Tomm Kristiansen (22 January 1950 – 6 November 2022) was a Norwegian author and journalist,Tomm Kristiansen
in

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known for his work as foreign news correspondent for the

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(NRK). Amongst Norwegians he is known as "the voice from Africa", through his job as news correspondent, based in

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1990–1994 and

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2002–2006. He has been host of numerous radio and TV programs in Norway. After two years as adviser to

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, the president of

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, Kristiansen was Communications Officer for ACT Alliance by World Council of Churches in Geneva from 2006 to 2008. Kristiansen openly criticized the

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system for being inefficient in the South-Sudan conflict. He has introduced "constructive journalism" as a tool for changing journalist's work in a solution oriented direction. Kristiansen was married to the South African Sharon Coetzee and lived both in Oslo and Cape Town. He died on 6 November 2022, at the age of 72.

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1950 births 2022 deaths Norwegian male writers Norwegian television reporters and correspondents NRK people People from Eidsberg {{Norway-writer-stub