Nils E. Øy (born 11 January 1946) is a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in

Ørsta Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Ørsta (v ...

. He started his journalistic career in ''

Fredriksstad Blad is the biggest local daily newspaper in Fredrikstad, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen an ...

'' in 1964, and was promoted to feature editor in 1971. From 1977 to 1983 he was the assisting director of the Institute for Journalism in Fredrikstad, and from 1979 to 1981 he edited the union magazine ''Journalisten''. He took a break to serve as editor-in-chief of both ''

Samhold ''Samhold'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Gjøvik in Oppland county. From 1920 to 1945 it was named ''Vestopland'', and from 1965 to 1984 ''Samhold/Velgeren''. It started on 1 January 1885, by Johan Enger who felt that the existing Lib ...

'' from 1984 to 1987 and ''

Gudbrandsdølen ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland county. ''Gudbrandsdølen'' was started on 1 January 1894, after editor-in-chief Johan Filseth had been jettisoned from another newspaper '' Framgang''. After his ...

'' and ''

Lillehammer Tilskuer ''Lillehammer Tilskuer'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Lillehammer in Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Tr� ...

'' from 1984 to 1988. In 1988 he returned to Institute for Journalism, where he was the director from 1989 to 1996. He has also worked as a

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in media studies at

Volda University College Volda University College ( or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in Volda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. History HVO was established on 1 August 1994, when the Mør ...

from 1992. He was then the secretary-general of the

Association of Norwegian Editors The Association of Norwegian Editors (, NR) is a Norwegian interest group for editors and middle managers in the news media The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public. These inc ...

from 1996 to 2013. He has also been a local historical writer. In 2014 he was given the

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1946 births Living people People from Ørsta Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian newspaper editors Academic staff of Volda University College {{Norway-writer-stub