CV - resume

Working Experience

...still waiting for the 2007 update...

1.12.2003-?
Freelance Journalist / Multimedia Editor - selfemployed

Key References in 2005-2006:

Dagbladenes Bureau – writing a weekly article on health, distributed through Dagbladenes Bureau to several regional daily newspapers all over Denmark. Furthermore I am used by the bureau to cover for other freelancers on subjects ranging from news to camping.

Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin – written features on outsourcing to India, innovative entrepreneurship, portraits of young business talents ao. Wrote the leisure series ‘Me and my car’ in 2005 about business leaders and their passion for automobiles.

Hope.dk – produced movies showing how things actually work behind the doors at three places for treatment of alcoholics for the website www.hope.dk.

Computerworld – regular contributor to the magazines e-Gov and CIO on matters of e-government.

Inpress – a company that produces advertorial supplements for the Nordic Press. Written various articles and advertisement text on mostly science related matters.

HUR / Ligeud – writing on subjects ranging from the development of Copenhagen as a business metropolis to traffic development and travel card in Hong Kong.

LOS (Landsorganisationen af Opholdssteder) – helped rewrite accreditation standards for their members. Produced a cd-rom with the standards and all associated material.

Siemens – writing articles for a customer magazine for the Automaiton & Drivers division.

KMD – writing article for their customer magazine KMD-magasinet on matters of e-governement.

QEEP – doing text work for website and news letters for the group of business consultants.

Other customers in 2005/2006 include:
Ingeniøren, HRMagasinet, Forsikringens DataCentral, Hillerød Kommune (municipality).

References in 2004:

Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (Erhvers- og Selskabsstyrelsen) and Virk.dk – producing ’Firmastart’, a theme portal inside Virk.dk for entrepreneurs. Containing +100 pages with information and tools about how to start a company in Denmark. Mediamovement produced 30 animated movies with a cartoon figure interviewing well known business people in Denmark. Furthermore I was personally responsible for information architecture, gathering content, putting content in CMS, encoding movies in Flash video format and making sure the site worked on Virk.dk’s platform.

Medecins Sans Frontieres – produced 5 minutes video regarding the AIDS situation in Rwanda. Footage includes interview with raped victim of the genocide, interview with Minister of Aids and interview with nurse from MSF. Movie delivered as VHS and streaming media, wrapped in small multimedia feature with general information about AIDS and the situation in Rwanda.

Danish Institute for Human Rights – a multimedia project of the institutes work in Rwanda 10 years after the genocide. Containing articles about the legal situation in Rwanda, the history leading to the genocide and the role of the institute. Project also includes 5 minutes video with exclusive footage fram a gacaca (the peoples court) and a crowded prison.


Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Danmarks Radio) – an extended version of the multimedia project for The Danish Institute for Human Rights. Including articles of a more general interest and three short videos.
Footage also included in newsprograms ’TV-avisen’ and ’Deadline’.

DBL – Institute for Health Research and Development – writing, editing and lay-out for the institutions ’Yearbook 2003’. Advising on the slow start of creating public awareness about the work of the Institute. The institute does research and capacity building in public health, mainly in Africa. Participated in conference in Nairobi, Kenya, January 2004. Working language is English.

Written articles:

Kontakt (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) – articles from Rwanda and Kenya
Politiken – Article from Rwanda
Børsen – Portrait of CEO of Teekay Shipping from Vancouver, Canada.
Virkmagasinet – Various business articles

1.4.2003-1.12.2003
Chief sub-editor, Virk AS
VIRK AS is the new e-government portal in Denmark. I was responsible for the team of editors gathering and presenting content for the portal.

1.8.2000-1.2.2002
Journalist - Computerworld
Fields of expertise: E-business, e-government, media convergence, crm-systems and e-business strategies. Internship as part of studies on Danish School of Journalism

Books
Author of series on daily living in conflict areas published on Denmarks leading educational publisher, Alinea-Egmont. Books contain cd-rom with multimedia productions - weblay-out containing text, video, audio.

• On the other side – Daily living in Israel/Palestine, Aug 2003.
• On the other side – Stories from Kashmir, September 2004

Education

1.2.1999-1.2.2003 Danish School of Journalism
Majoring media: Multimedia Journalism. Majoring subject: War, Crisis and Catastrophes.

1991 HF – Køge Gymnasium

1989 Graduated Clay City High School, Indiana, USA

Languages

Danish – mother tongue
English – fluent
German – basic level
Swedish – well-spoken, living with Swedish spouse since 1993

Computer Experience

Skilled in html, Flash, encoding software and other programs involved in creating multimedia web-sites.
Working knowledge of QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Fireworks and video editing software.
Advanced knowledge of all ordinary office programs.

Travelling

Countris visited for professional purposes:
USA, Canada, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Israel/Palestine, Rwanda, Kenya, various European countries.

Extended leisure travelling:
1999 – Three months on the island Boracay in the Philippines with spouse and two children. Looking after a resort for a friend.

1995-96 – Seven months round trip in Asia with spouse and first child. Visiting Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

1992-93 – Nine months trip around the world. Visiting India, Nepal, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, USA and Canada.