Jessica Bateman
@jessicabateman.bsky.social
Berlin-based journalist focused on gender, faith and extremism | Bylines Wash Post, BBC, Guardian, 1843 etc | European Press Prize winner 2025 | Covering Germany for Hyphen
His Oxbridge debates - which university unions hoped would help make the institutions more relevant to young people - are some of the most popular, and have spawned two separate clip ecosystems: one of him "owning" liberals, and one of him "getting owned" by them.
September 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
His Oxbridge debates - which university unions hoped would help make the institutions more relevant to young people - are some of the most popular, and have spawned two separate clip ecosystems: one of him "owning" liberals, and one of him "getting owned" by them.
His following has been all the more surprising to some given that his college campus organisation Turning Point completely flopped when it tried launching at UK universities in 2019. But several years later, he won a new audience when clips of his debates started going viral on TikTok.
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
His following has been all the more surprising to some given that his college campus organisation Turning Point completely flopped when it tried launching at UK universities in 2019. But several years later, he won a new audience when clips of his debates started going viral on TikTok.
I just found this woman's real-life daughter is the new editor of Vogue and my mind is melting. Like did they do this on purpose or
September 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just found this woman's real-life daughter is the new editor of Vogue and my mind is melting. Like did they do this on purpose or
Is anyone else in Germany getting these YouTube adverts denying the famine in Gaza? The final text translates as "There is food in Gaza. Every other claim is a lie."
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Is anyone else in Germany getting these YouTube adverts denying the famine in Gaza? The final text translates as "There is food in Gaza. Every other claim is a lie."
Gen Z hating on Home as the worst, most millennial cringe song ever when we ALL know the single most cursed song of that era is that one that goes "I belong to you, you belong to me, you're my sweetheaaaaaart"
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Gen Z hating on Home as the worst, most millennial cringe song ever when we ALL know the single most cursed song of that era is that one that goes "I belong to you, you belong to me, you're my sweetheaaaaaart"
Taken from here (ps. reading this book at the same time as watching the current Love Island UK series has been a whole experience)
July 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Taken from here (ps. reading this book at the same time as watching the current Love Island UK series has been a whole experience)
Interesting to see that bell hooks clocked JK Rowling's conservative tendencies all the way back in 2005
July 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Interesting to see that bell hooks clocked JK Rowling's conservative tendencies all the way back in 2005
Absolutely over the moon to have received the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social Distinguished Reporting Award for my @politico.com feature about the lasting trauma of Greece's post-civil war black market adoption industry. Thanks everyone for an amazing two days in Bari, Italy!
May 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Absolutely over the moon to have received the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social Distinguished Reporting Award for my @politico.com feature about the lasting trauma of Greece's post-civil war black market adoption industry. Thanks everyone for an amazing two days in Bari, Italy!
Over the moon to learn that my feature about Cold War era adoptions is shortlisted for the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social in the Distinguished Reporting category!
April 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Over the moon to learn that my feature about Cold War era adoptions is shortlisted for the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social in the Distinguished Reporting category!
Researchers at @dezim-institut.de also found that both Muslims and non-Muslims were in agreement on what the most important election topics were.
We may have some polarisation between political parties in Germany, but when it comes to issues of importance, people see the world very similarly.
We may have some polarisation between political parties in Germany, but when it comes to issues of importance, people see the world very similarly.
March 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Researchers at @dezim-institut.de also found that both Muslims and non-Muslims were in agreement on what the most important election topics were.
We may have some polarisation between political parties in Germany, but when it comes to issues of importance, people see the world very similarly.
We may have some polarisation between political parties in Germany, but when it comes to issues of importance, people see the world very similarly.
Freelancers - if you are ever worried you are annoying an editor by pitching them too often, just remember this happened:
February 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Freelancers - if you are ever worried you are annoying an editor by pitching them too often, just remember this happened:
A peaceful Tempelhofer Feld on Christmas Day. Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas ✨
December 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
A peaceful Tempelhofer Feld on Christmas Day. Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas ✨
Crazy celebrations on Sonnenallee in Berlin's Neukölln today. Feels like our generation's Berlin Wall moment.
December 8, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Crazy celebrations on Sonnenallee in Berlin's Neukölln today. Feels like our generation's Berlin Wall moment.
Thanks, I hate it here
December 5, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Thanks, I hate it here