Vanni Tjernstrom, associate professor, senior lecturer, and academic advisor in journalism at the Kalmar University, Sweden, passed away on 16 September. She was 67 years old.
Tjernstrom received her Ph.D. from Umea University in 2002. Her research centered on the press coverage of European politics, particularly the work of the European Union, in Nordic newspapers and newspapers Europe's largest nations, such as Germany, France, and Great Britain. She also examined the role of television news in a democratic society, and of the media in political intitiatives in the Swedish national parliament.
In her brief scholarly career, Tjernstrom published three journal articles, one book chapter, and 15 conference presentations, including papers presented at three ICA conferences. Her final academic contribution will be published in October as part of a research report edited by Anker Brink Lund (Copenhagen School of Economics).
