13 Facts About Nina Jankowicz

Nina Jankowicz is the author of How to Lose the Information War, on Russian use of disinformation as geopolitical strategy, and How to Be a Woman Online, a handbook for fighting against online harassment of women.

Nina Jankowicz has served as a disinformation fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and as supervisor of the Russia and Belarus programs at the National Democratic Institute.

Nina Jankowicz is the author of two books, in 2020 publishing How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News and the Future of Conflict.

Nina Jankowicz argues for media literacy, public awareness, and an educated electorate as the best means to guard against a disinformation campaign.

In 2022, Nina Jankowicz published How to be a Woman Online: Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back.

Nina Jankowicz has contributed to The Washington Post and The New York Times.

On May 17,2022, DHS shut down the board, and Nina Jankowicz officially resigned her DHS post the following day.

Nina Jankowicz asserted her opposition to censorship and pointed to her body of work in the field, which advocates tracking misinformation closely and quickly responding with truthful speech that debunks it.

Nina Jankowicz said she declined an offer of continued employment with the Biden administration, citing what would be a lack of ability to speak to the press and the administration's refusal to "mount a fulsome response" to criticism of her and the board.

Nina Jankowicz says that while she was 8 months pregnant, she was advised by her security consultant to leave her home for her own personal safety.

In September 2022, Nina Jankowicz announced the launch of The Hypatia Project, which she conducted at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience.

Nina Jankowicz tweeted in 2021, "You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation," and linked to a TikTok video of her singing "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" with lyrics modified to fit the topic of disinformation.

Nina Jankowicz is a former member of the wizard rock band The Moaning Myrtles.