Brit Stakston Explained

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.

Biography

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

1. Web site: Brit Stakston – digital kommunikation . 2023-02-28 . stakston.se.
2. News: 2015-02-11 . Martin Schibbye startar sajt för utrikesjournalistik . sv . Dagens Nyheter . 2023-02-28 . 1101-2447.
3. Web site: ”Bordellen i Almedalen” utsedd till Veckans Mediemaktfaktor i Almedalen 2010 . 2023-02-28 . Mynewsdesk . sv.
4. Web site: De 50 mäktigaste it-kvinnorna . 2023-02-28 . Computer Sweden . sv.
5. Web site: Mäktigaste it-kvinnorna – här är hela listan . 2023-02-28 . Computer Sweden . sv.
6. Web site: Brit Stakston . 2023-02-28 . www.storajournalistpriset.se . sv.
7. Web site: Vinnare av Stora Journalistpriset 2022 . 2023-02-28 . www.storajournalistpriset.se . sv.