Jen Stout - Freelance Journalist
Jen Stout is a Scottish freelance journalist who covers the war in Ukraine for major outlets including BBC radio, London Review of Books, Prospect, and the Sunday Post.
Freelance Journalism
Jen has previously had jobs in TV and radio with the BBC, and was a local newspaper reporter.
She specialises in long-form reporting, and is a regular public speaker on topics around politics and journalism. Since the publication of her debut book NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA (Polygon, 2024), Jen has toured the UK and USA, giving more than 30 book talks.
Reporting from the Frontline
Jen's work in Ukraine has been shortlisted for prizes by Amnesty International, the Foreign Press Association and the Scottish Press Awards, among others.
She has reported as a freelancer from Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, and frontline positions; from high schools, train carriages, and 1,600-mile aid convoy journeys.
In 2023 she won a Travelling Scholarship from the Society of Authors, and a Rory Peck Trust training bursary in 2022.
