Rinke van den Brink (1955) is a Dutch senior health journalist and bookauthor
He started his career at De Waarheid and worked as a freelancer for VARA and VPRO radio. He was the Dutch correspondent for Wallonian broadcaster RTBF and newspaper Le Soir and editor for Vrij Nederland. Van den Brink wrote four books on right-wing extremism in Western Europe: ‘De Internationale van de Haat’ (1994), ‘L’Internationale de la Haine’ (1996), ‘De Jonge Turken van het Vlaams Blok’ (1999) and ‘In de greep van de angst’ (2005). He has covering healthcare for NOS Nieuws between 2005 and 2021.