Episode 38: The Evolution of Journalism in Russia with Jill Dougherty

In this episode, airing one year after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, our host Miriam Pasternak Jorgensen interviews Jill Dougherty about being a journalist in Russia. What did journalism look like in the Soviet Union? How has Russian media coverage of the war changed throughout the past year? Jill shares her insights as a Russian expert and journalist with over 50 years of experience working in the Soviet Union and Russia until March 2022.

About the Guest

Jill Dougherty is an American journalist and academic. She is considered an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. She worked as a correspondent for CNN for three decades. She served as White House Correspondent, Foreign Affairs correspondent covering the US State Department, US Affairs Editor, Managing Editor for CNN Asia/Pacific, and for almost a decade, as Moscow Bureau Chief.

Dougherty began her career as a Russian-language broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, USSR Division. After three decades at CNN, she left in 2013, but continues to report on Russia as an analyst and independent consultant. Dougherty received her bachelor’s degree in Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Michigan and her master’s degree from Georgetown University, where she researched Russia’s soft power diplomacy. She was a Benton Fellow in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Chicago, as well as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. As an undergraduate Dougherty also studied at Leningrad State University in the Soviet Union. Dougherty spent much of her career as a journalist and in 2014 she started also contributing as fellow at academic activities. She was Centennial Fellow and instructor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Views expressed are personal and do not represent the views of GSSR or any other entity.