Guri Hjeltnes

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Guri Hjeltnes
WWII history
media studies
InstitutionsBI Norwegian Business School

Guri Hjeltnes (born 23 October 1953) is a Norwegian journalist and historian. Having mainly researched

Norwegian World War II history during her career, she is a professor of journalism at the BI Norwegian Business School since 2004. She has also spent considerable time as a journalist and commentator, currently in Verdens Gang. She became director of the Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities in 2012.[1]

Career

Guri Hjeltnes was born in

In 2004 she was hired in Verdens Gang on a full-time basis,[4] but after a few months she left to become a professor of journalism at the BI Norwegian Business School.[2] She is also vice rector there, and still works as a commentator in Verdens Gang.[3]

The bulk of her authorship pertains to

media convergence.[4]

Hjeltnes is a member of the board of the Fritt Ord Foundation,[3] and has chaired the SKUP Foundation.

Personal life

Hjeltnes is married to

political scientist.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Guri Hjeltnes ny direktør ved Holocaust-senteret", Vårt Land
  2. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ a b c Profile Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback MachineBI Norwegian Business School
  5. ^ "List of authors of Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2009-12-29.