PUTIN’S TROLLS sold in Sweden! Jessikka Aro receives prestigious international Courage in Journalism Award!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce a wonderful new deal for Jessikka Aro’s award-winning and bestselling PUTIN’S TROLLS – sold today in Sweden to Sensor Förlag. The newly established publisher is excited to bring this extremely important, timeless book to the Swedish audience:

“We are incredibly happy for the opportunity to release Jessikka Aro’s book Putinin Trollit (Putin’s Trolls) in Swedish. The book provides insight, as it creates understanding of the negative sides of the digital revolution. It opens our eyes to how lies, information warfare, manipulation and other methods are used online for antagonistic purposes. Besides being an astonishing and incredible reading experience, this book will also act as an important tool in educating the reader, and ultimately our contemporary society. “ – Björn Bergholm, Publisher, Sensor Förlag

Breaking news from the United States: On December 1, 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. This award differs from the one reported two months ago by CNN, when Trump’s White House and State Department revoked its invitation for her to receive a prestigious International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award due to social media posts by Aro that the President found critical.

Putin’s Trolls has been a sales sensation in Finland since its publication in 2019, and drawing rave reviews. Her account is timeless, and its information is eye-opening.

RIGHTS SOLD:

FINLAND: Johnny Kniga (orig.)
CZECH REPUBLIC: Denik N
ESTONIA: Menu Meedia/Stratkom
HUNGARY: Corvina
LITHUANIA: Briedis
POLAND: Wydawnictwo SQN
ROMANIA: Lebada Neagra
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