Who We Are: Jensine Larsen

Founder, WorldPulse Magazine 

After working as a freelance journalist covering indigenous movements and ethnic cleansing in South America and Southeast Asia, at age 28, Jensine (Yen-See Nah) Larsen founded World Pulse, a global media source which covers world issues through women’s eyes.  As a young woman who thrived on discussing international affairs, Larsen dreamed of unleashing the creative human potential of women across the globe through the power of media.

In 2004 Larsen began publishing her flagship project, World Pulse magazine, with just a vision and no prior publishing experience.  Nominated for “Best International Coverage” of 2004 and 2005 by the Independent Press Awards, World Pulse magazine performed 2-3 times higher than most new magazines on the newsstand and heralded a large, untapped market of women and men with an appetite to understand the world through women’s eyes. 

Today, with her eye on the future of communications technology in the developing world, Larsen is now building an interactive global media company with a for-profit and non-profit component designed to connect women worldwide.  Larsen’s first focus with her media enterprise is pioneering the development of PulseWire, an interactive website that uses communications technology to enable women worldwide – even those in remote and impoverished regions – to speak for themselves to the world and solve global problems. 

An unstoppable social entrepreneur, Larsen has a dedicated staff, Board of Directors, teams of professional advisors, volunteers, supporting networks of international women’s organizations, women journalists from around the world, and endorsements from international luminaries and visionaries.

With her finger on the pulse of women’s and youth voices globally, Jensine is increasingly sought after for inspirational keynotes, current affairs lectures and radio programs.  Larsen is featured on GreatWomenSpeakers.com and has appeared on NPR and Air America and presented keynotes at Hewlett Packard, Bioneers, Bennett College and the Boulder Conference on World Affairs.  She is considered one of Portland, Oregon’s up and coming “Young Creatives” according to the Oregonian (2/2/06). 

Larsen holds a degree in Comparative International Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1999).  Her writing has been published in the Thai and U.S. press including:  The Nation (Thailand), The Progressive, The Sojourner and academic journals such as The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.

Jensine is also a Young Leaders Fellow with the National Committee on United States-China Relations.  She sits on Portland, Oregon’s Vision Committee, which was established by Mayor Tom Potter to chart the city’s 30-year vision by listening to the visions of its citizens.