Jen Stout
@jenstout.bsky.social
🏴 Author of NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA (2024, Polygon). Winner 'First Book', Saltire Society Literary Awards 2024. Journalist, photographer. Ex-BBC.
www.jenstout.net
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Interview from 5:23pm on Drivetime www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Excellent reporting every time she's on air: local-level reporting, right up to the wider state of the war, with more clarity than I've heard from anyone else. Hope Jen keeps being booked by the BBC.
Excellent reporting every time she's on air: local-level reporting, right up to the wider state of the war, with more clarity than I've heard from anyone else. Hope Jen keeps being booked by the BBC.
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Listen live to Radio Scotland on BBC Sounds
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November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Interview from 5:23pm on Drivetime www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Excellent reporting every time she's on air: local-level reporting, right up to the wider state of the war, with more clarity than I've heard from anyone else. Hope Jen keeps being booked by the BBC.
Excellent reporting every time she's on air: local-level reporting, right up to the wider state of the war, with more clarity than I've heard from anyone else. Hope Jen keeps being booked by the BBC.
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@jenstout.bsky.social on BBC Radio Scotland there, reporting from Ukraine on the daily drone killings of civilians in cities along the eastern front.
Don't think I've heard/read an English-language journalist cover Ukraine with as much clarity and composure as Jen does.
Don't think I've heard/read an English-language journalist cover Ukraine with as much clarity and composure as Jen does.
Jen Stout
Jen Stout is a journalist, writer and radio producer from Scotland. She covers the war in Ukraine for outlets including BBC radio, London Review of Books, Sunday Post, and Prospect magazine.
www.jenstout.net
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@jenstout.bsky.social on BBC Radio Scotland there, reporting from Ukraine on the daily drone killings of civilians in cities along the eastern front.
Don't think I've heard/read an English-language journalist cover Ukraine with as much clarity and composure as Jen does.
Don't think I've heard/read an English-language journalist cover Ukraine with as much clarity and composure as Jen does.
A long-read for Prospect magazine: reporting from SE Ukraine on demining
& conversely, on the scramble to leave the Mine Ban Treaty by countries threatened by Russia.
Blog & extra pics:
www.jenstout.net/post/deminin...
Article w/Julia Kochetova (!) pics: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
& conversely, on the scramble to leave the Mine Ban Treaty by countries threatened by Russia.
Blog & extra pics:
www.jenstout.net/post/deminin...
Article w/Julia Kochetova (!) pics: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
Demining on the steppe - and the thorny issue of the landmine ban
Behind the scenes on the long-read for Prospect magazine about demining, landmine ban treaties, and the war in Ukraine
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September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A long-read for Prospect magazine: reporting from SE Ukraine on demining
& conversely, on the scramble to leave the Mine Ban Treaty by countries threatened by Russia.
Blog & extra pics:
www.jenstout.net/post/deminin...
Article w/Julia Kochetova (!) pics: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
& conversely, on the scramble to leave the Mine Ban Treaty by countries threatened by Russia.
Blog & extra pics:
www.jenstout.net/post/deminin...
Article w/Julia Kochetova (!) pics: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
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Delighted to welcome Tami Hoffman, Director of Public Policy @theguardian.com to our stellar panel @georginalee.bsky.social FactCheck & Data News Editor @channel4news.bsky.social, Dr Manny Ahmed Founder & CEO @openorigins.bsky.social.
Join us at The Frontline Club, London, Tues 23 Sept at 7pm.
Join us at The Frontline Club, London, Tues 23 Sept at 7pm.
September 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Delighted to welcome Tami Hoffman, Director of Public Policy @theguardian.com to our stellar panel @georginalee.bsky.social FactCheck & Data News Editor @channel4news.bsky.social, Dr Manny Ahmed Founder & CEO @openorigins.bsky.social.
Join us at The Frontline Club, London, Tues 23 Sept at 7pm.
Join us at The Frontline Club, London, Tues 23 Sept at 7pm.
The American Monument, mull of Oa, Islay. Commemorates the hundreds who died when troops ships sank off these cliffs in 1918.
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The American Monument, mull of Oa, Islay. Commemorates the hundreds who died when troops ships sank off these cliffs in 1918.
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Russian mines are endangering fighters, farmers and children across liberated Ukraine. Now Kyiv wants to set its own traps for the invaders, writes @jenstout.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
The Ukrainians clearing Russian mines
Kyiv backed a life-saving landmine ban in 1999. Now, with Russian mines endangering fighters, farmers and children across liberated Ukraine, it wants ...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Russian mines are endangering fighters, farmers and children across liberated Ukraine. Now Kyiv wants to set its own traps for the invaders, writes @jenstout.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
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5/ The agreement would also require Ukraine to hand over its heavily fortified defensive lines, much as Neville Chamberlain's Munich Agreement did to Czechoslovakia in 1938. Russia's next invasion of Ukraine would be made far easier.
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
5/ The agreement would also require Ukraine to hand over its heavily fortified defensive lines, much as Neville Chamberlain's Munich Agreement did to Czechoslovakia in 1938. Russia's next invasion of Ukraine would be made far easier.
Some very exciting news yesterday - Night Train to Odesa won the Highland Book Prize!
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Stout ‘astounded’ to win Highland Book Prize
LOCAL writer Jen Stout has received more accolades after winning the 2024 Highland Book Prize. She won the award for her book Night Train to Odesa: Covering...
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July 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Some very exciting news yesterday - Night Train to Odesa won the Highland Book Prize!
www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/22/s...
www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/07/22/s...
