Jon Ottar Hustad is a Norwegian journalist

Journalist

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, writer

Writer

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 and lector

Lector

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 in history

History

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Hustad was born in Bondalen

Bondalen

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, Hjørundfjord

Hjørundfjord

Hjørundfjord is a former municipality in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Sæbø, located on the shores of the Hjørundfjorden. The municipality encircled both sides of the Hjørundfjorden as well as the Bondalen valley...

, Ørsta

Ørsta

is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta...

. He currently (2009) works in Dag og Tid

Dag og Tid

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. He worked for Klassekampen

Klassekampen

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from 2002 to 2003 and 2004 to 2007, and Morgenbladet

Morgenbladet

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from 2003 to 2004. His non-fiction books include Skolen som forsvann (2002), Hjørundfjorden (2005) and Varsleren (2006). He has a cand.philol. degree from 1997.

Since the introduction of social media

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 in the late 2000s, Hustad has by Klassekampen been cited as among the leading and most active players of a suggested Norwegian "New right", which include several notable persons from media

Mass media

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, publishing

Publishing

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 and culture

Culture

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, that discuss issues such as immigration

Immigration

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, Islam

Islam

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, Israel

Israel

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 and multiculturalism

Multiculturalism

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