Focus Area

(Dis)Information

Misleading information has many faces: Sometimes it´s a specific result of state-driven propaganda operations. Sometimes it emanates from conspiracy theories. In the future, also texts produced by AI-tools might add to the growing number of fake news. Whatever the type and origin - disinformation undermines trust not only in the media but also in democracy itself. Our projects aim to strengthen confidence by supporting high-quality, in depth reporting. We train journalists how to detect fake news. We encourage them to question all too well-established narratives. And we teach media consumers how to orient in an ever growing flood of information.

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Network members in related projects

Check out all the participating journalists listed here. This is what brings them together.

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Serhii Barbu-Valchyshyn

Tv host, journalist, Channel 5

Kyiv, Ukraine

Boris Schneider

European Programme Manager, Clean Energy Wire

Berlin, Germany

Margarita Ghazaryan

Freelance journalist

Armenia, Armenia

Natasha Belikova

CEO, Belarus in Focus Information Office

Belarus

Nico Schmidt

Journalist, Investigate Europe

Berlin, Germany

Marine Leduc

La Croix, Le Courrier d'Europe Centrale, RFI, Le Soir, M Le Monde, etc

Bucharest, Romania, Romania

Daiva Repečkaitė

Investigative journalist, Daiva Repečkaitė

Lithuania

Kristine Aghalaryan

n-vestigate, hetq

Yerevan, Armenia

Aleksandar Samardjiev

Correspondent, Osservatorio balcani e caucaso Transeuropa

Tetovo, North Macedonia

Aneta Zachova

Editor-in-chief, Euractiv.cz

Prague, Czech Republic

Viktoriya Ball

Co-founder and Project Manager, Rozviy Youth Climate Initiative (Ukraine)

United Kingdom

Alexenia Dimitrova

Freelance Journalist

Sofia, Bulgaria

SVITLANA TSYBULSKA

journalist, AgroPortal.ua

Ukraine

Hanna Valynets

freelance journalist, freelance

-, Lithuania

Anna Sukiasyan

Correspondent, The European Correspondent

Yerevan, Armenia

Kostiantyn Donchenko

-, Kostiantyn Donchenko

Ukraine

Yelyzaveta Tkachenko

Junior analyst, VoxCheck (NGO VoxUkraine project)

Kyiv, Ukraine

Kristina Ter-Matevosyan

Journalist, Ecolur informational NGO

Yerevan, Armenia

Khrystyna Miskevych

Communications Manager, The Association Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine (EECU)

Lviv, Ukraine

Suren Deheryan

Founder-editor, Ampop Media

Yerevan, Armenia

Lusine Vardanyan

Journalist, Civilnet

Yerevan, Armenia

Ana Mtchedlishvili

Journalist, NEXT.On.ge

Tbilisi, Georgia

Tatsiana Hendzel

Journalist, Editor

Belarus

Kateryna Kovalenko

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Christian Splett

Press Officer, Spokesperson

Berlin, Germany

Anneke Hudalla

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Angelina Davydova

n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Iryna Ponedelnik

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

Filip Noubel

Managing Editor, Global Voices

Prague, Czech Republic

Alyona Vyshnytska

Project Manager, n-ost

Kyiv, Ukraine

Tsira Gvasalia

Founder and Journalist , Cactus Media

Tbilisi, Georgia

Karen Harutyunyan

Editor in chief, Civilnet.am

Yerevan, Armenia

Karine Darbinyan

Data journalist, Ampop Media

Yerevan, Armenia

Mila Corlateanu

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany

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Documentary Photography

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Foreign Reporting

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