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Sigurd Allern
Sigurd Allern, D.Polit., is Professor of Journalism Studies at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway, and guest professor at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, Stockholm University, Sweden. He is project leader of the Nordic Research Network in Journalism Studies. His present research focuses on political communication and the relations between news organizations and professional sources. He has published several books and articles on news values, the relations between PR and journalism, political scandals and the political economy of news production.