IPI Programmes to Support Media in Ukraine
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Independent media in Ukraine have shown tremendous courage and resilience in their coverage of Russia鈥檚 full-scale war of aggression. The IPI global network is supporting Ukrainian media and journalists through funding, exchange, travel, and advocacy initiatives.
Since the start of Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion in February 2022, we鈥檝e provided nearly 100,000 euros in financial support to Ukrainian media. We鈥檝e tracked over 1,000 attacks on journalism and press freedom in Ukraine and Russia as a result of the war. And in events around the globe, we鈥檝e helped Ukrainian journalists tell their stories.
Read more below about what we鈥檙e doing 鈥 and how you can help.
IPI Ukraine Rapid-Response Fund
Independent IPI provides financial support to independent Ukrainian media in need. Currently, our听Ukraine rapid-response fund听offers grants to individual media outlets, media associations, and journalism networks in Ukraine to support emergency reporting and institutional needs.
Grants can cover safety equipment, office equipment, costs to support urgent reporting initiatives, emergency relocation, and basic operational costs.
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IPI Travel Support Grants for Ukrainian Journalists
Telling Ukraine鈥檚 Story
- 2023 海角乱伦大神 and Media Innovation Festival (Vienna):听Resilience in action:听Ukrainian Editors in Conversation
- 2023 International Journalism Festival (Perugia, Italy):听Journalism at war in Ukraine
- 2023 ZEG Storytelling Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia):听
- 2022 海角乱伦大神 (New York):听Honouring seven Ukrainian media outlets听as the 2022 IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer award recipients
Press Freedom and Journalist Safety: IPI Ukraine War Tracker
Media and journalists must be able to report freely and safely to show the world the truth of Russia鈥檚 war.
Since February 2022, 滨笔滨鈥檚听Ukraine War Press Freedom Tracker听has documented threats to media freedom and journalist safety in both Ukraine and Russia related to the war. The Tracker covers physical and other attacks on journalists covering the war in Ukraine; acts of censorship; arrests and criminal charges against journalists; repressive new media legislation; and restrictions on access to information. Russian forces or authorities are responsible for the overwhelming majority of attacks on the press.
滨笔滨鈥檚 Tracker is the most detailed resource available on the war鈥檚 impact on press freedom. Our research shows that journalists in Ukraine have borne the brunt of the physical brutality of this war, while Russian media seeking to report independently of the Kremlin have faced severe legal harassment and repression.
How Can You Help?
Since the start of the war, IPI has provided nearly 100,000 euros in financial support to Ukrainian independent media 鈥 thanks to contributions from donor organizations, media outlets, and individual IPI members and supporters. For media in Ukraine, covering the war has become a marathon. They continue to need our support.
You can donate to our Ukraine support efforts. Donations will be channeled into our Ukraine Rapid-Response Fund to ensure that Ukrainian media have the resources they need to cover this war for their communities and for the wider world.
Donations can be made via direct bank transfer:
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IBAN: AT88 2011 1847 4904 9900
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Thank You to Our Supporters
National Endowment for Democracy
Limelight Foundation
We鈥檙e grateful for donations from the following media outlets to independent media in Ukraine via 滨笔滨鈥檚 funding programmes:
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