The Kyiv Independent is an English-language Ukrainian online newspaper founded in 2021 by former staff of the Kyiv Post and media consultancy Jnomics Media. The online newspaper is also active on Twitter and Reddit.
70-513: In October 2021, disputes arose between employees of the Kyiv Post and the owner of the newspaper. Journalists at the newspaper believed that even under the presidency of Volodymyr Zelenskyy , their previous critical reporting was adversely affecting the business of the owner, who had bought the barely-profitable newspaper from Mohammad Zahoor in March 2018, and invested significant funds in it. The owner
140-464: A "crusading media outlet" as more trouble than it was worth. The president's office denies it, the prosecutor's office denies it, Kivan denies it - but I know we were under pressure ... The Kyiv Post survived [former presidents] Kuchma, Yushchenko, Yanukovych, and Poroshenko, but died under Zelenskyy. That was a big surprise to me. Olga Rudenko , deputy editor-in-chief, told Euromaidan Press that Kivan had received "signals of discontent" from
210-522: A 97% readership outside of Ukraine with an combines websites and social media viewership of more than 6 million viewers per month. In October 2023, Kyiv Post was the first news organisations in Ukraine to be rated a perfect 100% content transparency and accuracy rating for journalism strandards according to global rating platform News Guard. (others with a perfect 100% were: The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.) American Jed Sunden founded
280-474: A month. The team of editors and journalists joined with media managers from Jnomics Media, a Kyiv and London-based consultancy founded on April 17, 2019, by Jakub Parusinski and Daryna Shevchenko, both of whom had worked at the Kyiv Post between 2011 and 2017. The team unanimously chose Olga Rudenko, the former deputy editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Post, as editor-in-chief of the new publication, even though Rudenko
350-568: A native of Syria . In October 2024, Adnan Kivan died, and his son, Ruslan Kivan, took over as the publisher of Kyiv Post as well as Kadorr Group. Sunden's KP Media sold the newspaper to British citizen Zahoor on July 28, 2009. Zahoor owns the ISTIL Group and is a former steel mill owner in Donetsk . Zahoor published the newspaper through his Public Media company. In an interview with the Kyiv Post published on August 6, 2009, Zahoor pledged to revive
420-577: A political and economic association agreement with the European Union . The Kyiv Post published hundreds of stories in print and online about the revolution, which ended in Yanukovych fleeing to Russia on February 21–22, 2014. The first Kyiv Post story about the revolution was published on November 22, 2013. After Yanukovych and many members of his government took up exile in Russia, the Kyiv Post covered
490-453: A second time on April 30, 2013, as the newspaper underwent deep budget cuts, but reinstated him on September 1, 2013. After Zahoor's purchase on July 28, 2009, he has had six chief executive officers, including American James Phillipoff (July 2009-July 2011), Michael Willard (July 2011-August 2013), Jakub Parusinski (September 2013-August 2014), Nataliya Bugayova (August 2014-December 2015) and Luc Chenier (August 2016 – March 1, 2018). Bugayova
560-753: A wealthy owner or oligarch." The Kyiv Independent was supported by an emergency grant of 200,000 Canadian dollars from the Canadian government. Ashley Mulroney, the director of the Ukrainian Development Program at the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv, expressed that the grant, distributed through the European Endowment for Democracy , was "part of broader Canadian support for free media and democratization in Ukraine." Donations and revenue from readers became
630-604: Is Editor-at-Large of TheFix and chairs the board of the Media Development Foundation (MDF). MDF runs one of the largest internship programs for young journalists in Europe, as well as accelerator programs to support CEE media. He is also Managing Partner of Jnomics Media, "which helps media in the CEE region build sustainable operating models and acts as an advisor to several startups in the communications sector." Jakub Parusinski
700-479: Is Brian Bonner, an American citizen who became the editor in the summer of 1999 and returned on June 9, 2008. He continued to serve until Nov. 19, 2021. Bonner's tenure was interrupted briefly twice. The first came on April 15, 2011, when publisher Mohammad Zahoor fired him for publishing an interview with then-Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysazhnyuk, who is currently on Ukraine's wanted list on suspicion of massive corruption. The 2011 interview with Prysazhnyuk included
770-611: Is Syrian-born major investor Adnan Kivan (Kadorr Group, which owns Channel Odesa 7). Brian Bonner, the former CEO of the Kyiv Post, said in April 2022 that the newspaper's "fragmentary reporting" had brought it into conflict with every Ukrainian government it dealt with so far, including Zelensky's. According to Bonner, Zelenskyy had tried to portray himself as a reformer to Western governments, and alleged that critical reporting had been seen as undermining that message. The government, Bonner said, had begun to lean on Kivan, who had seen ownership of
