''Euromaidan Press'' (EP) is an English-language news website launched in 2014 by contributors from Ukraine, sponsored by reader contributions and the

International Renaissance Foundation The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) (Ukrainian: Міжнародний фонд "Відродження") is a Ukrainian NGO founded by George SorosInternational Renaissance FoundatioAbout organizational web page, accessed November 15, ...

. It shares its name with the

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

movement in Ukraine. Registered as a

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

, EP's goal is to provide English-language material to those interested in Ukrainian topics such as business issues, the economy, military conflict, and tourism. The organization has received positive reception, and was selected as a finalist in the "Best Video" category in the 2016 Rockit Digital Communication Conference Awards. Their social media initiative #LetMyPeopleGo garnered 2nd place in a social media competition online. ''Euromaidan Press'' was discussed in the ''Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society'', and has been cited in multiple books.

News organization

''Euromaidan Press'' was founded in by Ukrainian volunteers as a newspaper based online in order to provide independent news reporting on issues relevant to Ukraine. The news organization first launched in January 2014. It shares its name and values with the

movement from Ukraine, and the news organization states they, "support initiatives developing independent media and democratic initiatives in other states that uphold the core democratic values." The lead creator of the site was Canadian analyst Mat Babiak (who departed the following year), and was Kyiv-based activist Alya Shandra. Shandra had previously helped translate Ukrainian news reporting into English during the 2013 wave of

demonstrations Demonstration may refer to: * Demonstration (acting), part of the Brechtian approach to acting * Demonstration (military), an attack or show of force on a front where a decision is not sought * Demonstration (political), a political rally or prote ...

and

civil unrest Civil disorder, also known as civil disturbance, civil unrest, or social unrest is a situation arising from a mass act of civil disobedience (such as a demonstration, riot, strike, or unlawful assembly) in which law enforcement has difficulty ...

in Ukraine known as Euromaidan. Other journalists contributing to the newspaper have included Maksym Nedrya, Oleh Gychko, Mykhailo Honchar, and Paul A. Goble. The goal of the newspaper's foundation was to provide information to English-language consumers on journalism from Ukraine. The organization registered in Ukraine as a

with the same name. The news organization developed its focus on stories related to military conflict in Ukraine, business issues, the Ukrainian economy, and tourism. The newspaper's founding was an attempt to "collect, rely on, and promote non-partisan, non-religious, non-biased information", as a way to address what the organization saw as a

disinformation Disinformation is false information deliberately spread to deceive people. It is sometimes confused with misinformation, which is false information but is not deliberate. The English word ''disinformation'' comes from the application of the L ...

campaign by Russia in Ukraine. News content was setup to be delivered online through the newspaper's website euromaidanpress.com. The newspaper maintained social media accounts on

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

and

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...

at Euromaidanpr. A sub-project called the Friends of Ukraine Network released semi-regular news reporting about Ukraine political issues. The newspaper's Reft and Light Project was set up in order to analyze totalitarian groups. The news organization worked in conjunction with ''Euromaidan SOS'' to bring attention to

political prisoner A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although n ...

s of Ukraine origin jailed in Russia, through the website letmypeoplego.org.ua. The

supported the initiatives of ''Euromaidan Press''.

Reception

The organization was selected as a finalist in the category of "Best Video" in the 2016 Rockit Digital Communication Conference Awards. Their social media initiative #LetMyPeopleGo garnered 2nd place in a social media competition online. Writing in the ''Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society'', contributor Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya characterized the news organization among, "a series of online initiatives aimed at raising global awareness of Ukrainian issues". She described ''Euromaidan Press'' as "an online newspaper specializing in translations of materials from local Ukrainian news outlets". J.L. Black and Michael Johns, in their book ''The Return of the Cold War: Ukraine, The West and Russia'' (2016), cited the news organization as a resource, commenting it had a "colourful website". ''Euromaidan Press'' has been relied upon for research on Ukrainian news analyses by ''The Perfect Storm of the European Crisis'' (2017), ''New Generation Political Activism in Ukraine: 2000–2014'' (2017) by Christine Emeran, ''Online around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Apps'' (2017), and Gerard Toal's ''Near Abroad: Putin, the West and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus'' (2017).

References

External links

* * {{Euromaidan Mass media of the Euromaidan Newspapers published in Ukraine English-language newspapers published in Europe

News organization

Reception

See also

References

Further reading

External links