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Johana Kotišová

@johana.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor @ University of Amsterdam | Conflict reporting, journalists' emotions & well-being | Mountain enthusiast & hiking curator

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Chris Colijn @chriscolijn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Nieuwe documentaire van @kyivindependent.com, over Russische martelpraktijken. Heftig, aanrader. Danylo Mokryk: we weten niet hoeveel mensen er gevangen zitten. Maar we kunnen er vanuit gaan dat er op dit precieze moment honderden mensen worden gemarteld.
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Inside Russia’s system of torture | Documentary
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
LATEST NEWS! Continuing on with the intro of our new Editorial Board members for this year, we’re pleased to welcome onboard Lindita Camaj, Laurence Dierickx, Jairo Lugo-Ocando & @johana.bsky.social! They are 4 of the 19 excellent scholars joining the Digital #Journalism family in 2026!
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VědaVýzkum.cz @vedavyzkumcz.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
✨ Čerstvá držitelka ERC Starting grantu Johana Kotišová, socioložka působící na Amsterdamské univerzitě, považuje novinařinu a dokumentaristiku za jednu z nejdůležitějších věcí na světě.
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We are hiring a PhD candidate in Journalism and Documentary!🔥 @uvahumanities.bsky.social 🔥PLEASE SHARE. Deadline: 5 October 2025.🔥 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD Candidate Emotions and Bodies in Journalism and Documentary-making
Are you looking for a challenging position in a dynamic setting? The Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM)  currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the ERC funded pro...
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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h... h/t @johana.bsky.social
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I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Very happy and grateful to be among the awarded researchers! Read about my project here: www.uva.nl/en/content/n... Congratulations to all the winners! 🎈
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ERC Starting Grants for nine UvA Researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants this year to nine researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The laureates are: Johana Kotišová, Milica Nikolic, Sebastian Pfeilmeier, Ziggy Pleunis, Gulnaz Sibgatullina, Giacomo Tagiuri, Amit Zac, Jianbo Zhang and Jeroen Zuiddam.
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
For our upcoming special issue of Digital Journalism, we received 116 abstracts — wow! A huge thank you to all the authors who submitted their work.
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Adaptation in Digital Journalism
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Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Those campist idiots who think all Ukrainians are anti-Palestinian should be at the conference in Ukraine where I am currently. Talking to and socialising with Ukrainians, plus other victims of Russian imperialism from Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Lithuania, Georgia, Chechnya,
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/06/2025
Russia has launched biggest air attack of the three-year war, Kyiv says
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Russia has launched biggest air attack of the three-year war, Kyiv says
Ukraine’s air force says Russia fired 477 drones and decoys as well as 60 missiles overnight Russia has fired more than 500 aerial weapons at Ukraine overnight, in a barrage that Kyiv described as the biggest air attack so far of the three-year war. Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday that Russia fired 477 drones and decoys as well as 60 missiles overnight. While 475 of these were shot down or lost, the onslaught marked the “most massive airstrike” on the country since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine’s air force, told The Associated Press. Continue reading...
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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🔥Last Call🔥 Deadline for @digitaljournalism.bsky.social special issue abstracts is July 1. Reach out to myself, Pat Ferrucci, @johana.bsky.social, or Dariya Orlova with questions! think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Adaptation in Digital Journalism
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Trump ceasefire efforts are like teenage sex. He thinks he can do it, but really he has no clue how, so nothing happens, but he still claims he's better than the last guy who tried.
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María Miret García @periodistia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
#Reporters face unique #mentalhealth risks in cross-border investigations journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... A @johana.bsky.social academic study published in #Journalism looks at how to address them @journals.sagepub.com
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Richard Stupart @richardstupart.com · 14/04/2025
By complete accident, I happen to be in #Sumy this week in my personal capacity, visiting friends I made as part of an academic exchange between Sumy State University and the University of Liverpool.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If you see an atrocity and your reaction is “what about [insert separate unrelated atrocity], you don’t seem clever or informed, it’s disgusting.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/03/2025
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history
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Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history
Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase It must be one of the most dangerous book clubs in the world. Before they can feel safe enough to talk about poetry and prose, 17-year-old Mariika (not her real name) and her friends have to first ensure all the windows are shut and check there is no one lurking by the flat’s doors. Informants frequently report anyone studying Ukrainian in the occupied territories to the Russian secret police. Ukrainian textbooks have been deemed “extremist” – possession can carry a sentence of five years. Continue reading...