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#1732872861297840-592: Is also a center for investigative journalism . Bonner, besides serving as chief editor, was also the regional coordinator of the Objective Investigative Journalism Project, funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 2013-2017 along with Olga Rudenko , the Kyiv Post 's deputy chief editor since Oct. 6, 2017. Stories were published at mymedia.org.ua and other news outlets. Ex- Kyiv Post staff writer Vlad Lavrov, meanwhile,
910-453: Is less than $ 25,000 a month. It has but 19 editorial staff; it has faced repeated attacks from regime-allied oligarchs. The fact its reporting survives at all, let alone flourishes, comes down to the unlikeliest of pairings: a journalist from Minnesota and an Anglo-Pakistani billionaire. Each has his own reasons for loving Ukraine, and the Post brought them together. On 8 November 2021, the newspaper
980-651: Is now on Ukraine's wanted list on suspicion of massive corruption. During the Yanukovych administration, the Kyiv Post faced and overcame three distinct political threats to its survival during the administration of President Viktor Yanukovcyh (February 27, 2010 – February 22, 2014). However, the biggest threat may be economic, not political. Many Central and Eastern European English-language newspapers, including The Moscow Times , The Prague Post and The Sofia Echo , have ceased their print publications in light of falling advertising demand and changing readership patterns online. America media analyst Ken Doctor chronicled
1050-460: Is the Director of KI Insights. The newspaper sees work on social media as an important focus. It says a special social media team comes from both Ukraine and abroad. "We have native English speakers working for us, who bring a lot of positive things: high journalistic standards, good storytelling, first-class English," Shevchenko said. The Kyiv Independent has become known for its reporting during
1120-495: Is the regional coordinator for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, whose donors include the U.S. Agency for International Development. A group of Kyiv Post journalists in 2013 launched the Media Development Foundation, a nongovernmental organization that has raised $ 865,000 in the last five years to support independent journalism in three ways: The Kyiv Post was one of the media outlets that participated in
1190-886: The 2016 Panama Papers investigation . Kyiv Post employees also launched a second nongovernmental organization, the Free Press Foundation, to support independent journalism projects. The Kyiv Post launched a Ukrainian-Russian-language version of the paper on July 16, 2010 to reach a mass audience, but discontinued the project in May 2012. During this period, the editorial staff reached a record high of 30 members. The Kyiv Post has had 15 chief editors since its first edition on October 18, 1995. They include Andrea Faiad, Igor Greenwald, Askold Krushelnycky, Tom Warner, Greg Bloom, Diana Elliott, Scott Lewis, Paul Miazga, Andrey Slivka, Roman Olearchyk, John Marone, Stephan Ladanaj, Zenon Zawada and Jakub Parusinski. The longest-serving chief editor
1260-488: The Independent's GoFundMe campaign had reached over £1.4 million. Senior staff members are: Daryna Shevchenko has 10 years of experience as a media manager, trainer and media consultant. After working at Kyiv Post, she first became the executive director of the Media Development Foundation, then took over the investigative journalism department at ZIK television station. In the process, she worked as an executive producer of
1330-500: The InterContinental Hotel in Kyiv and issued a statement of support Zahoor reinstated Bonner as senior editor on April 20, 2011, elevating him to chief editor again later in the year. The incident garnered international attention as a barometer of the state of freedom of the press in Ukraine. One example of the news coverage included a story from The New York Times on April 24, 2011. Zahoor also fired Bonner as chief editor
1400-564: The Kyiv Post 's challenges in an April 17, 2014, article. The Kyiv Post also was featured in the September/October 2014 edition of the Columbia Journalism Review . Under the headline, the "Kyiv Post's unlikely success" author Oliver Bullough writes that: The more you learn about the Kyiv Post , the more you realize how remarkable it is that it holds its own against these [other media] behemoths. Its newsroom budget
1470-595: The Kyiv Post and they organised themselves as CEO and chief finance officer of a new publication - The Kyiv Independent . Olga Rudenko was chosen as its new editor-in-chief as the Post 's oldest editor, Brian Bonner, had decided to retire. She had been a deputy editor but was then a student on a scholarship from the University of Chicago . When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Shevchenko remained in Kyiv for ten days. She then moved west but continued to lead
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#17328728612971540-560: The Kyiv Post fired all of its reporters, many of whom founded and joined the Kyiv Independent . On November 11, Luc Chénier returned to Kyiv Post as its CEO to rebuild with his first hire being Bohdan Nahaylo as its Chief Editor. Within 2 months of taking over, Kyiv Post had doubled its readership with a clear emphasis on being Ukraine’s Global Voice and by focusing on the USA, Canadian, UK, and European Union Markets. By year 3, Kyiv Post now has
