Saska Saarikoski

For the last five years I have worked as the Arts and Culture Editor of the Helsingin Sanomat, the leading Finnish daily newspaper. However, arts is just one of the fields of journalism I have encountered. I started working as a reporter at an early age and graduated from the Helsingin Sanomat School of Journalism when I was 23. After that I worked six years for alternative press and studied history at the Helsinki University. In 1994 I started working for the Suomen Kuvalehti, the leading Finnish news magazine. From there I moved on to the Helsingin Sanomat in 1998 to be a reporter for the newspaper's weekend pages.

My main interests in journalism have been politics, history, culture and media, but - fortunately - in this business you never know where you end up, so I have also found myself covering the Miss Finland beauty pageant as well as the Olympic Games (twice). As a columnist for the Helsingin Sanomat I have enjoyed taking on controversial issues, often causing great debate and uproar.

For the last five years I have worked as the Arts and Culture Editor of the Helsingin Sanomat, the leading Finnish daily newspaper. However, arts is just one of the fields of journalism I have encountered. I started working as a reporter at an early age and graduated from the Helsingin Sanomat School of Journalism when I was 23. After that I worked six years for alternative press and studied history at the Helsinki University. In 1994 I started working for the Suomen Kuvalehti, the leading Finnish news magazine. From there I moved on to the Helsingin Sanomat in 1998 to be a reporter for the newspaper's weekend pages.

My main interests in journalism have been politics, history, culture and media, but - fortunately - in this business you never know where you end up, so I have also found myself covering the Miss Finland beauty pageant as well as the Olympic Games (twice). As a columnist for the Helsingin Sanomat I have enjoyed taking on controversial issues, often causing great debate and uproar.