I love books.
Books, both fiction and non-fiction, have been immensely important to what I do and who I am. Thus, I find it a privilege to produce literature for professionals and wider public.
PORTINVARTIJAT – KAMPPAILU TIEDON VAPAUDESTA (TEOS 2023)
There was a time when the gatekeepers – both in good and bad – were primarily politicians and media executives. Then came the internet, everything was digitized and the world was supposed to become democratized. So how did it go?
In our book Gatekeepers – The Struggle for the Freedom of Information, me and Hannu-Pekka Ikäheimo delve into our technological modern times in the aftermath of the great digital revolution. It turns out that the gatekeepers are by no means lost. Rather, the new gatekeepers are even stronger and more cunning in form. The struggle between democratic and authoritarian gatekeeper systems is intensifying.
Totuuden jälkeen
– Miten media selviää algoritmien ja paskapuheen aikana
(Teos, 2018)
I co-authored this critically-acclaimed non-fiction book with three of my colleagues Antto Vihma, Hannu-Pekka Ikäheimo and Jarno Hartikainen. The book is called Post-truth. Media survival strategies in the age of bullshit and algorithms. Please contact me for more info in English.
You can see what Helsingin Sanomat wrote about the book here. Also this piece by Ylioppilaslehti is worth a read.
Feature!
– Kirjoittamisen mestarikurssi (Teos, 2022)
This is a book I have wanted to see used in Finnish journalism education and newsrooms for a long time. The new Finnish handbook on feature journalism Feature! – The master class in writing helps every writer rise to a new level.
In this book 23 feature writers and journalists share their main lessons and tips. I have had an honor to work as one of the editors of this book with two accomplished feature writers, Tuomas Kaseva and Reetta Räty. Also, I write in one of the chapters about how feature writing converts to audio in today’s hybrid media space.
Avoin kysymys – haastattelun käsikirja (Vastapaino, 2020)
My handbook on journalistic interviewing was released in September 2020. The book is an independent sequel to the Avoin kysymys podcast series. I have written this book to promote professional ethos in journalism and to talk openly about one of the main tools of the trade. The book offers a comprehensive approach to journalistic interviewing, and it is supposed to serve professionals, students and anyone interested in journalistic encounters and endeavors.
There’s also an audiobook version available. It was produced by Artlab Productions, and it contains audio material from my past interviews, dramatised interviews as well as a musical score by Jussi Liukkonen.
Öppna frågor – en guide till bättre svar (Gleerups, 2022)
This Swedish textbook is a reworked version of Avoin kysymys targeted for higher education and journalism professionals. I worked on this with my friend and colleague Andreas Mattsson, who is a Lecturer and Program Director at the School of Journalism at the Department of Communication and Media, Lund University.
The book offers a holistic view to journalistic interviewing addressing interviewers’ tasks and responsibilities before, during, and after the interview. It includes practical guidance, advice, and outlooks to newsrooms and journalists in Sweden, Finland, and other media systems in the world.