Kristine Lowe

Blogger-Journalist covering the media industry for the media industry

As you've probably gathered from my blogs, I'm a bit of a media junkie and truly fascinated by all the factors that shape our world for better or worse: ideas, technology, finance, politics, culture. I'm especially intrigued by how new technology alters the whole field of communications.

My beat is media, which means I specialise in covering what's happening in the intersection between technology, finance, politics, mainstream media and social media. In particular, I write a lot about editorial development online, business models, strategy and M&As. I'm an expert on the Scandinavian media market and have followed companies like Mecom, Schibsted, Bonnier, Modern Times Group (MTG), A-pressen, Egmont, Baugur/Dagsbrun, J/P Politiken, Kinnevik/Metro International for years, but keep half an eye on the UK media market, where I trained as a journalist and worked for a few years, as well.

Disclosures

Religion: none
Stocks: none
Memberships: SATS (gym), Mediabistro, Wired journalists, National union
of journalists (NJ) + founder and member of Norway's online news
association (NONA)

Business and media ties: Where to start? I started freelancing when I was 18 and have written for a lot of media organisations, including The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and the Daily Telegraph online. Last year, Nov 2007 - New Year 2009, I spent half my time working in-house for Journalisten.no, the news site of the trade publication for Norwegian journalists, and the other half running my own company, Löwe Communications, but am back to being my own woman all of the time in 2009.

As self-employed, I work as a media commentator, journalist (print/broadcast/online), social media consultant, researcher, translator and conference producer for a range of Scandinavian, British and American organisations. Recent clients include IFRA Magazine, Journalism.co.uk, Press Gazette, Propaganda, Dagens Naeringsliv etc.

I'm also a regular contributor to Ethical Space: the international journal of communication ethics, which is currently being republished as a series of anthologies (the first book, "Communication ethics today", was published in June 2006, the next was published 2008). I started my media career as an editorial columnist with regional newspaper Drammens Tidende in 1995.