He has a background as newspaper and magazine editor – for 30 years. He is the editor of our ‘cinepolitical’ documentary magazine Modern Times Review (since 2017).
From 2015-2027 he has been editor/publisher of NY TID (modern times), a Norwegian quarterly non-fiction printed book magazine.
HISTORY: Previous publisher and editor-in-chief of Morgenbladet in Oslo (1993–2003) and Le Monde diplomatique (2003-2013). He was also previously editor of the magazine DOX at EDN for 4 years. Here an old selection will be available in some time (Norwegian/English)…
Latest articles in Modern Times Review:
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Liberal and anarchist
On September 15th The Economist celebrated their 175th anniversary with a manifesto speaking out against the weakening of liberal values. Though the meaning of the concept liberal is notoriously unclear, there certainly is more to it than free markets and cynical neoliberalism.
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An Alternative Crypto-Nation
Crypto-anarchists across the world are creating a «bitnation» – a virtual community based on crypto-currency. Modern Times Review spoke with the founder of Bitnation in Barcelona to find out what drove her to create an alternative «nation».
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Our future with bitcoin and blockchain
Bitcoin, blockchain and crypto: are they a hyped bubble set to burst or a liberating and solidary money system ready to challenge centralised state power and capitalist control?
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When societies get militarised
Most people expect their government to provide them with a safe society, where one doesn’t have to live in fear of dangers, enemies and refugees.
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The economic feasibility of worker-led companies
Could more companies be collectively owned and run by their employees in the future? That’s the idea put forward by Patrick Witkowsky, the director behind the documentary Can We Do It Ourselves?
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Authoritarian or Democratic?
At the Oslo Freedom Forum’s (OFF) press conference, a question from the audience makes tempers flare.
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Immortality and artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is considered by many to be a more important invention than the discovery of fire and electricity. What road lies ahead?
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The rise and fall of Ben Bradlee
The Newspaperman explores the struggle for free press and truth in journalism during Ben Bradlee’s time as head of The Washington Post.
Some favourite essays:
The Specific Intellectual
In memory of Marker
POV: The War of the spirit
THOUGHT MADE VISIBLE: The movie auteurs
