Anne Lea Landsted
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
Landsted, Anne Lea Heiberg
NATIONALITY:
Danish
TELEPHONE:
+45 24988100
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
Studies in Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 1979.
Diploma in Journalism, the Danish School of Journalism, 1984.
Journalist-in-training, Politiken, Danish newspaper, 1981-1982.
Red Cross Delegate Course, 1994
MA in Broadcast Journalism and International Affairs, The American University, Washington D.C, 1996
Studies in Arabic, University of Copenhagen, 2007
WORKING LANGUAGES:
Danish: Mother tongue
English: Excellent
Arabic: Read a little
French: Good
German: Good
Spanish: Good
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Ms. Landsted has significant national and international experience as a journalist and media trainer with more than 20 years in Print, Radio/TV and Film documentary. She is specialised in investigative journalism, human rights and international affairs. As a foreign correspondent she has worked in several countries in the Middle East, South East Asia, North and South America both as a film photographer (VJ) and a reporter.
Since 2001 she has been teaching journalism and is now ass. professor of the Journalism Department at University of Southern Denmark. She is also one of the creators of PAIR - a peer-to-peer programme to facilitate investigative journalism in West Africa and a member of The Danish Association of Investigative Journalist.
EXPERIENCE RECORD:
August 2009 - Present
University of Southern Denmark
Head of Department, Centre for Journalism
In charge of education of future journalists and development of the Journalism Department
August 2008 - July 2009
Roskilde University Centre
Ass. Professor
Teaching investigative journalism at the Journalism Department
July 1999 - August 2008
Danish Broadcasting Corporation and others
Independent writer and producer
Articles, Books, Radio-, Television- and Film
Documentaries. Research for ARTE
1997 - 1999
Nordic Film and Television
Editor
In charge of Morning Television and every day
Documentaries. Local politics correspondent for TV2
1995 - 1996
The American University
Teaching- and Research assistant
Teaching assistant in the Journalism Programme. Research assistant for White Correspondent, Ken Walsh, from the US News & World Report
1987 - 1995 and 1996 - 1997
The daily newspaper, Aktuelt
Reporter
Production of news items, and feature stories with a special focus on human rights, domestic politics and international affairs
1986 -1987
Berlingske Tidende
Sub editor
Editing feature stories
1985 -1986
Ekstra Bladet
Sub editor
Editing news and feature stories
1984 - 1985
Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
Reporter and presenter
Producing and presenting consumer programme
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS: WRITTEN
2006: Denmark
(Danish Centre for Culture and Development)
"Moving Beyond Stereotypes" about stereotypes in the media in Denmark and The Middle East
2005: Iraq
Visit to Baghdad with Wisam Hashem who meets his five children for the first time since he escaped from Iraq 12 years ago. My book about him: The Editor from Baghdad was published 2007
2003: Iraq and The Emirates
Finding the Iraqi Army Chief, Nizar al-Khazraji who escaped from Denmark. He was suspected of crimes against humanity. Breaking News and investigative journalism. Articles published in Jyllands-Posten, January 2004
2002/2003: Denmark and Sri Lanka
Exposes shady misdoings at the Danish pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck. Lundbeck persisted in marketing its mental disorder drug Deanxit in Sri Lanka despite two refusals for registration from the local authorities. Lundbeck even went so far as to misrepresent the evidence of psychiatrists on whether the drug should be registered. Articles published in The Nurse (Sygeplejersken) 2003.
September, 2001: USA
Interviews with nurses who worked, September 11th, 2001. One of them just missed one of the fatal planes. Articles published in The Nurse in Denmark and the US.
2000: Colombia (Amnesty International)
Conference about displaced children in Colombia. Articles for Amnesty International
1996: Colombia and Mexico (Danida)
Book about children and human rights in Colombia and Mexico.
