Marie Simonsen

Marie Heiberg Simonsen (born 1 June 1962) is a Norwegian journalist who since 2003 has been political editor in Dagbladet.

[1] Simonsen has described her general political positions as in accordance with the liberal tradition of Dagbladet.

[6] Having experienced much internet harassment as well as real life threats, Simonsen has voiced concern that women in public life experience more and graver cyberbullying and threats than men, and that this may cause many women to stay out of public debate.

[8] One of the paramedics sued Dagbladet for their coverage of the incident and in 2014, the Supreme Court of Norway ordered Dagbladet to pay Erik Schjenken, one of the two paramedics, 200,000 Norwegian kroner in compensation for false allegations of racism, based on the commentary of Simonsen and two other writers for the paper.

[9] Dagbladet and other media leaders and journalists have called the ruling a threat to free journalism.