Jorn Madslien
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Jorn Madslien born 11 March 1967 is a journalist for BBC News Online
and other BBC News
outlets.
Madslien is features editor for the business and economics pages on the BBC News website. In addition he specialises on reporting internationally on the energy industry, aerospace and defence, as well as the motor industry.
In December 2010, Madslien was the big winner at the annual Guild of Motoring Writers Awards, where he collected three prizes. Madslien collected the journalist of the year prize for his work raising the profile of the motor industry. He was also named business writer of year and new media writer of the year. He narrowly missed out on a fourth prize after being highly commendend in the environmental writer category.
In 2007, Madslien was on the Business Journalist of the Year shortlist for his early reporting on biofuel and its advantages and shortcomings.
Prior to joining the BBC in 2000, Madslien founded and ran the television production company The Media Syndicate, making current affairs documentaries on behalf of broadcasters in many countries.
Among his productions are films about the sub-culture producing Neo-Nazi White Power music in Sweden, the challenges facing the indigenous Sami people in the High North region and Russian prostitutes working across the border in Northern Norway during the 1990s.
Also during the 1990s, Jorn worked as a television reporter/presenter for European Business News, a Dow Jones, TV-channel that was later merged with CNBC Europe
. Jorn has also written for the financial press in London and New York, including publications by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
and he is a contributing editor of books on financial derivatives.
Born in 1967 in Oslo
, Norway
, Jorn was a medical officer in the Norwegian cavalry, before reading philosophy at the University of Oslo
and economics at the University of Leeds
. He holds a masters degree in international journalism from City University, London
.
BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. The website is the most popular news website in the United Kingdom and forms a major part of BBC Online ....
and other BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
outlets.
Madslien is features editor for the business and economics pages on the BBC News website. In addition he specialises on reporting internationally on the energy industry, aerospace and defence, as well as the motor industry.
In December 2010, Madslien was the big winner at the annual Guild of Motoring Writers Awards, where he collected three prizes. Madslien collected the journalist of the year prize for his work raising the profile of the motor industry. He was also named business writer of year and new media writer of the year. He narrowly missed out on a fourth prize after being highly commendend in the environmental writer category.
In 2007, Madslien was on the Business Journalist of the Year shortlist for his early reporting on biofuel and its advantages and shortcomings.
Prior to joining the BBC in 2000, Madslien founded and ran the television production company The Media Syndicate, making current affairs documentaries on behalf of broadcasters in many countries.
Among his productions are films about the sub-culture producing Neo-Nazi White Power music in Sweden, the challenges facing the indigenous Sami people in the High North region and Russian prostitutes working across the border in Northern Norway during the 1990s.
Also during the 1990s, Jorn worked as a television reporter/presenter for European Business News, a Dow Jones, TV-channel that was later merged with CNBC Europe
CNBC Europe
CNBC Europe is a business and financial news television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. The network is owned and operated by NBC Universal and headquartered in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith-designed 10 Fleet Place building with Dow Jones...
. Jorn has also written for the financial press in London and New York, including publications by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is one of Europe's largest business and financial magazine publishers which has interests in financial publishing and event organization. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index...
and he is a contributing editor of books on financial derivatives.
Born in 1967 in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Jorn was a medical officer in the Norwegian cavalry, before reading philosophy at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
and economics at the University of Leeds
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
. He holds a masters degree in international journalism from City University, London
City University, London
City University London , is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university in 1966, when it adopted its present name....
.
External links
- Press Gazette: Jorn Madslien collects three Guild of Motoring Writers Awards
- Guild of Motoring Writers - the winners, 2010
- BBC News website, business
- BBC News Motor Industry
- BBC News Aerospace and Defence
- Jorn Madslien speaking at SKUP, the Norwegian investigative journalism conference: Subject: follow the money. In Norwegian.
- EU car firms fail consumers' green test,Jorn Madslien University of Glasgow
- Journalisted, lists recent articles by Jorn Madslien
- Russia's Sami fight for their lives, Jorn Madslien recited by the Aboriginal Sports Circle of the Western Arctic
- 2007 Business Journalist of the Year Shortlist
- Kosmograd on Jorn Madslien's photo essay Murmansk's Gorgeous Garages
- Lingual X blog on Jorn Madslien's photo essay Murmansk's Gorgeous Garages
- Money Maker on Jorn Madslien's first drive of a BMW hydrogen car.
- Partnership for Global Security, reference to Jorn Madslien's reporting on nuclear waste