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Kristine Lowe
Oslo
Blogger-Journalist writing about media, tech and all things digital. Also in charge of Norwegian Online News Association (NONA)
Interests: Travel, journalism, blogging, books, food & wine, dogs. Exploring new ideas, places, stories, technology, myths and realities. Figuring out what moves the world and what makes people tick.
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The Internet hereby declared public
Meet the blogger who changed the law, sort of. Or whose case at least prompted Norwegian legislators to introduce legal amendments to allow for the Internet to be treated as a public place. This story really, truly, beggars belief, but... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Welcome to the post-industrial journalistic age
Well, would you have believed: Just as you thought the media was becoming more industrialised than ever. Just as the steady stream of cost cuts, lay-offs, consolidation, online traffic partnerships and industrial scale copy-paste-steal practice popularly dubbed aggregation reached new... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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On bringing about real change (or using disruption management to create innovation)
"You can’t bring about innovation with disruption," a friend of mine likes to say. Luckily, I’ve also gleamed some valuable insights on exactly how to go about changing what I myself like to call dysfunctional organisations from her, or how... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Book launch, blogging and content analysis
Posted Mar 17, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Paywall success for "Ål inclusive"
After introducing a "hard" paywall in November 2011, tiny local newspaper Hallingdölen in Ål, Norway, boasts of its best financial year ever in 2012. The name of its businessmodel? "Ål inclusive" (the term refers to how only paying subscribers can... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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New Book: A history of Norwegian blogging
Posted Mar 6, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Blogging just landed me a new place to live - hence the radiosilence
Posted Mar 3, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Thank you! As for the book: No, no entire book, will clarify in the post. I've been involved with the very same anthology you've been writing for, but only as a consultant - and I think it's come together really nice. All the different voices tell their part of the story, and complement each other in a really good way - which in one way mirrors the blogging history better than one book written by one author would.
Commented Jan 30, 2013 on 50 blogs by journalists, for journalists at Kristine Lowe
50 blogs by journalists, for journalists
Now, here’s a really pleasant surprise which really made my day on Thursday: This blog is included on Journalism.co.uk’s terrific list of 50 blogs by journalists, for journalists. The news reached me when I was at the mercy of a very angry sinus infection, after having covered a ministerial vi...
50 blogs by journalists, for journalists
Now, here’s a really pleasant surprise which really made my day on Thursday: This blog is included on Journalism.co.uk’s terrific list of 50 blogs by journalists, for journalists. The news reached me when I was at the mercy of a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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HMV, Blockbuster, Jessops & disintermediation anno 2013
A post about the recent bankruptcies of high street chains HMV, Blockbuster and Jessops - brands which holds a lot of memories with me - made me think back to a a favourite video which bears revisiting. "Where-ever there is... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Crowdsourced media accountability - in 20012, 2013 and beyond
What if readers could just add a plugin to their browsers and instantly correct factual or grammatical errors on various news sites? Would they bother? Would news sites ever welcome such an innovation and use it to correct their content?... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Work today
Posted Jan 2, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Investigative journalism in the digital age
Posted Jan 1, 2013 at Kristine Lowe
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Happy New Year!
Posted Dec 31, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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Montgomery praises Norwegian media
"You don't often hear the chairman of a new British newspaper publisher begin his launch press conference by saying how inspirational things are in Norway," Peter Preston writes in today's Observer. He's writing about former Mecom-boss David Montgomery's newest media... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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How to make the newsroom embrace data journalism
Struggling to get your entire news organisation enthusiastic about the possibilities inherent in big data sets? Texas Tribune has the answer. I can’t recall just how many times the terms "data journalism" or "computer assisted reporting (CAR)" have elicited big... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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Twitter promises better curation tools for journalists
Emily Bell interviewing Twitter CEO Dick Costolo was one of the highlights of ONA12 – and the session also revealed some good news in store. Twitter is working to create better event curation tools for journalists; Costolo promised we will... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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EU funds European platform for media accountability
Given all the different European press codes and national challenges, what should a European website for recording media transgressions focus on to be most useful? That was the question at a media bloggers’ seminar in Bristol, organised by the EU-funded... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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Food for thought: networked individuality, Wikipedia, doctors of doom and roadblocks
Here's a few links I've been thinking about recently (and had open in my web browser for ages). Obviously I need to find a new bookmarking site to my liking, after Delicious got all pearshaped I've been unable to make... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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The modern newsagent
Posted Aug 12, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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My 2012 Olympics experience
Posted Aug 1, 2012 at On the road
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22/7: The frontpages commemorating last year's twin terror attacks on Oslo and Utøya
Posted Jul 22, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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Norway's first constitution day celebrations after 22/7
Posted May 20, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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Norwegian farmers take action against regional for "insufficient" coverage
Dismayed with the local coverage of their recent bread blockade, Norwegian farmers tried to block regional Sunnmörsposten from distributing today's newspaper. Around 3am this morning farmers tried to block the entrances to Sunnmörsposten's printing plant with their tractors. "We are... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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Regional goes digital first behind paywall
As of next week you have to subscribe to the print version of Schibsted Norway's regional Faedrelandsvennen if you want to read the full online version. The good news is that print subscribers get full access to all content regardless... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2012 at Kristine Lowe
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