
Author: Hanna Liubakova
2019 WPI Fellow
Freelance journalist, Outride.rsMinsk, Belarus
Bio: Hanna is an investigative journalist and researcher from Belarus. For the past six years she has written for various Belarusian and international media outlets. Her prior experience includes radio, digital and television production, including work for Radio Free Europe as a recipient of Vaclav Havel Fellowship. She also worked as a Belsat TV presenter and correspondent from Prague, London, Warsaw and Brussels, among others.
Website: https://medium.com/@hanna.liubakova
Twitter: @HannaLiubakova
#Belarus Those who defend people are being arrested themselves.Human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka from @viasna96 has been detained and is being held on criminal charges.His assistant Maria Tarasenka was detained, too. He is from Homiel,it is crucial to work in regional towns
2Perfect timing @anders_aslund @melindaharing @ARVershbow @HannaLiubakova https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/biden-and-belarus-a-strategy-for-the-new-administration/
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The much-trumpeted conspirationalism
by Hanna Liubakova | Oct 1, 2019 | Journalism in the Trump Era
Not only was President Trump trying to coerce a foreign leader to find dirt on a political opponent, he also promotes a longstanding conspiracy theory originating in right-wing circles. As the rough transcript of Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Knock, knock! It’s a post-truth world
by Hanna Liubakova | Sep 23, 2019 | Journalism in the era of "fake news", Journalism in the Trump Era
How reality has become a subjective affair worldwide. When in 2014, Peter Pomerantsev, a British journalist born in the Soviet Union, published his acclaimed book “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” Russia was very much of an exotic country, with no rules...
America’s thank you to the immigrant
by Hanna Liubakova | Sep 17, 2019 | Immigration Reform, Journalism in the Trump Era, Political Coverage, Social Media in Politics and Journalism
Donald Trump has consistently made opposition to immigration the center of his politics and Twitter feed. On Broadway, immigration is a topic to sing about. On the evening of September 12, I happened to be in a theater in New York City, watching “Hamilton,” the...
Meritocracy might be a sham. But there’s no reason to think education is bad for America
by Hanna Liubakova | Sep 10, 2019 | Journalism in the era of "fake news", Social Media in Politics and Journalism
In December 2017, I graduated from one of the UK universities. Merely because I was an international, non-EU student, my tuition fee was much higher than what home students had to pay. I was luckier than many of them, though. I got a scholarship that covered the fee...Recent blog posts
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