Jessikka Aro international Courage Award for work against Putin’s terrorism; and Polish deal for PUTIN’S WORLD WAR

We have much great news to share about our brilliant author Jessikka Aro!

First, we are excited to announce Transatlantic Foundation have acquired Polish rights to Putin’s World War: Russia’s Covert Operations to Destroy the West. We would like to thank them for their enthusiasm, and these lovely words of praise:

“We are immensely proud to announce the forthcoming Polish publication of Putin’s World War by Jessikka Aro, a groundbreaking exploration of Russia’s operations against the West. Jessikka Aro’s global recognition as a foremost expert on this subject has profoundly influenced our decision to bring her insights to a Polish audience. Publishing Jessikka’s book is not only a significant milestone for Transatlantic Foundation Sp. z o.o. but also marks our commitment to introducing influential international narratives to our readers. We are honored to have this seminal work as our first international publication in Poland.”

Patryk Wachnik, Transatlantic Foundation, Poland

More international recognition for this important work of investigative journalism: we are so proud to announce that Jessikka Aro has received the A Woman of Courage Award from the Embassy of the United States of America in Helsinki, Finland. We were lucky to get great photos, one with Ambassador Hickey and another with Elina!

Ambassador Douglas Hickey hosted a formal lunch in honor of Jessikka, where he officially awarded her, stating: ”In recognition to her combatting Russian disinformation and her groundbreaking contributions to a resilient global information environment.”

Recently Voice of America, the largest US international broadcaster, wrote an article about the award and a deeper dive into Jessikka Aro’s work against Vladmir Putin’s terrorism. We invite everyone to read it here: https://www.voanews.com/a/journalist-finally-recognized-for-work-combating-russian-disinformation/7660851.html

It is no exaggeration to say that publishing Jessikka Aro’s work is helping the world at large, and we are honored to represent an author contributing to international justice.

As always, you can see where rights have sold in the top left corner, and we have current gaps in the US/UK, the Ukraine, France…

In the meantime, we invite you to click here to download reading materials for PUTIN’S WORLD WAR.

Original Publication:
WSOY/Johnny Kniga, 2024
352 Pages

Reading Material:
English sample & summary & table of contents
German pdf
Finnish edition

Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY/Johnny Kniga (orig.)
GERMANY: Goldmann Verlag
CZECHIA: N Media
HUNGARY: Corvina
POLAND: Transatlantic Foundation
SWEDEN: Sensor Förlag

About author


Jessikka Aro

Jessikka Aro is an award-winning reporter with Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, specializing in Russia, extremism and information warfare. In 2014 and 2015, she published a series of articles on pro-Kremlin social media trolls and their influence outside of Russia’s borders. Due to her investigations, Jessikka became the target of a severe and still ongoing international propaganda and hate speech campaign, which she recounts in Putin’s Trolls.

In 2019, the US State Department awarded Jessikka the International Women of Courage Award, but the award was mysteriously rescinded by the Trump administration, allegedly due to her social media criticism of then President Trump. On December 1, 2020, Jessikka Aro received the International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award, presented in partnership with the Washington Post and hosted by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Jessikka was recognized for her award-winning investigative reporting of Russian information warfare. Jessikka lives in Helsinki, Finland.

Bibliography


2019, General Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History & Politics

Putin's Trolls

Jessikka Aro