Strengthening Investigative Reporting in Ukraine

This project aims to support the Ukrainian the media sector by improving the quality and quantity of investigative journalism in order to help Ukrainian citizens participate more fully in public life and decision-making. The project seeks to train up to 45 top female and male journalists from all regions of Ukraine in state-of-the-art media skills as well as in legal personal safety and technical skills. The trained journalists are expected to produce up to 650 high-quality investigative reporting programs to be webcast and broadcast to an estimated audience of eight million Ukrainian citizens. The project uses the Internet as its main media platform and works with independent regional television stations. To ensure sustainability the project also provides substantial technical advice and mentorship to strengthen the financial and administrative management of independent media organizations such as Hromadske.tv (“Civic.tv”).

The expected outcomes for this project include: (i) increased production of quality gender-sensitive reporting content in Ukraine; and (ii) increased broadcasting/webcasting of gender-sensitive independent investigative reporting content in Ukraine.