Jorn Madslien

Who is Jorn Madslien?

Jorn Madslien born 11 March 1967 is a journalist for BBC News Online and other BBC News outlets.

Madslien is features editor for the business and economics pages on the BBC News website. In addition he specialises on reporting internationally on the energy industry, aerospace and defence, as well as the motor industry.

In December 2010, Madslien was the big winner at the annual Guild of Motoring Writers Awards, where he collected three prizes. Madslien collected the journalist of the year prize for his work raising the profile of the motor industry. He was also named business writer of year and new media writer of the year. He narrowly missed out on a fourth prize after being highly commendend in the environmental writer category.

In 2007, Madslien was on the Business Journalist of the Year shortlist for his early reporting on biofuel and its advantages and shortcomings.

Prior to joining the BBC in 2000, Madslien founded and ran the television production company The Media Syndicate, making current affairs documentaries on behalf of broadcasters in many countries.