Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was a rare, passionate type to risk her life and report from the Russia-occupied territories, where not only Ukrainian media were banned, but being part of Ukra...
Oksana Romaniuk
Oksana Romaniuk is Executive Director of the Institute of Mass Information (IMI). She is a prominent expert in media law, communications and disinformation. The NGO she runs has been working since 1995 and implements projects aimed at boosting development of socially responsible journalism and promotion of media literacy in the Ukrainian society.
The IMI has issued more than 30 guidebooks for journalists and public activists covering a wide range of topics – from peculiarities of professional work of journalists to security issues. The NGO has regional representatives in all regions of Ukraine, except for the occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas. Their most well-known activities include “Freedom of Speech barometer” in which IMI records cases of freedom of speech violations and tracks their investigations, and study into fakes and disinformation narratives.
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