Academic interests
Researcher working at the intersection of media, journalism and technology. I am part of "HumAIn – A Humanities Hub for the Reimagination of AI" and serve on the editorial team of the journal MedieKultur.
Through 2025 I was a PhD-candidate working with the research project "Photofake – Visual Disinformation, the Digital Economy and the Epistemology of the Camera Image" funded by the Research Council of Norway. My main research interests here have been:
- Visual Source Criticism and Open Source Investigations
- AI, Photorealism and Technical Camera-Based Practices
- Potential for Disinformation in New Media
The result was the dissertation "Visual Open Source Investigative Journalism: Premises, Practices, and Prospects" which explores how journalism, through its increasing reliance on eyewitness images, adapts to a fragmented and visually saturated digital information landscape.
I have worked extensively with new and emerging forms of media over the last decade, especially user-generated content (UGC) and its role and use in traditional media. My book "Digital kildekritikk" [Digital Source Criticism] was published by Gyldendal Akademisk in 2021.
In 2024 Routledge published an updated English version: Evaluating Digital Sources in Journalism: An Introduction to Digital Source Criticism.
- Inaugural member (2022-2024) of the Norwegian Research School on Digitalization, Culture and Society (DIGIT).
- Graduate Affiliate (2024-2025), Centre for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Background
For most of the 2010s I have worked as a journalist, acting editor and advisor at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's R&D-lab NRKbeta.
- At the Tinius Trust, the largest shareholder in Schibsted Media Group, I worked as a strategic advisor.
- I hold an MA in New Media and Digital Culture from the University of Amsterdam.
- Previously a board member of the Norwegian Online News Association (NONA).
I have guest lectured at OsloMet, NTNU, University of Stavanger, Volda University College and Kristiania University College.
Additionally, I have presented my work at conferences such as SXSW Interactive, The Conference, Nordic Media Days and SKUP. I annually contribute to the media future predictions from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard.