Arendo Joustra

Arendo Joustra

Arendo Joustra (born 19 July 1957, in Vlissingen) a Dutch writer and journalist.

Joustra is the editor in chief of the Dutch newsweekly Elsevier and commentator on politics and the Dutch monarchy.[1] He is co-author of books on the Dutch prime minister Ruud Lubbers[2][3] and author of a book on the Danish writer Karen Blixen.[4] He studied journalism at Iowa State University (1979–1980).[5]

Career

Before joining Elsevier as a reporter in 1989 he worked eight years as a social affairs and political correspondent for the daily newspaper de Volkskrant. At Elsevier he was political writer, bureau chief and correspondent in Brussels, Belgium, to cover European politics. He took on the role as deputy editor in 1996 and as editor in 2000.

From 2006 to 2010 Joustra served as president of the Nederlands Genootschap van Hoofdredacteuren, the Dutch Association of Editors.[6] He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Roosevelt Study Center[7] in Middelburg, the Netherlands, and of the Press Museum[8] in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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