Finally, it is official! As of yesterday, I am now self-employed in new started Trevista. And as of today, I have also set office at the perfect location in downtown Gothenburg. I have plenty of reasons to feel really good right now. So good that it almost feels unreal. Professionally, I have had the toughest year of my life. I

The unions of journalists mostly define journalism through different ethical principles and code of conducts. Here are a couple of examples from different countries; National Union of Journalists, Great Britain A journalist: 1. At all times upholds and defends the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the public to be informed. 2.

Reading an anthology on the future of journalism by 12 young professionals (“The Future Has Already Been Here”, edited by Petra Janchov Picha). An interesting read on the effects of the financial crisis for media houses, the entrance of social media and such. Will get back with a review on that one, I am sure it will raise a lot

Swedish news paper NWT (Nya Wermlands-Tidningen) was hit by a city wide power outage today. All power was out at the paper between 10:20 AM and 1:20 PM, killing for example the website nwt.se. Luckily, the paper is among the ones focusing on social media, and for those hours instead used a couple of lap tops, a WordPress back-up site

Swedish news paper Aftonbladet today published a funny piece on the Swedish Football Federation’s ongoing search for a new national team manager. The favourite for the job has been Sven-Göran “Svennis” Eriksson, former manager of teams like Benfica, Lazio, Fiorentina and of course the national teams of England and Mexico. However, he yesterday withdrew his name from consideration, as he

Anyone else getting fed up with all online marketing coaches and consultants popping up here and there? Twitter is exploding with them. So called self-made people who quit their day jobs and started to make a living from helping others to market themselves using YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and so on. Or at least, so they say. Personally, I wonder if

Shakira and her record label seem confident that she will fare well with her new album “She wolf”. Or how else should you interpret this quote from her latest tv commercial. “Includes future hit single Did It Again” That’s confidence for you! And who am I to argue with that? I would be surprised not to see it hit the

Things are coming together, and within short I hope to make two rather big launches. One is workrelated and the other actually has to do with blogging. The former has been brewing for a while now, and promises to be a dream come through. I am the kind of person, who when positive things happen wants to stand on top

At 11 am today, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. And it was a shocker when they presented Barack Obama as the One. Don’t get me wrong, I like Obama… but winning the peace prize after 9 months as a US president?! Come on, this is just a marketing ploy for the Nobel

Swedish blog Faktoider also suspected that the story on Chako Paul City was a hoax, and had already contacted the journalist behind the piece in The Local about sources. He or she got some links back to confirm that the story is for real; Xinhua (Google translation) Harbin (Google translation) Wikipedia (Google translation) Faktoider’s blog is from yesterday, and since