1610-582: The Kyiv Post founded the Kyiv Independent three days after its closure, on November 11, 2021. The journalists expressed their point of view, they did not believe that there would continue to be an independent Kyiv Post and therefore wanted to establish a new publication. The publication was publicly announced on November 15, and the first issue appeared on November 22. By November 25, its Patreon account already had 500 subscribers, by early December it had 655 subscribers, who collectively contributed $ 10,000
1680-650: The Kyiv Post hired three new foreign correspondents - Iryna Somer in Brussels , Askold Krushelnycky, a former chief editor of the Kyiv Post , in Washington, D.C.; and Olena Goncharova in Edmonton, Canada. Somer left her Brussels position at the end of 2018. In 2013, the Kyiv Post covered what became known as the Euromaidan , which began on November 21, 2013, triggered by then-President Viktor Yanukovych 's broken promise to sign
1750-646: The Kyiv Post launched Kyiv Post+, a special public project covering Russia's war against Ukraine and the aftermath of the Euromaidan Revolution; the coverage continues today, although the marketing campaign Kyiv Post+ was discontinued in February 2016. In October 2014, the Kyiv Post started a Reform Watch project to track the progress under President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in eliminating corruption and bureaucratic obstacles to democratic progress and economic growth. In November 2021
1820-410: The Kyiv Post replied in a joint statement that the sudden closure came on the heels of Kivan's attempt to "infringe" on their editorial independence. Some of these reporters founded a new English-language publication named The Kyiv Independent , which is funded by donations and published its first newsletter on 26 November 2021, and its website on December 2. Kivan later stated he intended to make
1890-457: The Kyiv Post weekly newspaper on 18 October 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. The newspaper, which went online in 1997, serves Ukrainian and expatriate readers with a general interest mix of political, business and entertainment coverage. The 50-member staff is a team of mainly Ukrainian journalists, numbering 35 editorial team members and 15 in the commercial division as of 10 January 2020, including 40 Ukrainians. Historically,
1960-579: The Kyiv Post . During times of intense national crisis, such as the Euromaidan Revolution and the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the Kyiv Post has relaxed its paywall and made its coverage available freely for a limited amount of time. The website currently provides many categories of stories for free, including its aggregated content, its opinions and editorials and its multimedia offerings, including video, cartoons and photo galleries. In August 2014,
2030-523: The Kyiv Post . Commercial director Alyona Nevmerzhytska became acting chief executive officer in March 2016 until Chenier took over in August 2016. After Chenier's departure on March 1, 2018, Brian Bonner took over the duties of the CEO but retained his title as chief editor amid the transfer to Kivan's ownership. On 11 November, the new CEO of Kyiv Post was announced, Luc Chénier. On 24 December 2021, Bohdan Nahaylo
2100-511: The Russian invasion of Ukraine . After the invasion, the paper's Twitter followers increased by over one million. Due to the Russian assault on Kyiv , most of the paper's staff left for security reasons; three veteran war reporters stayed behind. CEO Daryna Shevchenko remained in Kyiv until mid-March 2022, "Some of our foreign staff fled to their home countries because their governments evacuated them. The rest of us are spread across Kyiv, central Ukraine and western Ukraine. Some are working less at
2170-745: The Chicago Tribune in 2017; and Anna Yakutenko, who started her fellowship in March 2018. She was assigned to KCUR, the National Public Radio affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri. In June 2022, Anna Myroniuk and Andrei Ciurcanu were runners up in the European Press Prize 's Investigative Reporting Award for a story published in the Kyiv Post . The story revealed how Chinese Tobacco manufacturers were supplying smugglers of millions of cigarettes into Ukraine. The Kyiv Post 's print circulation
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2240-708: The Dow Jones research database. Five Kyiv Post journalists have also won six-month fellowships through the Alfred Friendly Press Partners program, administrated by the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. They were Anastasia Forina, who worked at the Chicago Tribune in 2014; Oksana Grytsenko, who worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2015; Olena Goncharova, who worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2016; Yulianna Romanyshyn, who worked at
2310-521: The KADORR Group of companies that specializes in construction and agriculture. His wife, Olga, and three children participate in his business. He used to be active in metals trading in the Black Sea port city from 1991-2007. In October 2024, Adnan Kivan died leaving the company to his son Ruslan Kivan to take over as CEO of Kyiv Post and Kadorr Group. Sunden created the newspaper in the early years following
