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Peter Vandermeersch

@petervandermeersch.bsky.social
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Mediahuis Fellow “Journalism and Society”. Before I was a journalist in Brussels, Paris and New York. Editor of De Standaard (Brussels) and NRC (Amsterdam). Publisher and CEO of Mediahuis Ireland.

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World Editors Forum @worldeditorsforum.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
@petervandermeersch.bsky.social took a closer look at what one year of Trump’s second term has meant for the media. Here’s his status report. wan-ifra.org/2026/01/one-...
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One year of Trump’s war on the press
Peter Vandermeersch took a closer look at what one year of Trump’s second term has meant for the media. Here's his status report.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
How a lawsuit becomes a weapon against the free press open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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Donald Trump’s playbook
How a lawsuit becomes a weapon against the free press
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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Politici ondermijnen de pers: van Keijzer tot het Witte Huis
Hoe een Nederlandse rel past in een wereldwijde aanval op journalistiek Door Peter Vandermeersch De recente aanval van Mona Keijzer op de NOS lijkt op het eerste gezicht…
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
De woorden van Trump die me blijven achtervolgen. "Things happen". Over een journalist die in stukken wordt gehakt. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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Opinie: Trumps woorden over Khashoggi zijn een belediging voor wie nog gelooft dat de waarheid ertoe doet
‘Things happen’, zei de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump over de in stukken gezaagde journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Het is de taal van van macht die zich onkwetsbaar waant – en dat moet ons zorgen bare...
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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Journalistiek onder Vuur
Deze blog en nieuwsbrief analyseren hoe journalistiek onder druk staat en welke antwoorden daarop worden geformuleerd.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Peter Vandermeersch over crisis bij BBC: "Door polarisatie en wantrouwen sluipt het gif binnen op redacties" | VRT NWS: nieuws
"Een disproportionele reactie voor een relatief banale fout." Zo omschrijft journalist en voormalig hoofdredacteur Peter Vandermeersch het ontslag van 2 topmensen bij de Britse openbare omroep BBC na ...
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Peter Vandermeersch klaagt straffeloosheid voor daders van geweld tegen journalisten aan | VRT NWS: nieuws
Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws uit binnen- en buitenland dankzij de betrouwbare en diepgaande berichtgeving van VRT NWS.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Violence against journalists is not an accident of war or politics – it is a strategy. And impunity now thrives in digital spaces governed by opaque algorithms and weak accountability www.euractiv.com/opinion/repo...
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Reporting the truth has become a deadly business – Europe must confront impunity | Euractiv
Violence against journalists is not an accident of war or politics – it is a strategy. And impunity now thrives in digital spaces governed by opaque algorithms and weak accountability
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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Europe’s journalists are under attack – and their abusers walk free
When journalists are vilified online for doing their job, the damage extends beyond the individual.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Nrc geeft mijn boek vier ballen! Erg blij.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The Great News Heist. How AI platforms are stealing and distorting journalism. open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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The Great News Heist:
How AI is eroding trust — and undermining democracy
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Tech Coup. When Silicon Valley outpaced democracy open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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The Tech Coup. When Silicon Valley outpaced democracy
As governments struggle to keep up with Big Tech, the press may be democracy’s last watchdog — if it can escape the algorithmic web itself.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The threat to free speech isn’t the state — it's the platforms open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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The threat to free speech isn’t the state — it's the platforms
Once the enemy was censorship by governments. Now it’s the quiet control of algorithms deciding what we see and say.
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Beatrice Delvaux @beatricedelvaux.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
www.lesoir.be/705893/artic... La guerre de l’intelligence artificielle contre le journalisme décidera du sort de la presse libre. L appel en forme d alerte urgente @petervandermeersch.bsky.social @lesoir.bsky.social
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La guerre de l’intelligence artificielle contre le journalisme décidera du sort de la presse libre
L’approche de l’Union européenne sur la manière dont l’IA utilise le travail journalistique pourrait déterminer si la presse libre survivra à l’ère numérique, ou si elle disparaîtra dans le flux de do...
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Elon Musk’s 1,000 attacks on the press open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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Elon Musk’s 1,000 attacks on the press
...And the good news hidden inside
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Make journalism stronger, more relevant, and more resilient open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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Make journalism stronger, more relevant, and more resilient
I recently had a great chat with Lucinda Jordaan from WAN-IFRA, where we dove into the big question: What are the biggest challenges — and opportunities — facing journalists, editors, and newsrooms to...
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It's time to let the press in open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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It's time to let the press in
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) has renewed its call for Israel to open the borders and let the international media back in — freely and independently.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 09/10/2025
The powers the Trump administration is trying to create "could easily be used against them by a future administration," FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social told @sentientmedia.org. "Legislation and legal precedents and norms outlive any one presidency."
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Journalism Has Become More Challenging, for Reporters and Sources
Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Journalism is not a crime open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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Journalism is not a crime
Pope Leo XIV:"It's a cornerstone of democracy"
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The name everyone in media is talking about open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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The name everyone in media is talking about
Loud critic of "legacy media" will run one of America's oldest newsrooms
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
When seeing is no longer believing open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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When seeing is no longer believing
Deepfakes in a way you haven’t seen yet
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Because democracy matters
How journalism is under pressure and how we fight back
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Rob @therealrobmaas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Yes!!! ☘️ Alles, echt alles. Ik ben er voorlopig even niet. ‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Peter Vandermeersch: ‘Bij DWDD heb ik wel vijftien keer gekotst van de zenuwen’
Zijn plan was om zich als correspondent in Parijs te vestigen, maar zijn hoogste bazen zagen hem liever in Dublin. Daar voelt Peter Vandermeersch zich inmiddels helemaal thuis, vertelt hij in dit inte...
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Peter Vandermeersch @petervandermeersch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Next sunday I am writing in the #sundayindependent about ireland where i have been living for six years now. I hate it. And i love it even more.
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