Education
Krumsvik studied journalism at Volda University College in Norway and graduated with a bachelor"s degree in 1990.
Krumsvik studied journalism at Volda University College in Norway and graduated with a bachelor"s degree in 1990.
He is professor of journalism at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, the largest university college in Norway. He spent the 1986-1987 academic year as an International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) exchange student in Lincoln, Nebraska, working as a Juvenile Care Specialist at the Jennie B. Harrel Attention Center for Youth. He then went to the Business intelligence Norwegian Business School for a Master of Management (1995), and the University of Oslo for a Doctor of Philosophy in media studies (2009).
Krumsvik was online editor of Verdens Gang, Norway’s largest tabloid newspaper, managing editor at Scandinavia Online, and online publisher at Dagbladet.
He was also editor-in-chief of the newspaper Romerikes Blad and founding general manager of Radio Norge. As a visiting scholar at Georgia Technical in 2005 he did research on Cable News Network.com for his Doctor of Philosophy thesis The Online News Factory: A Multi-Lens Investigation of the Strategy, Structure, and Process of Online News Production at Cable News Network and Norsk Rikskringkasting
Krumsvik is professor at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, founding director of Centre for Interdisciplinary Media Research, adjunct professor at Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, and affiliated researcher at the Media Management at Transformation Centre at Jönköping International Business School.
Krumsvik is a private pilot, a class rating instructor, and has served on the boards of Mission Fellowship International (MAF), International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians Scandinavia (IFFR), and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Norway (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association).