Peter Vandermeersch
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Peter Vandermeersch
@petervandermeersch.bsky.social
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.
De woorden van Trump die me blijven achtervolgen. "Things happen". Over een journalist die in stukken wordt gehakt. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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...
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
www.euractiv.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nrc geeft mijn boek vier ballen! Erg blij.
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Great News Heist. How AI platforms are stealing and distorting journalism. open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
The Great News Heist:
How AI is eroding trust — and undermining democracy
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The threat to free speech isn’t the state — it's the platforms
open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
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.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Reposted by Peter Vandermeersch
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
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...
www.lesoir.be
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Elon Musk’s 1,000 attacks on the press
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Elon Musk’s 1,000 attacks on the press
...And the good news hidden inside
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Peter Vandermeersch
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."
Journalism Has Become More Challenging, for Reporters and Sources
Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
sentientmedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Journalism is not a crime
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Journalism is not a crime
Pope Leo XIV:"It's a cornerstone of democracy"
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The name everyone in media is talking about
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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
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When seeing is no longer believing
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When seeing is no longer believing
Deepfakes in a way you haven’t seen yet
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Peter Vandermeersch
Yes!!! ☘️ Alles, echt alles. Ik ben er voorlopig even niet.

‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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.
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM