The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) has granted Honorary Fellowship to reporter Jen Stout for her work covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the RSGS reported on LinkedIn.
The Society remarked that Stout had been awarded for her on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine’s frontline regions. The journalist has worked as a freelancer across Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, and in a variety of frontline positions.
Her journalistic work has been covered in BBC radio, London Review of Books, Prospect, and the Sunday Post.
The RSGS pointed out that through her reporting, Jen had highlighted a country defined not only by this conflict, but also by the resilience of its people, the richness of its history, and the depth of its culture.
On 4 August 2026, Jen Stout hosted an event titled “Night Train to Odesa: A Scottish Journalist in Ukraine” in Perth (Scotland).
In a 2025 interview to Suspilne Kherson, she said her desire was to explain the gravity of Russia’s war against Ukraine to the European audience through her reporting.
“I need them to understand what this war is about. This war is about Europe. Ukraine is fighting for Europe’s freedom and security, I want them to understand that,” she said.
Stout has worked in Ukraine since 2022. Besides the full-scale invasion, she writes about the lives of people in the cities close to the frontline, Ukraine’s culture, art, history, and society.