2380-563: The Medal of Honor for Outstanding Journalistic Achievement from the Missouri School of Journalism. After earning his master's degree in business administration from INSEAD , he worked at McKinsey from 2015 to 2018 with representatives of the banking, pharmaceutical, construction, and telecommunications industries, as well as with the public sector. Key areas of focus were projects in digital strategy, advanced analytics and Change Management . He
2450-587: The Russian troop buildup on Ukraine's borders dominated the news feeds. "Opinion columns analyze Vladimir Putin's motives and the West's reactions, and politics and corruption remain regular content." Rudenko expressed, Ukraine needs high-quality news portals like the Kyiv Post used to have "to counter the Russian narrative." The Kyiv Independent pledged to be partially owned by its journalists and stated that it would not "serve
2520-458: The agricultural minister's contradictory explanations about who is behind KlibInvestBud, a mystery company which sought to monopolize Ukrainian grain exports. The front-page story was published on April 15, 2011. Bonner's firing lasted only five days, after almost the entire staff went on strike in support of his decision to publish the article. On April 18 in Kyiv, a group of visiting U.S. senators met with Bonner and some Kyiv Post staff members in
2590-575: The collapse of the Soviet Union, starting with $ 8,000 in capital, three computers and a staff of seven people working from a small flat in Kyiv . The first 16-page issue was put out by an editorial staff of two people. Sunden built the newspaper into a profitable enterprise, one that served the needs of the expatriate community that then regarded Ukraine as a potential hotspot for investment. During Sunden's tenure, he held to libertarian and anti-Communist views on
2660-495: The contest that Poroshenko easily won. Zahoor's purchase and significant investment improved a newspaper that had been badly battered by the global recession of 2008-2009 , a sharp downturn that struck the Kyiv Post particularly hard in October–November 2008. The Kyiv Post lost advertising and cut costs, but still ended the year in the black, the last profitable year of its existence. In the last months under Sunden in 2009,
2730-411: The decision to take down the paywall for online reading to make its content more democratic and freely accessible to the all audiences around the world to help promote and inform the world about Ukraine without having them to pay for access. Daryna Shevchenko (journalist) Daryna Shevchenko (born 23 July 1989) has been the CEO of The Kyiv Independent newspaper since 2021. In February 2022
2800-650: The documentary film Uprooted: An Investigation into Russia's Abduction of Ukrainian Children . In September 2022, the International Press Institute awarded The Kyiv Independent and six other Ukrainian media its 2022 Free Media Pioneer award for "courage, quality reporting, and a steadfast commitment to serving local communities". Kyiv Post The Kyiv Post is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden. In November 2021, following an editorial disagreement,
2870-405: The editorial and opinion pages, but established the business model of editorial independence on the news pages. He said the policy is good for business and news. Sunden was controversial for allowing paid "massage" advertisements from women engaging in prostitution. After Zahoor bought the newspaper, he retained the entire editorial team. One of his first acts as publisher, however, was to eliminate
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2940-414: The editorial policy has supported democracy, Western integration and free markets for Ukraine. It has published numerous investigative stories, including coverage of the 2000 murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze , in which ex-Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma is a prime suspect; the 2004 Orange Revolution , in which a massive public uprising blocked Viktor Yanukovych from taking power as president after
3010-470: The editorial staff learned from a Facebook message by Olena Rotari (editor-in-chief of Kanal Odesa 7) that she was preparing a Ukrainian edition of the Kyiv Post as its new editor and was hiring a full editorial staff for it. Parts of the editorial board feared Kivan would "use the good name she has built up to create, in Ukrainian and Russian, 'a replica publication that would publish articles intended to serve
3080-496: The formation of an interim Ukrainian government, the Russian annexation of Crimea on February 27, 2014, the start of the war in the Donbas in April 2014 and the May 25, 2014, election of Petro Poroshenko as independent Ukraine's fifth president after Yanukovych (2010–2014), Viktor Yushchenko (2005–2010), Leonid Kuchma (1994–2005) and Leonid Kravchuk (1991–1994). The Kyiv Post launched its website in 1997 under Sunden. Currently,
3150-406: The government. Rudenko saw this as confirmation of rumors "that pressure from the presidential administration may have been a reason for the abrupt silence of an important international voice in Ukraine." This view was shared by some other journalists. Adnan wanted to start a new Ukrainian- and Russian-language edition with a team selected by him without consulting the editorial board. On October 14,
