2020: change is possible
symbol of 2020: what a year it’s been y’all. photo: prachatai/flickr
in march covid-19 smacked us in the face. is also showed us that change is possible.
looking at 2020 in retrospect, it’s been the year of covid-19. society’s been turned upside down. we have spent less time on airplanes, shopped more locally and appreciated the little time we get to spend with friends and family more. and spent a lot more time in solitude, slash loneliness.
this incredible ability to completely turn society around to protect our neighbors should act as a reminder that when something is important enough, we’ll do anything to help the good cause.
there haven’t been many events this year, but here are a few:
this has given me time to get comfortable in my still quite new job at Voss utferdslag. i was lucky to just be partially laid off this year, and only for about three months. the upside of this was that I had more time to remodel the house i moved into just a few months before this year started. to be fair, this year has been uneventful when it comes to the number of social events. this has overshadowed the crisis that in my head is the most important one: the climate crisis. one thing we have learned is that society can change, when politicians really want to.
a festival was born
in the spring of 2020, an idea was born. wE EVEN HAVE THE VIDEO OF IT BEING BORN - NASTY STUFF. we had extravagant plans, but as with most events, covid-19 put some limits in place for us. We still managed to invite to the first ever mølsterrock in september! with our very own home made beer and a stage set up in our living room, we had a smaller group of friends come over. they were all asked to prepare a song for us. as the night progressed it turned into a large jam session. it was a perfect birth and we’re looking forward to celebrating the one year-old in 2021!
my first (and proably last) scolarly publication.
in may Routledge published the book immersive journalism as storytelling: ethics, production and design, and my name’s in the list of contributors. what an honor! the chapter i co-wrote with professor astrid gynnild is titled case study project syria: accuracy in immersive journalism. i’ll be forever gratful to astrid for believing more in me than i did in myself. thank you!
i’m in a podcast!
for the first time I got to try this form of media. thanks for having me as a guest, Theresa!
