Oslo Mediapod Oslo Media Club

Guest in The Oslo Mediapod No 17 is Ortence Rwimo, founder of Exile Key Film, based in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. The Congolese award winning film maker work on refugees' stories that empower, educate and impact the society. She was a keynote speaker at the I Empower Me conference held at Oslo Media House in 2019. In this podcast Rwimo share her memories from the meeting in Oslo, how to deal with the pandemic and her work as a film producer in a refugee camp.

Produced by: OBM Broadcast, a concept developed by Oslo Business Memo
Host: Chaitra Shamraya
Music: Tellef I. Øgrim
Cover photo: Gorm K. Gare, Oslo Media Meeting 2016
Logo: Dokkdays
Editorial team: Chaitra Shamraya, Trond I. Hovland, Tellef I. Øgrim and Magne S. Otterdal
Sponsor: Oslo Business Memo

Guest in The Oslo Mediapod No 16 is Gergő Sáling, founding editor at the Direkt36.hu. He was a keynote speaker at Oslo Media Meeting in 2016. In this podcast Gergő give us insight in the struggles of investigative journalism in today´s Hungary. Direkt36 is an investigative journalism center that monitors public power, exposes abuses of citizens, tellling stories that requier systematic research, as Hungarian journalism is under growing business and political pressures.


Produced by: OBM Broadcast, a concept developed by Oslo Business Memo
Host: Chaitra Shamraya
Music: Tellef I. Øgrim
Cover photo: Gorm K. Gare, Oslo Media Meeting 2016
Logo: Dokkdays
Editorial team: Chaitra Shamraya, Trond I. Hovland, Tellef I. Øgrim and Magne S. Otterdal
Sponsor: Oslo Business Memo

Guest in The Oslo Mediapod No 15 is Siri Skaalmo, Executive Director at The Norwegian Institute of Journalism. She aims to bring more innovation into journalism and publishing as head of the journalism institute. She also has a key role in the Norwegian press organisations new headquarter in Oslo. In this podcast Skaalmo questions the concentrated powers in the development of media technology, she calls for more diversity!

Produced by: OBM Broadcast, a concept developed by Oslo Business Memo
Host: Chaitra Shamraya
Music: Tellef I. Øgrim
Cover photo: Gorm K. Gare, Oslo Media Meeting 2016
Logo: Dokkdays
Editorial team: Chaitra Shamraya, Trond I. Hovland, Tellef I. Øgrim and Magne S. Otterdal
Sponsor: Oslo Business Memo

Guest in The Oslo Mediapod No 14 is Gard Lehne Borch Michalsen, editor-in-chief, and CEO at E24, Norway´s biggest financial news site run by media giant Schibsted. Six years ago, Michalsen was a tenant at Oslo Media House when he founded Medier24, a publication focusing on the media industry. It turned out to be a super success and paved the way for him to become the E24 boss. While he was a young journalist and editor coming to the capital from Northern Norway, listen to his best advice to young journalists from Oslo.

Produced by: OBM Broadcast
Host: Chaitra Shamraya
Music: Tellef I. Øgrim
Cover photo: Gorm K. Gare, Oslo Media Meeting 2016
Logo: Dokkdays
Editorial team: Chaitra Shamraya, Trond I. Hovland, Tellef I. Øgrim and Magne S. Otterdal
Sponsor: Oslo Business Memo

Guest in The Oslo Mediapod No 13 is Rolf Dyrnes Svendsen, head at Nxt Media Lab in Trondheim. In this podcast, Svendsen talks about the new research program on AI and big data launched at NTNU, SFI Norwegian Centre for Research-Based Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CRAI), achieving financing for an eight years research program involving the media sector.

Produced by: OBM Broadcast
Host: Chaitra Shamraya
Music: Tellef I. Øgrim
Cover photo: Gorm K. Gare, Oslo Media Meeting 2016
Logo: Dokkdays
Editorial team: Chaitra Shamraya, Trond I. Hovland, Tellef I. Øgrim and Magne S. Otterdal
Sponsor: Oslo Business Memo

Guest in The Oslo Mediapod No 12 is Bente Kalsnes, Associate Professor at Kristiania University College at the Department of Communication. She is impressed by the visual journalism on one particular Norwegian website during the pandemic. She also points to the need for gatekeeping on social media as conspiracy, rumors, and fake flourishes.

Produced by: OBM Broadcast
Host: Chaitra Shamraya
Music: Tellef I. Øgrim
Cover photo: Gorm K. Gare, Oslo Media Meeting 2016
Logo: Dokkdays
Editorial team: Chaitra Shamraya, Trond I. Hovland, Tellef I. Øgrim and Magne S. Otterdal
Sponsor: Oslo Business Memo