Your name: Karin Ellen Thi Vuong Hagström
Preferred name (calling name): Ellen
Age: 24
Origin country/town: Hanoi, Vietnam
Other places where you have lived: Gävle and Stockholm
Where are you living at the moment? Gothenburg
Languages: Swedish (native), English (fluent) and German (basic)
Academic background: BSc in Business and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Work background: Worked full-time with Executive Search in Stockholm at the consultancy firm Navigio before joining this program. Also, previous PR experience from Prime Weber Shandwick (mostly public affairs). Reach out to me if you need tips on how to get in touch with people (I have a vast network of C-suite executives in Stockholm), for anything commercial (I like to pitch things), or if you need to cover up something (PR is the inverse of investigative journalism in that sense.)
Journalistic experience: No
Writing skills (English): Yes, but mostly in academic and creative writing (not journalistic writing)
I have used Excel (spreadsheets): YES
I have worked with Python: NO
I use other programming languages: YES
If YES – which ones? SPSS (but for statistics)
I have used WordPress NO
Graphic/illustration skills? I have been business-schooled in learning the powerful art of alignment in PowerPoint (otherwise you don’t last long). Also, I’m excellent in Canva if you want help with branding.
Digital publishing/social media? Yes, I have worked with influencer marketing and how to optimize emoji combinations… 💭🩰💌🏹
Audio/radio/pod? Yes, I hosted the podcast “The Second Sex” which was the main student podcast at Handels (Stockholm School of Economics) and edited in Adobe Audition
Photography? No
Video/tv/filming? No
Other editing or publishing skills? No
Knowledge of the European Parliament (relevant to the CJC project). Limited
Special interests/knowledge relevant to research/investigative journalism: I am obsessed with celebrity quirks, the Swedish start-up scene, and cross-country skiing so if any topics surrounding e.g. Bella Hadid Lyme disease controversy, lay-offs at Klarna or doping cases in the world of skiing occur – let me know
Other skills/hobbies: I’m obsessed with The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Bunny by Otessa Moshfegh in terms of books. I’m also unhealthily obsessed with Succession and this controversial piece on Jeremy Strong who plays Kendall Roy in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/13/on-succession-jeremy-strong-doesnt-get-the-joke
I think I will be able to support my fellow students with: The business side of journalism and some Northern wisdom
Is there something you want to add? No
If you want to share a website or other personal links (Linkedin for example), please write the url:s here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenhagstrom/
Contact details (preferred):
+46 070-616 14 96
ellenhagstrom99@gmail.com