Tron Strand

Background

About Tron Strand

Some of my investigative projects; The Scandinavian Star; a project to find out who really owned the ship at the time of the disaster. Research in five countries over one year. Resulted in parliamentary inquires, and a danish documentary. I was responsible for the research and co-editor.Fraud in international shipping, including insurance fraud, made a norwegian documentary on national television (TV2), including research in the Philippines, Taiwan and US. I was editor.I have been involved or responsible for å number of investigative projects in my newspaper, Bergens Tidende. This includes the disclosure of the transactions of the norwegian terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik, who bought chemicals on the net to produce an improvised explosive device (IED).I have also done a number of stories on one of the most expensive political deals ever made - in Norway - the Carbon Capture and Storge (CCS) project at Mongstad Oil Refinery on the western coast of Norway, which resulted in a situation in the parliament, called a motion of confidence.I have received two diplomas from SKUP, the organisation of investigative journalism in Norway, I have been a part of the winning team at "This years scoop" at Schibsted Journalism Awards, for the work on the Wikileaks-files on worldwide american embassy cables, and I have been rewarded several prices from local journalism organisations and my employeer.I'm elected as the president of the Parliaments Press Organisation (Stortingets presselosje), which main responsibility is to keep in close contact with the administration, the speaker and his staff, the oppositions leaders and the representatives of the governing parties. The main goal is to keep the relationship between the press and the politicians as good as possible on the professional level, and to facilitate practical arrangements and seminars in the parliament.