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
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,
Austria
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. In 2014, she founded Stakston PR, a public relations agency. The year after, in 2015, she founded the Blank Spot Project, a magazine focusing on foreign issues, together with
Martin Schibbye.
In 2009 and 2010, she was named as one of the most prominent names in media of the week during the
Almedalen Week
The Almedalen Week (, ), also known as Politician's Week in Almedalen () is an annual event taking place in week 26 in and around Almedalen, a park in the city of Visby, Gotland, Sweden.
With speeches, seminars and other political activities, ...
. In 2010 and 2011, she was named one of the 50 most prominent women working with IT in Sweden. In 2015, she was nominated for the
Stora Journalistpriset
Stora Journalistpriset ("The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism") is an annual Swedish award, founded in 1966 by Bonnier AB, given to "recognize achievement in journalism".
The prize money is SEK 100,000 and is awarded in four categories:
* Sc ...
together with
Martin Schibbye and
Nils Resare, for their work with the Blank Spot Project. She received this prize in 2022, together with Schibbye and
Patrik Arnesson.
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Swedish public relations people
Swedish writers
Swedish journalists