Tarjei Leer-Salvesen is a freelance journalist for newspapers and a researcher for documentary films, with background from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Dagbladet and Faedrelandsvennen.

He is also a teacher in journalistic investigative methods.

Among his projects now, is a the award winning website http://www.innsyn.no/ where millions of public documents from Norwegian governmental institutions are made searchable and you can make a FOIA-request with one click.