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A sobering assessment of what freezing USAID funds means for independent journalism. "The best-case scenario is that many organisations will have to downsize operations [..] Dozens have already lost their jobs. There are outlets that will face closure" journalismfundersforum.com/vanishing-li...
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Vanishing Lifeline: What Freezing USAID Funds Means for Journalism in Europe - Journalism Funders Forum
The sudden freeze on USAID funding has sent shockwaves through independent newsrooms across Europe. With grants halted and uncertainty looming, many
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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
What a fantastic few weeks in Qual Methods! It takes a village to build a great qualitative scholar—thankful for guest lectures from @johana.bsky.social, Jordan Morehouse and Volha Kananovich these past few weeks. Amazing scholars. Thank you for sharing your research!
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Not a good idea
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/03/2025
We're hiring! Bellingcat is looking for an Open Source Investigator and Trainer to join our Human Rights and Conflict Monitoring team. Read about the role and apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-i...
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Bellingcat is Hiring: Open Source Investigator and Trainer (Conflict) - bellingcat
Bellingcat is hiring an open source investigator and trainer (conflict). Find out more about the role and apply within.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/03/2025
Playing the victim: how Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy paved the way for the suspension of military aid | Lilie Chouliaraki
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Playing the victim: how Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy paved the way for the suspension of military aid | Lilie Chouliaraki
Who is really suffering from this conflict? We are, said the US president, in a move straight from the populist playbook, says LSE professor of media and communications Lilie Chouliaraki
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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🔥CFP for our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social special issue🔥 Adaptation is a crucial human skill that helps us navigate the choppy waters of a field. Send in your proposals and please reach out to our team with questions! Deadline: July 1
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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit your abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "Adaptation in digital journalism", guest edited by @acadianjprof.bsky.social, Patrick Ferrucci, @johana.bsky.social, & Dariya Orlova. 🗓️Deadline: July 1, 2025 ➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1vLQx...
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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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The MAGA Trigger @magatrigger.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I stand with President Zelenskyy and Ukraine, how about you? Slava Ukraini
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Gregory for vice president! 🙌🏼
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Gulliver Cragg @gullivercragg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Olaf Scholz says Russian aggression against #Ukraine keeps him up at night. Us too, man. Us too
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Sander van der Waal @sander.oso.social · 18/02/2025
And let's really make work of improving other social media platforms so they become a viable replacement of those out of our control. We can no longer assume our EU regulations will do the job.. We work on this with others in a great coalition #MakeSocialsSocialAgain. Join the movement!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
If I was a foreign power wanting to cripple US power, I'd: 1. Purge intel agencies + expose agents 2. Mess w/Treasury 3. Politicize military 4. Turn off foreign aid 5. Shutter anti-corruption + election interference teams 6. Sow discord with allies Wait, I'm getting an update...
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
When the author of On Tyranny moves away from the U.S., it seems something is a bit off.
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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Please help share this opportunity for PhD candidates and early-career scholars working on Belarus #polisky #IRsky #diktatorsky #contentiousky #EUsky
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It's time to share some work here and rebuild a tiny circle of love and constructive criticism.🦄 So: recently, I've published this "Jungle".🌱 doi.org/10.1177/1464...
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“It’s a jungle”: Precarity, solidarity, and ambiguity in small conflict reporting ecosystems - Johana Kotišová, 2024
This study, based on in-depth interviews with 22 reporters, stringers, and photojournalists working in Small Conflict Reporting Ecosystems (SE) looks into the a...
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
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BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz · 29/01/2025
OSINTukraine is a Telegram archive supporting journalists, activists, and #osint researchers. Search the archive and access critical data:
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OSINTukraine - OSINT Tools for Ukraine
OSINT tools to archive, document and debunk the Russian War against Ukraine This project is a Telegram Archive, a News aggregator & publishing engine designed to support Ukraine and keep Ukraine information in the News cycle.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Hello all, I've finally deleted my Twitter account. My last Bluesky post—a repost—was 11 months ago, which indicates that I'm not enthusiastic about being particularly active here. Anyways. Have a (great) weekend, everyone!
