Grants for Norwegian Journalism, August 2020

August 31 2020

The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of grants has been updated to include allocations in response to applications for major grants for Norwegian Journalism in August 2020.

For example, Aksel Kielland got NOK 100 000 for the project “Podcast criticism”; he will research Norwegian podcasts and publish texts in Vinduet and Morgenbladet. Hilde Sandvik received NOK 100 000 for “The Norwegian, the Swede and the Dane”, a weekly podcast being broadcast on NRK, DR and SR, featuring Hilde Sandvik as the host and Åsa Linderborg (S) and Hasan Preisler (DK) as regular panel members. Harvest Magazine got NOK 100 000 for the investigative project “Sushi – the healthy, sustainable alternative”, while Åshild Eliassen and Rigmor Anna Dava received NOK 80 000 for “Fishing”, a podcast about the fisheries and the people along the coast, using Andøya as an example.

Allocations

Aksel Kielland, Norwegian Journalism: Podcast criticism, NOK 100 000

Audun Mortensen, Norwegian Journalism: The podcast “Askim’s smallest cultural centre”, NOK 40 000

Christian Marstrander, Norwegian Journalism: The podcast “Who killed Harry Braude?” NOK 100 000

Frank Nilsen, Additional grants 2020, Norwegian Journalism: The podcast “The consequences of the coronavirus”, part 2, NOK 70 000

Harvest Magazine, Norwegian Journalism: The investigative project “Sushi – the healthy, sustainable alternative”, NOK 100 000

Hege Vadstein, Norwegian Journalism: Torggata Blad no. 3 – 2020, issue on big data, NOK 15 000

Hilde Sandvik AS, Norwegian Journalism: The podcast “The Norwegian, the Swede and the Dane”, NOK 100 000

Line Ulekleiv, Norwegian Journalism: Fee subsidy for art criticism, NOK 50 000

Media House Minerva, Norwegian Journalism: Non-fiction criticism from the right, 2020-2021, NOK 120 000

Norpublica, Norwegian Journalism: Series of articles “The invisible Norwegian children”, NOK 80 000

Norwegian Communication Association, Additional grants 2020, Norwegian Journalism: Podcast about communication in society, NOK 75 000

The Norwegian Association of the Periodical Press, Norwegian Journalism: Debates, autumn 2020, NOK 100 000

The city:Noise Foundation, Norwegian Journalism: The podcast “city:Noise Reports”, NOK 50 000

Åshild Eliassen and Rigmor Anna Dava, Norwegian Journalism: The podcast “Fishing”, NOK 80 000

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