James Rodgers

James Rodgers is Reader in International Journalism at City, University of London. He is the author of four books on journalism and international affairs, the most recent of which, Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin (2020) will be published in a new, revised edition by Bloomsbury Academic in May 2023. In 2020, the International Association of Literary Journalism Studies awarded James the John C. Hartsock prize for his article on the work of Svetlana Alexievich. In May 2021, James was elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his contribution to the discipline of history. His next book, on Russia and the West in the Putin era, is due to be published by Yale University Press in 2025.