1995: Vietnam (Danish Red Cross)
Articles about the indigenous population north of Hanoi and life in Hanoi in general
1994: El Salvador (Danida)
Covering the first free elections in El Salvador after years of civil war
1994: New York
Exclusive interview with UN Secretary General, Boutros-Boutros Ghali in his New York office about the up-coming Social Summit in Copenhagen
1993: Sri Lanka
Articles and reportages from Sri Lanka about the civil war - a conflict that led to fall of the Danish Government for its role in the Tamil-case
1992: Kuwait (Danish Foreign Policy Institute)
Investigating weather Kuwait lived up to its promises of respecting Human Rights - a promise given during the war with Iraq
1989: Gdansk, Poland
Exclusive interview with the former Solidarity-leader Lech Walesa about the legalization of the Solidarity movement
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS: TELEVISON AND FILM
2005: Denmark
New Things Happen - a film about the Danish activist and writer, Carl Scharnberg
2005: Denmark
Children of War - documentary about Vietnamese children who fled Vietnam alone
2004-2005: Denmark
Do You Remember - historical programmes based on material from the Danish Broadcasting Corporations archives
2004: Denmark
Great Danes - portrait of Liva Weel
2002: Palestine
The Boys From Ramallah - a film about young boys throwing stones at Israeli soldiers
2000: Denmark
Denmark in the Cold War - a series of historical documentaries
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS: RADIO
2007: Denmark
Stranded in No-mans-land. Documentary about Iraqi refugees who canÕt get asylum in Denmark and who cannot go back to Iraq
2005: Denmark
Radio documentary about protection against terrorism in Danish Airports and Harbours
2004: Iraq and Emirates
Radio documentary: The General who disappeared about the Iraqi army chief, Nizar al-Khazraji
2003: Denmark
Denmark at War - documentary about the Danish argument for participating in the war in Iraq
2003: Denmark
White in a Dark Body - about racism and how adopted children suffer because of the colour of their skin
2003: Denmark
End of the Day - about the rise and fall of a Danish Newspaper
2002: Sri Lanka
The Letter from Lundbeck - Exposes shady misdoings at the Danish pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck. Lundbeck persisted in marketing its mental disorder drug Deanxit in Sri Lanka despite two refusals for registration from the local authorities. Lundbeck even went so far as to misrepresent the evidence of psychiatrists on whether the drug should be registered. Also published as articles in The Nurse
2001: Palestine
Three Days and Nights in the West Bank - about life among Palestinians under occupation
2000: Denmark
Children on the Run - about minor asylum seekers and how they are treated in Denmark
BOOK PUBLICATIONS:
2007: Denmark
The Editor from Baghdad, Lindhardt&Ringhof
2003: Denmark
When You Tighten The Knot. Aarhus Universitetsforlag
2002: Denmark
The Book of Power, Aschehoug
1996:Colombia and Mexico
Dream and Reality - about children and human rights, Danida
RECOGNITION:
2003: Brussels (2003 Natali Prize)
Special mention by the jury for "The Letter from Lundbeck"
2009 -
Member of the Prize Committee, The Danish Association of Investigative Journalism
2009 -
Ambassador, Women in Journalism (Kvinder I Journalistik)
2010: USA
Biographies in Who is Who in The World
Landsted, Anne Lea Heiberg
NATIONALITY:
Danish
TELEPHONE:
+45 24988100
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
Studies in Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 1979.
Diploma in Journalism, the Danish School of Journalism, 1984.
Journalist-in-training, Politiken, Danish newspaper, 1981-1982.
Red Cross Delegate Course, 1994
MA in Broadcast Journalism and International Affairs, The American University, Washington D.C, 1996
Studies in Arabic, University of Copenhagen, 2007
WORKING LANGUAGES:
Danish: Mother tongue
English: Excellent
Arabic: Read a little
French: Good
German: Good
Spanish: Good
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Ms. Landsted has significant national and international experience as a journalist and media trainer with more than 20 years in Print, Radio/TV and Film documentary. She is specialised in investigative journalism, human rights and international affairs. As a foreign correspondent she has worked in several countries in the Middle East, South East Asia, North and South America both as a film photographer (VJ) and a reporter.
Since 2001 she has been teaching journalism and is now ass. professor of the Journalism Department at University of Southern Denmark. She is also one of the creators of PAIR - a peer-to-peer programme to facilitate investigative journalism in West Africa and a member of The Danish Association of Investigative Journalist.
EXPERIENCE RECORD:
August 2009 - Present
University of Southern Denmark
Head of Department, Centre for Journalism
In charge of education of future journalists and development of the Journalism Department
August 2008 - July 2009
Roskilde University Centre
Ass. Professor
Teaching investigative journalism at the Journalism Department
July 1999 - August 2008
Danish Broadcasting Corporation and others
Independent writer and producer
Articles, Books, Radio-, Television- and Film
Documentaries. Research for ARTE
1997 - 1999
Nordic Film and Television
Editor
In charge of Morning Television and every day
Documentaries. Local politics correspondent for TV2
1995 - 1996
The American University
Teaching- and Research assistant
Teaching assistant in the Journalism Programme. Research assistant for White Correspondent, Ken Walsh, from the US News & World Report
1987 - 1995 and 1996 - 1997
The daily newspaper, Aktuelt
Reporter
Production of news items, and feature stories with a special focus on human rights, domestic politics and international affairs
1986 -1987
Berlingske Tidende
Sub editor
Editing feature stories
1985 -1986
Ekstra Bladet
Sub editor
Editing news and feature stories
1984 - 1985
Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
Reporter and presenter
Producing and presenting consumer programme
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS: WRITTEN
2006: Denmark
(Danish Centre for Culture and Development)
"Moving Beyond Stereotypes" about stereotypes in the media in Denmark and The Middle East
2005: Iraq
Visit to Baghdad with Wisam Hashem who meets his five children for the first time since he escaped from Iraq 12 years ago. My book about him: The Editor from Baghdad was published 2007
2003: Iraq and The Emirates
Finding the Iraqi Army Chief, Nizar al-Khazraji who escaped from Denmark. He was suspected of crimes against humanity. Breaking News and investigative journalism. Articles published in Jyllands-Posten, January 2004
2002/2003: Denmark and Sri Lanka
Exposes shady misdoings at the Danish pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck. Lundbeck persisted in marketing its mental disorder drug Deanxit in Sri Lanka despite two refusals for registration from the local authorities. Lundbeck even went so far as to misrepresent the evidence of psychiatrists on whether the drug should be registered. Articles published in The Nurse (Sygeplejersken) 2003.
