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Harald Stanghelle (born 13 January 1956) is a Norwegian newspaper editor.
Harald Stanghelle (born 13 January 1956) is a Norwegian newspaper editor.
Career
He was born inVaksdal
is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim, S ...
. He started his career as a journalist when still a teenager, and left school after primary school. His first role was that of editor of ''Vaksdalsnytt'' at the age of 19. He was then a journalist in ''Arbeiderbladet
''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. ...
'' from 1982 to 1991, and in ''Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...
'' from 1991. Here he spent one year as news editor, from 1994 to 1995, before being editor-in-chief for the national newspaper ''Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
'' from 1995 to 2000. In 2000 he became political editor The political editor of a newspaper or broadcaster is the senior political reporter who covers politics and related matters for the newspaper or station. They may have a large team of political correspondents working under them.
In publishing, beca ...
of ''Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...
''. In 2009 he was elected as chair
A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest. They may be made of wood, metal, or synthetic materials, and may be padded or upholstered in vario ...
of the Association of Norwegian Editors
The Association of Norwegian Editors ( no, Norsk Redaktørforening, NR) is an interest group for editors and middle managers in the various Norwegian media.Østbye, Helge. 2007. The Norwegian Media Landscape. In: Georgios Terzis (ed.), ''European ...
, succeeding Stein Gauslaa.
He was also the former Vice-President of the World Editors Forum
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until February 2011 and is since April 2011 a board member of the Global Editors Network
The Global Editors Network (GEN) was an international association of over 6,000 editors-in-chief and media executives with the mission of fostering digital innovation in newsrooms all over the world. GEN had three main programmes: Editors Lab, t ...
.
References
1956 births Living people People from Vaksdal Norwegian newspaper editors Dagbladet people Norwegian investigative journalists Chairs of the Association of Norwegian Editors {{Norway-writer-stub