Kristoffer Egeberg (born 1974) is a Norwegian editor.

Kristoffer Egeberg
Born1974 (age 49–50)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Journalist and web editor
Awards

Biography edit

Working for the newspaper Dagbladet, Egeberg received the SKUP Award for 2014, for disclosure of sales of decommissioned naval ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy to Nigerian paramilitary groups.[1][2] He also received the International Reporter’s Journalism Award for the same article series.[3] In 2017 he became editor-in-chief of the new fact-checking website Faktisk.no.[4] He had this position until 2023, when he was appointed by the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) as head of their open source section.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Nordseth, Pål; Meldalen, Sindre Granly (21 March 2015). "SKUP-prisen til Dagbladet. For avsløringen av Nigeria-båtene". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ Egeberg, Kristoffer. "Nigeria-båtene. Metoderapport til SKUP-prisen 2004" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ Nordseth, Pål (21 March 2015). "Journalistpris til Dagbladets avsløring av Nigeria-båtene". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ^ Røiseland, Marianne (13 December 2017). "Overrasket av at politikere ville påvirke arbeidet til Faktisk". Kampanje (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Faktisk-redaktør Kristoffer Egeberg går over til PST". nrk.no. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

Further reading edit

Media offices
Preceded by
Incumbent
Chief editor of Faktisk.no
2017–2023
Succeeded by
Olav Østrem (acting)