Tarjei Leer-Salvesen is a freelance investigative journalist based in Norway.

He has worked for newspapers such as Fædrelandsvennen, Dagbladet and Klassekampen, as well as for the documentary department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). His articles on the "Forever Pollution Project" are published in Klassekampen.

Leer-Salvesen has specialised in the use of Right to Information (RTI) laws as a tool for investigative journalism and trains other journalists in this field. In 2023 he was a journalist fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, where he wrote a paper on the use of RTI laws across borders. 

Tarjei Leer-Salvesen

Basic information

Name
Tarjei Leer-Salvesen
Title
Investigative reporter, trainer and author
Expertise
Right to Information (RTI) laws
Country
Norway
City
Oslo
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Supported projects

Forever Lobbying Project

  • Data Journalism
  • Environment
  • Industry

BRUSSELS - Over a year, a team of 46 journalists in 16 countries investigated an ongoing massive, orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign led by the PFAS industry and their allied organisations to water down a proposal to ban “forever chemicals” in the EU and shift the burden of environmental pollution onto society, threatening the economic equilibrium of European nations.

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