September, 2001: USA
Interviews with nurses who worked, September 11th, 2001. One of them just missed one of the fatal planes. Articles published in The Nurse in Denmark and the US.
2000: Colombia (Amnesty International)
Conference about displaced children in Colombia. Articles for Amnesty International
1996: Colombia and Mexico (Danida)
Book about children and human rights in Colombia and Mexico.
1995: Vietnam (Danish Red Cross)
Articles about the indigenous population north of Hanoi and life in Hanoi in general
1994: El Salvador (Danida)
Covering the first free elections in El Salvador after years of civil war
1994: New York
Exclusive interview with UN Secretary General, Boutros-Boutros Ghali in his New York office about the up-coming Social Summit in Copenhagen
1993: Sri Lanka
Articles and reportages from Sri Lanka about the civil war - a conflict that led to fall of the Danish Government for its role in the Tamil-case
1992: Kuwait (Danish Foreign Policy Institute)
Investigating weather Kuwait lived up to its promises of respecting Human Rights - a promise given during the war with Iraq
1989: Gdansk, Poland
Exclusive interview with the former Solidarity-leader Lech Walesa about the legalization of the Solidarity movement
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS: TELEVISON AND FILM
2005: Denmark
New Things Happen - a film about the Danish activist and writer, Carl Scharnberg
2005: Denmark
Children of War - documentary about Vietnamese children who fled Vietnam alone
2004-2005: Denmark
Do You Remember - historical programmes based on material from the Danish Broadcasting Corporations archives
2004: Denmark
Great Danes - portrait of Liva Weel
2002: Palestine
The Boys From Ramallah - a film about young boys throwing stones at Israeli soldiers
2000: Denmark
Denmark in the Cold War - a series of historical documentaries
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS: RADIO
2007: Denmark
Stranded in No-mans-land. Documentary about Iraqi refugees who canÕt get asylum in Denmark and who cannot go back to Iraq
2005: Denmark
Radio documentary about protection against terrorism in Danish Airports and Harbours
2004: Iraq and Emirates
Radio documentary: The General who disappeared about the Iraqi army chief, Nizar al-Khazraji
2003: Denmark
Denmark at War - documentary about the Danish argument for participating in the war in Iraq
2003: Denmark
White in a Dark Body - about racism and how adopted children suffer because of the colour of their skin
2003: Denmark
End of the Day - about the rise and fall of a Danish Newspaper
2002: Sri Lanka
The Letter from Lundbeck - Exposes shady misdoings at the Danish pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck. Lundbeck persisted in marketing its mental disorder drug Deanxit in Sri Lanka despite two refusals for registration from the local authorities. Lundbeck even went so far as to misrepresent the evidence of psychiatrists on whether the drug should be registered. Also published as articles in The Nurse
2001: Palestine
Three Days and Nights in the West Bank - about life among Palestinians under occupation
2000: Denmark
Children on the Run - about minor asylum seekers and how they are treated in Denmark
BOOK PUBLICATIONS:
2007: Denmark
The Editor from Baghdad, Lindhardt&Ringhof
2003: Denmark
When You Tighten The Knot. Aarhus Universitetsforlag
2002: Denmark
The Book of Power, Aschehoug
1996:Colombia and Mexico
Dream and Reality - about children and human rights, Danida
RECOGNITION:
2003: Brussels (2003 Natali Prize)
Special mention by the jury for "The Letter from Lundbeck"
2009 -
Member of the Prize Committee, The Danish Association of Investigative Journalism
2009 -
Ambassador, Women in Journalism (Kvinder I Journalistik)
2010: USA
Biographies in Who is Who in The World
