Mari Skurdal
Born (1977-09-06) 6 September 1977
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Schoolteacher, textbook writer, journalist and newspaper editor
EmployerKlassekampen

Mari Skurdal (born 6 September 1977) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor.

Background

She was born in Oslo and is educated from the University of Oslo. She is a co-author of several textbooks for secondary school, and worked as teacher in secondary school until she started working as journalist for the newspaper Klassekampen.

Editor of Klassekampen

After ten years in diffent leading positions in Klassekampen (the last position being feature editor), Skurdal in 2018 was appointed chief editor of the paper.[1][2]

She was honoured as Editor of the year 2022 by Oslo Redaktørforening (the Oslo Association of Editors).[3]

In 2021 she was criticized for the paper's coverage of transgender people by journalism lecturer Jon Martin Larsen who wrote that he fears her articles contribute to "incitement and hatred against transgender people."[4] In 2022 Larsen wrote that Klassekampen "tramples on" transgender people and that he cautions his students against the paper.[5] Skurdal has denied the accusation that the paper is transphobic.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Garvik, Olav. "Mari Skurdal". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mari Skurdal er ny redaktør i Klassekampen", m24.no 16 August 2018; accessed 13 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dette er Årets redaktører 2022", web site of the Norwegian Editors' Association; accessed 13 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Larsen, Jon Martin [in Norwegian]. "Jeg håper du vet hva du gjør, Mari Skurdal" [I hope you know what you do, Mari Skurdal]. M24. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Larsen, Jon Martin [in Norwegian]. "Hvorfor fortsetter Klassekampen å tråkke på mennesker?" [Why does Klassekampen continue to trample on people?]. M24. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Er Klassekampen en transfobisk avis? På ingen måte". klassekampen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-01-19.


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