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Gregory P. Perreault @acadianjprof.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
Happy to see this piece published, which reflects on my research on newsroom leaders with Samuel Tham. If you’ve ever had a boss that seemed like they maybe shouldn’t have been a boss, you’ll find this of interest!
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“People don’t quit bad jobs, they quit bad bosses”: How journalists evaluate newsroom leadership
The key quality journalists looked for in leadership? Whether the newsroom leader could do the jobs they supervised.
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Tying together some thoughts on journalism, war, feminism, bodies, emotions, reality; stuff I read earlier this year. Originally published by Revue Prostor. fixersandjournalists.humanities.uva.nl/a-war-lesson...
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A war lesson: The reform of journalism will be feminist - Fixers and Stringers
By Johana Kotišová. Originally published by Revue Prostor (in Czech). From objectivity to the abyss Journalism is in crisis. This mantra has been used for years by media theorists from the so-cal...
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Should “Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” be rephrased as a) “Find a job you love and you will never stop working” b) “Find a job you love and you will lose a hobby” c) “Find a job you love: you will never stop working and lose a hobby”?
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Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
For #journalism scholars here: the deadline for our (w/ @johana.bsky.social) special issue on Exile Journalism in Journalism Studies has been extended until the end of December! See all details about the CfP and submission guidelines below!
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Journalism Studies: Reporting from precarious shelter: The practices, values, and epistemologies of ...
This special issue will seek to understand the study of exile journalism and to establish new ways of engaging with this complex field.
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Anna Durnova @evrop-anka.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Our special issue on #emotions and #truth in Emotions and Society. Check out our editorial to know what’s on it 🔜 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
A new paper on journalists, local producers, OSINT, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and emotions - with my great colleague/friend Lonneke van der Velden. In this paper, we bring "affective epistemology" into journalism studies. 1/n #affectiveepistemology
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The Affective Epistemology of Digital Journalism: Emotions as Knowledge Among On-the-Ground and OSIN...
In this paper, we seek to introduce the term “affective epistemology” into digital journalism studies. Building on twenty-seven interviews with media workers reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian War a...
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Kevin Smets @kevinsmets.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Hello & happy to introduce myself. I'm a media and cultural studies scholar working on migration, borders, conflict. I've worked a lot on Turkey and diasporic communities. Current project www.reelborders.eu deals with film & border relations. Passions include 🎬🪴🌈🚲 + why is there no 'equality' emoji?
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Hi all! Today, I finished my MSCA postdoc at the University of Amsterdam. I am moving to VUB Brussels (ECHO research group) to work on a new three-year project on journalists, war, and emotions with the fantastic Kevin Smets and Benjamin de Cleen. You can reach me at Johana.Kotisova@vub.be.
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
3 facts: 1. Hamas are bloodthirsty terrorists who must be stopped & brought to justice, or if necessary destroyed 2. Children, elderly, & all innocent civilians in Gaza must be protected, & don’t deserve to die for Hamas’ crimes 3. We as a civilization need to reconcile pt 1 with pt 2
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/10/2023
X, formerly known as Twitter, removed the gold “verified” badge from the New York Times’ account amid ongoing complaints about the news organization from owner Elon Musk. The badge was the only symbol distinguishing the account from impostors amid two major global conflicts in Israel and Ukraine.
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Elon Musk’s X removes New York Times’ verification badge
The gold badge was the only symbol distinguishing the Times’ 55-million-follower account from impostors amid two major global conflicts.
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Gulliver Cragg @gullivercragg.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Poland on track for record turnout in parliamentary election, rumours opposition doing better than expected. PiS controlled electoral commission is saying that asking voters whether they want a ballot for the referendum taking place today as well as the parliamentary election is not allowed 1/
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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against oppression of women in Iran! congratulations! #intsec polisky
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Johana Kotišová @johana.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Okay, my first Bsky post: There are still a few days left to register for our hybrid workshop 'Covering Russia's War on Ukraine' (12-13 October). Focus: local media professionals, OSINT, war crime documentation. Safety, emotions, ethics. Feel free to join us for one, two, or all sessions!
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Covering Russia’s War on Ukraine: Local Media Professionals and Open-Source Investigators - Fixers...
Global conflicts are increasingly documented and covered by people outside of the journalistic mainstream: locally hired media professionals, remote open-source investigators, local eyewitnesses, acti...
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