High North News Takes a Step Into the Wider World

High North News has outgrown the newsroom in Bodø and Norway, and is taking a conscious step into the wider Arctic world. Our ambitious goal, in this new venture, is to become a world leader in news and analysis within High North policy, business and industry.

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After our modest beginning in January 2014, the newsroom at High North News has produced more than 3,500 articles, analyses and editorials. Common to these is their borderless nature, a focus on policy, business and industry, and culture in the High North, and that they are written with respect and indeed love for the people of the enormous, circumpolar North.

From the start, HighNorthNews.com (HNN) has aspired to achieve a broad geographical scope. Today, we are a bilingual news service – English and Norwegian, and we reach increasing numbers of international readers and stakeholders in the North.

Correspondents in seven countries

HNN’s main newsroom is located at the Centre for Business and Governance in the High North at Nord University. Five journalists, three on a full-time basis, provide readers with continuous news updates.

In addition to the Norwegian editorial team, HNN has engaged a total of 10 journalists in seven countries over the last few months.  We maintain a presence in Canada, the US, France, Austria, Germany and England. The focus on Europe is, in large part, related to EU interests and influence with regard to developments in the Arctic.

However, we did not recruit our journalists based only on their place of residence, but because each of them possesses a thorough and well-documented expertise within areas of significance for the political and economic challenges and possibilities in the High North.

In sum, High North News has obtained core expertise across themes including the EU’s Arctic policy, Russia, Svalbard, mining, energy, fisheries, industry, innovation, indigenous populations, security policy, international and national policy, research and knowledge growth, Nordic cooperation, infrastructure, crisis management, climate and culture.

International media partners

From the beginning, we have focused on providing readers with commentary and analysis from strong, new voices in the North. Each Monday and Thursday, we have issued unique editorials from writers with entirely different backgrounds and perspectives.

Today we have 17 regular commentators, writers who mix gravity and humor, insight and knowledge, in a way that is entirely their own. We call it the HNN way.

In addition to strengthening our own staff, we are moving even further in an international direction.

We are doing this by formalizing mutual cooperative arrangements with other newspapers with impact in the North.

In Alaska, we are cooperating with Alaska Dispatch (adn.com/).

In Washington, we are cooperating with Arctic Deeply (newsdeeply.com/arctic).

In Greenland, we are cooperating with Arctic Journal (arcticjournal.com/).

In addition to exchanging relevant news and analysis, our goal is the joint development of relevant journalism. For High North News, this means that our news, our analysis, our editorials and our knowledge will reach millions of readers around the world.

Above all else, it means that our voice will be heard in international developments in the High North and the Arctic.

High North News

www.highnorthnews.com

A free and independent online news service, edited according to the Norwegian declaration relating to the rights and duties of the editor (redaktørplakaten). Articles are published in Norwegian and English. The news service was established at the Centre for Business and Governance in the High North, Nord University, Bodø, Norway on January 23 2014. The news service issues daily news, editorials and analysis from and about the High North and the Arctic.  

Written and edited with love for the people of the North.

Editorial staff, Norway:

Arne F. Finne, Journalist.

Hege Eilertsen, Journalist.

Christine Karijord, Journalist.

Linda Storholm, Journalist.

Arne O. Holm, Editor in chief.

Correspondents:

Mieke Coppes, Canada

Berit Enge, USA

Doris Friedrich, Austria

Ragnhild Grønning, USA/Norway

Victoria Hermann, England/USA

Malte Humpert, USA/Germany

Andreas Raspotnik, Austria

Ryan Ulja, USA

Andreas Østhagen, Canada

Partner publications:

Arctic Deeply, USA. An independent digital media project dedicated to covering Arctic issues.

Alaska Dispatch, Anchorage, Alsaka. An independent news service established in 2008.

Arctic Journal, Greenland. News service owned by Mediehuset Sermitsiaq.AG, with a focus on the entire Arctic region.

Regular commentators:

Siri Beate Arntzen. Advisor Norwegian oil and gas.

Geir Bakkevoll. Teacher of Norwegian and, when necessary, swing dancing instructor, at Vest-Lofoten upper secondary school.

Christian Chramer. Regional Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon) Troms and Svalbard.

Grete K. Hovelsrud. Professor Grete K. Hovelsrud, Anthropologist and climate researcher.

Kari Karstensen. Communications and strategy, Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen).

Runa Haug Khoury. Senior advisor, energy and industry, Bellona.

Christin Kristoffersen. Advisor, Rambøll Management Consulting.

Kriss Rokkan Iversen. Co-founder and co-owner of consulting and research company SALT.

Håvard Lund. Regional musician, Kultur i Troms.

Silje Lundberg. Deputy chair, Friends of the Earth Norway (Naturvernforbundet).

Lise Mangseth. Head of marketing, Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales Organization (Råfisklag)

Helge M. Markusson. Outreach coordinator, FRAM – High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment.

Ingrid A. Medby. Doctoral research fellow in social geography, Durham University, UK.

Ragni Løkholm Ramberg. Councilor for town-planning Tromsø, (AP).

Elana Wilson Rowe. Research group leader, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

Anja Kristine Salo. Communications coordinator, Barents Secretariat.