Rune Ottosen
In residence: September-October 2020
Rune Ottosen (1950) is Professor emeritus in journalism at Oslo Metropolitan University.
He has written extensively on press history and media coverage of war and conflicts. He is the co-editor (with Tormod Heier and Terje Tvedt) of the book ‘Libya: Krigens uutholdelig letthet’. He is co-author with Stig Arne Nohrstedt of several books, the latest ‘New War, New Medis and New War Journalism’ (2014). In 2010 he was one of the editors and co-author of the four volume ‘Norsk Presses Historie’ (1767-2010).
Rune Ottosen was for many years president of the Norwegian Association of Press History (2009-2015) and president of The Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translator Association (2001-2005). He was vice-president of Norwegian PEN 2018-2019 and is currently the head of the Norwegian PEN whistleblower commission. Ottosen is also a member of the Norwegian UNESCO-commission.
He is currently writing about the new cold war and implications for Svalbard and Norway.
During his residency Ottosen hosted a lecture entitled ‘Er Norge en krigs- eller fredsnasjon?’. The event was live-streamed on our social media platforms. A recording of the talk can be watched here (in Norwegian):