Jon Gelius is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 journalist. He is the television news editor of NRK, and as such the editor of Dagsrevyen

Dagsrevyen

Dagsrevyen is the daily evening news programme for the Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , broadcast at 7 pm. In 2007, the programme started airing simultaneously on NRK's dedicated news channel NRK2, but this arrangement ended that same...

, the news channel NRK2

NRK2

NRK2 is one of the TV channels of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was launched in 1996. It has traditionally concentrated on more on cultural and in-depth programmes than its mother channel NRK1 and has also shown drama series, comedies, and news. When not broadcasting regular...

 and other programmes.

Born in Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

, he has worked as a high profile reporter and presenter with both Dagsrevyen and Dagsnytt

Dagsnytt

Dagsnytt is the main news programme of Norwegian radio. It is broadcast on most of the radio channels of the government-owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , with bulletins every hour and longer programmes four times a day...

. In recent years he is best known as one of the Dagsrevyen

Dagsrevyen

Dagsrevyen is the daily evening news programme for the Norwegian television channel NRK1, the main channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , broadcast at 7 pm. In 2007, the programme started airing simultaneously on NRK's dedicated news channel NRK2, but this arrangement ended that same...

 main news anchors. He was appointed as television news editor in 2008.

He was heavily criticised by Ivar Hippe

Ivar Hippe

Ivar Hippe is a Norwegian political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. Upon returning to Norway he began working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation...

 for portraying news in a biased way.

Gelius is the brother of the former priest and Labour politician Einar Gelius

Einar Gelius

Einar Gelius is a Norwegian priest who has also been involved in politics for the Labour Party.He is known as the priest of Vålerenga parish, more specifically Vålerenga church. He previously held the same position in Ørland, Beitstad and Namdalseid...

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