Marchen Neel Gjertsen

Marchen Neel Gjertsen
Born (1985-09-16) September 16, 1985
Glostrup, Denmark

Marchen Neel Gjertsen (born 16 September 1985 in Glostrup) is a Danish journalist, who has served as editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten since 2021. In 2005, she ran unsuccessfully in the municipal elections for the Odense Municipality as a candidate for the Red–Green Alliance.[1][2][3][4] She received 47 personal votes.[5] She was in 2008 elected the first leader of Syddanske Studerende, being succeeded by Freja Brandhøj in 2009.

In a January 2024 interview with Euroman, she said that she had written parts of a university exam paper for a friend. When several university employees pointed out that the act was an example of exam cheating, Gjertsen subsequently apologized and called her behavior an expression of poor judgment.[6]

In 2019 she received the talent award by the National Press Club of Denmark.[7]

References

  1. ^ Deichgræber, Rene (23 February 2021). "Marchen Neel Gjertsen bliver ny chefredaktør på Jyllands-Posten". FINANS (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Marchen Neel Gjertsen politisk redaktør på Jyllands-Posten". Altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ Engelbreth, Rune (22 February 2010). "Inhabil Information-journalist mistænkeliggør EL-kandidat". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Marchen Neel Gjertsen bliver ny chefredaktør på Jyllands-Posten". JP/Politikens Hus (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Kommunalvalg. Personlige stemmer. Odense Kommune". KMD.
  6. ^ Savin, Serge (6 February 2024). "Chefredaktør hjalp ven: "Ingen tvivl om, at det er plagiat"". Akademikerbladet. Archived from the original on 22 April 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  7. ^ Nielsen, Hanne Fall (10 May 2019). "Et lysende talent, en politisk nørd – og en kvinde med sjippetov". Jyllands-Posten. Archived from the original on 22 April 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2020.