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...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
De woorden van Trump die me blijven achtervolgen. "Things happen". Over een journalist die in stukken wordt gehakt. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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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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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November 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/repo...
Nrc geeft mijn boek vier ballen! Erg blij.
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Nrc geeft mijn boek vier ballen! Erg blij.
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
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October 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Great News Heist. How AI platforms are stealing and distorting journalism. open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
The Tech Coup. When Silicon Valley outpaced democracy
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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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October 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The Tech Coup. When Silicon Valley outpaced democracy
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The threat to free speech isn’t the state — it's the platforms
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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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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The threat to free speech isn’t the state — it's the platforms
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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...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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
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
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October 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Elon Musk’s 1,000 attacks on the press
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Make journalism stronger, more relevant, and more resilient
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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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October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Make journalism stronger, more relevant, and more resilient
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It's time to let the press in
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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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October 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It's time to let the press in
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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."
"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.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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."
"Legislation and legal precedents and norms outlive any one presidency."
Journalism is not a crime
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Journalism is not a crime
Pope Leo XIV:"It's a cornerstone of democracy"
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October 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Journalism is not a crime
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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
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October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The name everyone in media is talking about
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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
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October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
When seeing is no longer believing
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Yes!!! ☘️ Alles, echt alles. Ik ben er voorlopig even niet.
‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes!!! ☘️ Alles, echt alles. Ik ben er voorlopig even niet.
‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
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
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.