Steffen Moestrup
DMJX Docent
Aarhus, Denmark
Steffen Moestrup, PhD, is senior associate professor at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark. His research areas include persona-driven journalism, documentary film, digital storytelling and cultural criticism. His PhD was a case study on persona-driven journalism and criticism at the Danish radio station Radio24syv. Moestrup has a background in print and television journalism and has produced a number of documentary films. He is a freelance film and media critic for various publications including Indiewire, the Scandinavian edition of Le Monde diplomatique, Norwegian newspaper Ny Tid, and Danish online film journal 16:9. Furthermore, he is the host of the film show ”film:syn” aired on national Danish television. Moestrup is a FIPRESCI member and a board member of Humanities and Social Sciences Association at the University of California, Berkeley.