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@jenstout.bsky.social and I discuss:
- What it was like being in Moscow on the eve of the invasion
- Why she was compelled to cover the conflict
- How Putin uses and abuses Russian and Ukrainian history
open.spotify.com/episode/2ueb...
- What it was like being in Moscow on the eve of the invasion
- Why she was compelled to cover the conflict
- How Putin uses and abuses Russian and Ukrainian history
open.spotify.com/episode/2ueb...
Terror doesn't work. They're Ukrainians.
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July 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
@jenstout.bsky.social and I discuss:
- What it was like being in Moscow on the eve of the invasion
- Why she was compelled to cover the conflict
- How Putin uses and abuses Russian and Ukrainian history
open.spotify.com/episode/2ueb...
- What it was like being in Moscow on the eve of the invasion
- Why she was compelled to cover the conflict
- How Putin uses and abuses Russian and Ukrainian history
open.spotify.com/episode/2ueb...
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New ep! @jenstout.bsky.social talks about the war in Ukraine, Putin’s use and abuse of history, how to actually be a war reporter – and if anyone can sell her a cheap camper van…?
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July 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New ep! @jenstout.bsky.social talks about the war in Ukraine, Putin’s use and abuse of history, how to actually be a war reporter – and if anyone can sell her a cheap camper van…?
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Never thought I'd see this in my life: the rare 'Fata Morgana' mirage. The coast of Fife, shot from NE Edinburgh, stretched into huge, inverted, towering optical illusions.
Caused by weather conditions. Absolutely surreal.
Caused by weather conditions. Absolutely surreal.
July 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Never thought I'd see this in my life: the rare 'Fata Morgana' mirage. The coast of Fife, shot from NE Edinburgh, stretched into huge, inverted, towering optical illusions.
Caused by weather conditions. Absolutely surreal.
Caused by weather conditions. Absolutely surreal.
NE Edinburgh, the view to Fife, and just round that headland, the sewage works.
Bonny light nights at 11pm still...
Bonny light nights at 11pm still...
July 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
NE Edinburgh, the view to Fife, and just round that headland, the sewage works.
Bonny light nights at 11pm still...
Bonny light nights at 11pm still...
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This Thurs. 4/17 @6pm join award-winning journalist @jenstout.bsky.social all the way from Scotland! Her new book covering the war in Ukraine as an independent reporter is vivid, timely, empathetic, & highly readable. @casematepublishers.bsky.social
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Jen Stout for Night Train to Odesa
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, millions of lives changed in an instant. Millions of people were suddenly on the move. In this great flow of people was a reporter from the north of Scotland…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This Thurs. 4/17 @6pm join award-winning journalist @jenstout.bsky.social all the way from Scotland! Her new book covering the war in Ukraine as an independent reporter is vivid, timely, empathetic, & highly readable. @casematepublishers.bsky.social
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Dreamed of seeing this city all my life
April 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Dreamed of seeing this city all my life
Off to St Andrews this evening to give the Sanctuary lecture - registration is free and it will be livestreamed via Teams. Join here:
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Annual Sanctuary Lecture: Jen Stout
This year, the University of St Andrews is celebrating five years as a University of Sanctuary, a testament to our
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April 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Off to St Andrews this evening to give the Sanctuary lecture - registration is free and it will be livestreamed via Teams. Join here:
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/annua...
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/annua...
Many of my written articles now available to read on my site: jenstout.net/articles
Kharkiv architecture, frontline dispatches, language politics, tall ships festivities, it's all there...
More to come, and more radio work, when I find time!
📸 Photography portfolio also on the site
Kharkiv architecture, frontline dispatches, language politics, tall ships festivities, it's all there...
More to come, and more radio work, when I find time!
📸 Photography portfolio also on the site
Articles | Jen Stout
Portfolio of Jen Stout's newspaper and magazine articles
jenstout.net
March 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Many of my written articles now available to read on my site: jenstout.net/articles
Kharkiv architecture, frontline dispatches, language politics, tall ships festivities, it's all there...
More to come, and more radio work, when I find time!
📸 Photography portfolio also on the site
Kharkiv architecture, frontline dispatches, language politics, tall ships festivities, it's all there...
More to come, and more radio work, when I find time!
📸 Photography portfolio also on the site
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I went to a great event last week by the Ukrainian community in the UK. Music, stories, poems. Lots stayed with me, including when @jenstout.bsky.social asked "what is Europe, a standard of living?". #Europe is a great achievement, let's preserve it. Here's hoping it really fights the good fight.
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I went to a great event last week by the Ukrainian community in the UK. Music, stories, poems. Lots stayed with me, including when @jenstout.bsky.social asked "what is Europe, a standard of living?". #Europe is a great achievement, let's preserve it. Here's hoping it really fights the good fight.
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Latest read was this highly necessary debut by @jenstout.bsky.social about her time reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from late 2021 to the spring of 2023. Goes without saying that it's a tough read in places, but recent events made me feel it had to be done and I recommend it highly.
March 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Latest read was this highly necessary debut by @jenstout.bsky.social about her time reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from late 2021 to the spring of 2023. Goes without saying that it's a tough read in places, but recent events made me feel it had to be done and I recommend it highly.
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Read @jenstout.bsky.social's beautiful dispatch from Kharkiv in the winter issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
Concrete resistance: how one building symbolises Kharkiv’s defiance
Derzhprom’s concrete walls have heard the whispers of Soviet bureaucrats and the dreams of Ukrainian visionaries. Will it survive to see Kharkiv enter...
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January 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Read @jenstout.bsky.social's beautiful dispatch from Kharkiv in the winter issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...