Dagsrevyen presenter Ingvild Bryn (63) wins a prize – these are her heartwarming words

Ingvild Bryn started his long NRK career in 1984.

Over the years, she has, among other things, worked for Dagsnytt and been a correspondent for NRK abroad.

But ever since the beginning of the 90s, we have seen her convey news as one of the presenters in Dagsrevyen.

She was recently awarded the Ministry of Culture and Equality’s Nynorsk prize for journalists.

The price is NOK 75,000 and a work of art as a gift.

– Now I was incredibly happy, because it is a nice award that I am very happy to receive. I have been happy about other good Nynorsk users who have received the award before, but it must be allowed to be a little extra happy when you receive the award yourself, said Ingvild Bryn when she received the surprise, she is said to have said according to Nettavisen when she received the award.

It was jury leader Solveig Barstad who gave the heartfelt message to the NRK profile.

The reason behind the award is that Bryn takes good care of the language.

“In a time when more and more presenters and other journalists use dialect as their working language, Bryn can keep things going without a script with a free and easily standardized Nynorsk hour after hour on live broadcasts on NRK. This is how she makes it clear and visible that Nynorsk can be used as a news language about everything and to everyone.”

Today, Bryn is the only presenter in Dagsrevyen who uses Nynorsk.

Ingvild Bryn: – I don’t get nervous

To Newsner explains the presenter that she believes it is important to keep Nynorsk in our language.

– We have two juxtaposed written languages. We have had that since 1885. For me, as a Vossinger, Nynorsk is the obvious language in the same way that Bokmål is natural for someone who grows up in Tønsberg or Sandefjord, she emphasizes.

We are used to seeing her convey news through Dagsrevyen, but apart from this she also runs courses and development work.

Bryn also hosted Eurovision back in 1996 together with Morten Harket.

– I otherwise have many irons in the fire outside of work where I get to use other sides of myself, she says.

– You are quite experienced and skilled in your job as presenter, but does it still happen that you can get nervous in front of the camera?

– I am not directly nervous, but always sharpened and concentrated. As a presenter, I have to have a good idea of ​​most things. We will interview military experts about the war in Ukraine, the Middle East correspondent in Gaza, we have guests about the economy, crime, politics. And then we never know when there is a terrorist attack or something else that makes us stand in the studio for hours on end, she says.

– It is important to speak clearly

Bryn goes on to say that as presenter of Dagsrevyen, it is important to use concise and neutral language.

– So it is important to speak clearly. We presenters write what we say on air ourselves.

– Do you have any good advice for young journalists today?

– My advice is to force yourself to read articles and chronicles about fields that may not interest you. It is important to acquire solid general knowledge, she advises before adding:

– Imagine that you want to use journalism for something useful, to inform the public. And if you are not curious and hungry for knowledge, then journalism is the wrong profession for you.

Congratulations on the award, Ingvild!