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Astrid Gynnild is a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research integrates journalism innovation, new technologies and human creativity. Since she earned her PhD on a grounded theory of creative cycling in 2006, she has published mainly along the following tracks: 

The first track focuses on theorizing implications of AI innovations in journalism. 

The second track concerns research on student active teaching and learning in higher education. 

The focal point of the third track is surveillance, surveillance capitalism, and privacy.   

 

Recent publications:

The Evolution of Global Drone Journalism (2025, Routledge, forthcoming)

 

My overall aim is to communicate research in exciting and relevant ways. Most of my works are published open access and in English. I like to experiment with new forms of dissemination both online and in face-to-face settings. 

Example: In ViSmedia , an interdisciplinary RRI-project funded by the Norwegian Research Council, we explored the societal implications of new technologies with a potential for surveillance, such as camera drones, mobile phones, 360 cameras, and satellites. This visually experimental, archived database is openly accessible for research on evolving AI tools from the period 2016-2021.

 On this site you will find news stories, videos from conferences on Drones, Mobile Spotting, Watching, and Visual Transparency as well as Snap Society. You will also find an overview of the publications in the project, and the results from numerous student experiments with new technologies.  In sum, the database provides a  research glimpse into an exceptionally interesting time period of adopting and adapting visual surveillance technologies in the news media. 

Teaching means to facilitate for learning. My approach to teaching and learning thus include a range of activities, such as developing a new course design, explore digital learning resources, and create active student learning challenges. And not the least: I spend much time on supervision, in all its forms; supervision is an extra exciting aspect of teaching and learning in our new remote surroundings.

I teach courses at bachelor´, master´, and PhD levels, and supervise students at all three levels as well.

Here are some courses designed and taught by me in the last five years:

Fall 2025 and spring 2026: Investigative Journalism, Master´s level (30+30 ECT)

Fall 2024: Investigative Journalism, Master´s program (30ECT)

Spring 2024: Bachelor´s Thesis. Bachelor´s program in Journalism (30ECT)

Fall 2023:  Investigative Journalism, Master´s program (30ECT)

Spring 2021: Project Design (30 ECT) 30 Master´s Program in Investigative Journalism

Spring 2020: Research Experience and Method: Surveillance Technologies in the News Media. 10 ECT. Master´s Program in Media and Communication

I 2019 I was awarded  status as  , Excellent Teaching Practitioner,  by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen.

In addition to comprehensive teaching experience from the University of Bergen, I have taught at Oslo Metropolitan University, Volda University College and the University of Stavanger. Before I entered academia I worked as a journalist, editor and newsroom developer in one of Norway´s largest media houses, Adresseavisen in Trondheim. 

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Selected books and articles: 

• Gynnild, Astrid & Uskali, Turo 2025. The Evolution of Global Drone Journalism. Taylor & Francis (forthcoming). 
• Gynnild, Astrid (red.), 2022. Droner i sivilsamfunnet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk )
• Salzmann, Anja, Guribye, Frode, Gynnild, Astrid, 2021. Mobile Journalists as Tracable Data Objects: Surveillance Capitalism and Responsible Innovation in Mobile Journalism.  
• Uskali, Turo, Gynnild, Astrid, Jones, Sarah, and Sirkkunen, Esa 2020. Immersive Journalism as Storytelling – Ethics, Production, and Design, Routledge 
• Salzmann, Anja, Guribye, Frode and Gynnild, Astrid. 2020. «We in the Mojo Community” – Exploring a Global Network of Mobile Journalists. Journalism Practice Published online April 03 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2019. Visual Journalism, in Vos, Tim P. and Hanusch, Folker: The International Encyclopedia of Journalism. Wiley Blackwell 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2018 (red.). Droner i sivilsamfunnet- Cappelen Damm Akademisk 
• Gynnild, Astrid and Uskali, Turo. 2018. Responsible Drone Journalism. Routledge.  
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2017. The Visual Power of News Agencies. Nordicom Review (Special Issue 2)38 pp 25-39 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2016. Applying Grounded Theory in Media Production Studies. In Advancing Media production research. Shifting Sites, Methods, and Politics. Palgrave MacMillan.
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2016. Developing Journalism Skills through Informal Feedback Training. In Becoming a journalist: Journalism Education in the Nordic Countries. Nordicom 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2014. The Robot Eye Witness: Extending visual journalism through drone surveillance. Digital Journalism. 2: 334-343. Publisert 2014-02-20. doi:  
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2014. Journalism Innovation leads to Innovation Journalism. The impact of computational exploration on changing mindsets. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. 15: 713-730. doi: 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2013. Surveillance Videos and Visual Transparency in Journalism. Journalism Studies, published online September 12, 2013. DOI:10.1080/1461670X.2013.831230, 
• Gynnild, Astrid.2013. Journalism Innovation Leads to Innovation Journalism: The Impact of computational exploration on changing mindsets. Journalism, published online before print 22 May, DOI: 10.1177/1464884913486393  (19 s.)     
• Gynnild, Astrid, Adams, Paul C. 2013. Environmental Messages in Online Media: The Role of Place. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 7(1), Special Issue: The Symbolic Transformation of Place, published online March 5, DOI: 1080/17524032.2012.754777, s. 113-130 
• Gynnild, Astrid, Adams, Paul C. 2013. Animation, Video Documentary or Interactive Gaming? Investigating Effects of Environmental Messaging, #ISOJ Journal, the Official Research Journal of the International Symposium of Online Journalism, 3(1), Winther 2013, s. 39-61, 
• Gynnild, Astrid and Vivian B. Martin. 2012. Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser.  Boca Raton, Florida:BrownWalker Press. 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2012. Visuell transparens i journalistikken, i Eide, Larsen og Sjøvaag: Nytt på nett og brett; journalistikk i forandring, s. 259-280. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. 
• Gynnild, Astrid. 2012. Atmosphering for Conceptual Discovery. In Grounded Theory : The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser, s. 31-51.  Boca Raton, Florida:BrownWalker Press. 
• Gynnild, Astrid, Martin, V.B. 2012. Mentoring a Method. In  Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser, s. 1-13. Boca Raton, Florida:  BrownWalker Press.
• Gynnild, Astrid.2012. Living the Ideas. A Biographical Interview with Barney G. Glaser. In Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser, s. 237-257. Boca Raton, Florida:  BrownWalker Press.

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