Torsten Stiig Jansen

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Torsten Stiig Jansen
lobbyist
Notable creditTV Avisen Magasinet Søndag DR
SpouseCathrine Gyldensted
Websitewww.leadagency.dk

Torsten Stiig Jansen (born 24 July 1963) is a Danish journalist. He has worked for Ekstra Bladet and DR as a foreign news reporter, US correspondent, Head of Foreign News, and news presenter at TV Avisen.

Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.[2] He is currently an associate partner at the public affairs bureau, LEAD Agency in Copenhagen.[3]

While a young reporter for Ekstra Bladet in 1990–1993, Jansen covered the revolutions of 1989, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, [4] the

1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt against the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.[5] He also covered the Rwandan genocide and the release of Nelson Mandela.[6]

Jansen has co-written several books on American politics. In 2020, the publishing house Gyldendal published Jansen's book Sprækker on Danish-US relations through interviews with all current living Danish Prime ministers.[7]

Early life and career

Jansen was born in

Danish School of Journalism from 1986 to 1990.[citation needed
]

Career

Jansen began his career as a foreign news journalist at the Danish tabloid 'Ekstra Bladet', travelling extensively in Eastern Europe covering the historical political changes beginning with the Revolutions of 1989 and the breakdown of the Berlin Wall. Together with Jan Grarup, war photographer Jansen reported on the Balkan Wars from Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo.[8]

In 1992, Nelson Mandela was touring the Scandinavian countries thanking them for their support during his 27 years imprisonment at Robben Island, South Africa. Jansen interviewed Nelson Mandela as the only Scandinavian journalist, during Mandela's visit to Copenhagen, in February 1992.[9]

Jansen was appointed US Correspondent in 1996–2001 for DR. There, he covered the 1996 United States presidential election, the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and the 2000 United States presidential election in Florida, the subsequent 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida where the democratic presidential nominee Al Gore conceded to the republican presidential nominee George W. Bush.[10]

Jansen later served as Head of Foreign News at DR from 2001 to 2004. From 2004–2007 he was a

Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
.

In 2013, Jansen joined the PR and Public Affairs Agency, LEAD Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark.[12] He has been serving on the board of Danish Shareholders/Dansk Aktionærforening since 2017. [13] He has been a pundit on US politics at TV2 NEWS Denmark since 2019. [14]

References

  1. ^ "Journalist, diplomat og lobbyist fylder 50". Bureaubiz. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Torsten Jansen forlader DR". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Torsten Stiig Jansen". LEAD Agency. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Torsten Jansen fylder 50 år". Mediawatch. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Fax fra Sarajevo – En fortælling om overlevelse". Cobolt Publishing. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. B.T.
    . Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sprækker. Om rystelserne i venskabet mellem Danmark og USA". Gyldendal. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  8. ^ //"Hvor jernkorsene gror. En krigsfotografs erindringer". Gyldendal. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  9. ^ "DR2 Morgen – Torsten Jansen om sin gåtur med Mandela". YouTube. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  10. Aarhus Stiftstidende
    . Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ny chef DR Udland". Børsen. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "Lead Agency ud af 2017 med vækst og overskud". Altinget. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  13. ^ "Dansk Aktionærforening slipper forandringen løs". Shareholders.dk. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  14. ^ Trump går ned med flammer// "USA-kommentator: Trump går ned med flammer". TV2.dk. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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