October 3, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Dariya Orlova
A record number of journalists in Ukraine are planning to stand for parliament in the country’s forthcoming election, saying that “transforming the system from within” will be more effective than simply criticising politicians....
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May 12, 2014 •
Press Freedom, Research •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Internet gurus and serious researchers have had great expectations that the internet will give us new freedoms and the potential for democratization. Sadly, the empirical findings provided by two American researchers, Karin Deutsch...
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March 13, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Evgeniya Boklage and Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
The editor of a liberal Russian news website Lenta.ru has been fired in a move that many say is part of a Kremlin-backed crackdown on press freedom. Galina Timchenko was fired on March 12 after ten years as editor of the site by the...
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March 11, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Dariya Orlova
Ukrainian journalists and social activists are fighting back against what they claim is a flood of distorted, inaccurate coverage of the country’s affairs from the Russian media. The Ukrainian media have started compiling lists of...
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February 25, 2014 •
Media and Politics •
by Evgeniya Boklage
Ukraine’s violent turmoil is the most important international news story at this moment, and has sparked international debate on democracy, popular protests, the role of the European Union and Russia’s influence in Europe. For Moscow,...
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December 10, 2013 •
Press Freedom •
by Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Dariya Orlova
On November 21, Mustafa Nayyem, one of Ukraine’s top journalists, called on his Facebook friends and followers to gather at the Monument of Independence at 10.30 p.m. to protest against the government’s decision to back away from...
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February 13, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Margaryta Chornokondratenko
In recent years a gradual but steady deterioration of media freedom has occurred in Ukraine. Whereas political censorship imposed on the media remains a burning issue in the country, Ukrainian media outlets have long suffered from another...
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October 10, 2011 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
The European Journalism Observatory will soon expand, offering five new Eastern European languages. This October marks the beginning of EJO’s integration of Albanian, Czech, Romanian, Serbian and Ukrainian languages, which will soon join...
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