Previously, SVT Sápmi's news, in addition to the news broadcast Ođđasat, was published on Sameradion's site under SR.se.

But on Wednesday, a completely own news site will be launched for the first time.

- We are not so many who today cover the Sami issues, so for every platform that comes, it is just to rejoice, says Linda Hermansson, editor in chief at SVT Sápmi.

For the audience, this means, according to Hermansson, more articles and more Sami television online.

More available

The ambition is both to provide more news to the Sami audience but also to promote more Sami news for the majority society.

- An important part of the transformation is to make the Sami-speaking material more accessible throughout svt.se, says Michael Österlund, program manager at SVT.

He continues:

- This will make it much easier for SVT's national news to raise Sami issues and Sami news on the national race as we call it, ie on the front page.

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New site will make the Sami offer more accessible, says, program manager local news and minorities.

Photo: Mikaela Sjöstedt, SVT Sápmi

"Moving image prominent"

The new site is part of several new investments in Sami news that SVT has made this year.

Earlier this year, the own TV program "15 minutes from Sápmi" was launched.

The program will continue to be broadcast this spring, while the editorial staff will continue the daily work with the site.

- It has been a hectic and fun time that has led to this, states Linda Hermansson, editor in chief at SVT Sápmi.

What is the biggest change for the audience?

- The biggest change is that the moving image will have a prominent role.

That we will be able to more easily present our in-depth news in a better adapted packaging.

Balancing several Sami languages ​​and Swedish on one and the same news site is a challenge and exactly how it will be solved is still unclear, according to Hermansson.

- We will have an ambition to publish articles in at least North, South and Lule Sámi because we think it is important that the language is visible in writing.

Right now we are testing different formats where the languages ​​are seen differently.

We do not have a standard template yet, but the ambition is to raise the written language.