Kristin Solberg
Kristin Solberg (born 1982) is a Norwegian journalist and author who is set to become correspondent for NRK in Istanbul where she will cover Southwest-Asia and part of the Middle-East. Previously she covered the Middle East and South Asia forAftenposten.
Solberg has a bachelor's degree in journalism and a masters degree in international relations from London school of Economics. She has also studied Arabic in Lebanon and worked for a newspaper there.[1] After working temporarily for Aftenposten in Norway in 2007, she started as a freelance correspondent in New Dehli and became the South Asia correspondent for Aftenposten. She was based in Kabul from 2011 and 2013. In 2013 she became based in Cairo as a Middle East correspondent.[2][3][4] In December 2014 she got the position of correspondent in Istanbul where she will cover West-Asia and part of the Middle East.[1]
She has written one book about Pakistan and one about a midwife school in Afghanistan.
Awards
- International Reporter Journalist Prize for Gjennom de renes land - Rapport fra Pakistan (2011)
- Den store journalistprisen, with Anders Sømme Hammer (2014)
- The Bjørnson Prize (2014)
Bibliography
- Gjennom de renes land - Rapport fra Pakistan 2011 ISBN 9788203293153
- Livets skole 2013 ISBN 978-82-03-29341-2
References
- 1 2 Daniel Eriksen (3 December 2014) Slik er NRKs nye korrespondenter NRK.
- ↑ Guro Havro Bjørnstad (31 September 2012) Gjennom mørke linser (Norwegian) Universitas. Archived November 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. from the original 16 November 2014
- ↑ Kristin Solberg (Norwegian) Norske mediedager. Archived November 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. from the original 16 November 2014
- ↑ Stine Okkelmo (2 January 2014) - Jeg kunne ikke gå ut alene (Norwegian) KK.