I began studying at the University in 1998 with archaeology as my main subject. I studied archaeology for several years but switched to ethnology before graduating. I have studied folkloristics, anthropology and classical archaeology as subsidiary subjects.

In the autumn of 2013 I came to the conclusion that I needed a break from the Sámi museum. I happened to having a chat outside a shop, and one thing led to another: I was offered a job working for the Sámi radio and TV channel of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle Sápmi. My work as a broadcaster meant a fresh start and a leap almost entirely out of my comfort zone. The move has proved to be one of the best decisions I ever made, although on occasion I do miss the museum world.

I particularly wanted to study at the University of Helsinki. I was drawn to it by the variety of study options and by everything else it had to offer. Still, studying in Helsinki, in the south as we call it, was just a temporary but necessary absence from home. I…

Yle Ođđasat is a five-minute long Sámi-language news broadcast which is shot and produced in Inari, in the middle of the Finnish Sámi region. Each day about 100 000 people watch the service. The news deals with topics relating to the Sámi people, from a Sámi perspective. The broadcast uses…