ABOUT

This is a site about the books and other writing by James Rodgers, author of Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia From Lenin to Putin (new edition 2023; first published July 2020); Headlines from the Holy Land (2015 and 2017); No Road Home: Fighting for Land and Faith in Gaza (2013); Reporting Conflict (2012). My work looks at how stories of international affairs, especially armed conflict, are told to the world.

BIOGRAPHY

I am an author and journalist. During two decades of covering international news, I reported on the end of the Soviet Union; the wars in Chechnya; the coming to power of Vladimir Putin; 9/11; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the 2003 war in Iraq; Russia’s war with Georgia in 2008. I completed correspondent postings for the BBC in Moscow, Brussels, and Gaza. I now teach in the Journalism Department at City St George’s, University of London.

The author in Berlin, February 2023. Photo © Kevin Cummins

Tag: Soviet Union

Assignment Moscow: Upcoming Events

October 23, 2020
I have two upcoming talks on my new book, Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia From Lenin to Putin. Both will be taking place on Zoom. Please book a place and join the discussion! The first is organized by Pushkin House on Tuesday 27th October at 1800 GMT. Details here....

Reporting on World War II From the Soviet Union

October 10, 2020
I have just had a post published on the BBC History Research web page. You can read the post, which includes pictures from the BBC archives, here. Full text follows below. JOURNALISM AND HISTORY: the former is frequently called the first draft of the latter, but often drawing on...

‘Assignment Moscow’: Interview On Talk Radio Europe

July 20, 2020
On Monday 20th July I was interviewed by Giles Brown on Talk Radio Europe about Assignment Moscow. You can hear the whole interview here on Talk Radio Europe’s On Demand Page, starting at 1030 on Monday 20th July....

Prize For My Essay On The Work Of Svetlana Alexievich

July 16, 2020
I am pleased and proud to announce that I have been awarded the 2019 International Association for Literary Journalism Studies John C. Hartsock Award for the best article published in the Association’s journal, Literary Journalism Studies. My article was entitled “Making Space for a New Picture of the World:...