to explain the radio silence on this blog last month: I was tired of my search for a nice place to rent dragging
Blogging
Now, here’s a really pleasant surprise which really made my day on Thursday: This blog is included on Journalism.co.uk’s terrific list of 50 blogs by journalists, for journalists. The news reached me when I was at the mercy of a very angry sinus infection, after having
Media
A post about the recent bankruptcies of high street chains HMV, Blockbuster and Jessops - brands which holds a lot of memories with me - made me think back to a a favourite video which bears revisiting. "Where-ever there is mediation there will be disruption. This is not just
Journalism
What if readers could just add a plugin to their browsers and instantly correct factual or grammatical errors on various news sites? Would they bother? Would news sites ever welcome such an innovation and use it to correct their content? Well, it does exist.... I know at least one former
Journalism
It’s good to see journalism school books and primers finally being updated to reflect the new challenges and opportunities of our age. A good example of this is a book which arrived in my mail box just before Christmas: Now, it must be said that it arrived in my