Jessikka Aro

Jessikka Aro (born 19 December 1980) is an award-winning Finnish investigative reporter working for Finland's public service broadcaster Yle, specializing in Russia, extremism and information warfare. She is the author of the non-fiction books ''Putin's Trolls: On the Frontlines of Russia's Information War Against the World'' and ''Putin's World War''. Due to her investigations of pro-Russian Internet trolls and their influence on public debates outside Russia's borders, she became the target of an international propaganda and hate speech campaign. This harassment led to three people being convicted in October 2018. Aro won the Bonnier Journalism Prize in 2016 for her work exposing Russian trolls on social media. In 2019, the U.S. Department of State awarded her the International Women of Courage Award, but the award was mysteriously rescinded just before the ceremony. In June 2024, the U.S. Embassy in Finland recognized her work with the Ambassador Hickey Woman of Courage Award. Provided by Wikipedia