Brit Stakston

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.

Brit Stakston
Brit Stakston in 2015
Born (1961-12-21) 21 December 1961
Graz, Austria
NationalitySwedish
OccupationExecutive Director of Blank Spot Project
Websitewww.stakston.se

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. "Brit Stakston – digital kommunikation". stakston.se. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "Martin Schibbye startar sajt för utrikesjournalistik". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 11 February 2015. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ""Bordellen i Almedalen" utsedd till Veckans Mediemaktfaktor i Almedalen 2010". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. "De 50 mäktigaste it-kvinnorna". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. "Mäktigaste it-kvinnorna – här är hela listan". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  6. "Brit Stakston". www.storajournalistpriset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. "Vinnare av Stora Journalistpriset 2022". www.storajournalistpriset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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