Brit Stakston (born 21 December 1961) is a Swedish-Norwegian writer, public speaker and media strategist, who is the executive director of Blank Spot Project, a magazine on foreign issues she founded with Martin Schibbye.

Brit Stakston
Brit Stakston in 2015
Born (1961-12-21) 21 December 1961 (age 62)
NationalitySwedish
OccupationExecutive Director of Blank Spot Project
Websitewww.stakston.se

Biography

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Brit Stakston was born in Graz, Austria. In 2014, she founded Stakston PR, a public relations agency.[1] The year after, in 2015, she founded the Blank Spot Project, a magazine focusing on foreign issues, together with Martin Schibbye.[2]

In 2009 and 2010, she was named as one of the most prominent names in media of the week during the Almedalen Week.[3] In 2010 and 2011, she was named one of the 50 most prominent women working with IT in Sweden.[4][5] In 2015, she was nominated for the Stora Journalistpriset together with Martin Schibbye and Nils Resare, for their work with the Blank Spot Project.[6] She received this prize in 2022, together with Schibbye and Patrik Arnesson.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Brit Stakston – digital kommunikation". stakston.se. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Martin Schibbye startar sajt för utrikesjournalistik". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 11 February 2015. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ ""Bordellen i Almedalen" utsedd till Veckans Mediemaktfaktor i Almedalen 2010". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ "De 50 mäktigaste it-kvinnorna". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Mäktigaste it-kvinnorna – här är hela listan". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Brit Stakston". www.storajournalistpriset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Vinnare av Stora Journalistpriset 2022". www.storajournalistpriset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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