3220-461: The investigative media Slidstvo.Info. Finally, she joined Jnomics Media Consulting as a partner. Jakub Parusinski is a former journalist and media manager with more than 10 years of experience managing projects in the media sector. He wrote for the Financial Times and The Economist and was editor-in-chief and then CEO of the Kyiv Post from 2013 to 2014. Under his leadership, the Kyiv Post received
3290-542: The journalism school in Columbia, Missouri , on October 28, 2014. Also in 2014, Moscow-based AGT Communications Company released the findings of its survey from November 21, 2013 to May 21, 2014, that found the Kyiv Post is the most-quoted Ukrainian source of news by American and European news organizations and the second-most quoted in Ukraine and Russia, after Russia's Kommersant. The findings were based on citations in Factiva,
3360-658: The moment because they have to take care of their families, have no access to the Internet or spend most of their time in the bunker. But no employee has stopped working for us because of the war," Shevchenko said in a March 21 interview. On March 1, 2022, Ursula von der Leyen quoted from a Kyiv Independent editorial in her speech at the European Parliament plenary session on Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent established its own team in 2023 to investigate Russian war crimes. In July 2023, they published
3430-441: The newspaper and adhere to its tradition of editorial independence. On 21 March 2018, Odesa-based businessman Adnan Kivan, a Syrian native and Ukrainian citizen, purchased the Kyiv Post from Zahoor for a selling price both said was more than $ 3.5 million. Kivan pledged editorial independence of journalists in an interview with Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. The newspaper is operated by his Businessgroup LLC. Kivan owns
3500-432: The newspaper more advertisement-friendly. On 11 November 2021, Luc Chénier, whose background is in advertisement, was appointed as new CEO on the Kyiv Post . On 24 December 2021, Bohdan Nahaylo was appointed as new editor and the paper resumed publication. The Kyiv Post has only had three owners in its existence: Jed Sunden, an American; Mohammad Zahoor , a British businessman of Pakistani origin; and Adnan Kivan ,
3570-423: The newspaper should remain non-partisan even on its opinion pages. Zahoor relaxed the policy during the May 25, 2014 presidential election , when he and his wife, singer-actress Kamaliya , came out publicly in strong support of billionaire Ukrainian businessman Petro Poroshenko 's election as president. While the newspaper was free to endorse any candidate for the election, its editorial board made no endorsement in
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#17328728612973640-702: The newspaper suddenly attracted two million followers and crowdfunding as it reported on the invasion of Ukraine . Shevchenko used to write about Ukrainian issues in English. In 2013 she was writing for the British Ukrainian Society as they held an event to improve relations. She worked for the Kyiv Post , which was an English language newspaper until 2017. In 2021 the newspaper was suddenly closed and all of its staff lost their jobs. Shevchenko and Jakub Parusinski together with others had created Jnomics Media in April 2019. She and Parusinski had both worked at
3710-545: The newspaper's editorial staff shrunk to 12 members, its page count to 16 and its print distribution to 6,000 copies. Zahoor invested in journalists, increased distribution and improved newsprint. He boosted the page count—to 32 pages through much of 2010–2011, dropping back to 24 pages again through much of 2012-2013 and then to 16 or 24 pages since then. However, despite the investments, the Kyiv Post never regained consistent profitability, despite further staff and cost cuts, as print advertising continued to shrink, especially in
3780-653: The newspaper. The publication suddenly became very important and the European Union gave them a grant to cover wages in the short term. The journalists gained scoops such as the aborted siege of the city of Chernihiv by the Russian army. In April 2022 she was talking at the International Journalism Festival in the Italian town of Perugia . She did not volunteer to say where she had traveled from, for security reasons, but she spoke about her publication and
3850-405: The old Kyiv Post because the newspaper had become too depressing with its "relentless focus on corruption and government abuses." Negative news keeps coming out of Ukraine. I've been here for 21 years and I know that this is just a small drop of what Ukraine is ... We are the global voice of Ukraine - not the corruption voice of Ukraine. 30 of the 50 laid-off staff members of the editorial team of
3920-606: The once all-important sector of employment advertising. However, combined with Zahoor's subsidies, the newspaper has been able to minimize financial losses through special publications, such as the Legal Quarterly, Real Estate and Doing Business supplements, as well as special events, including the annual Tiger Conference and others. The start of an affiliated nongovernmental organization, the Media Development Foundation, also raises money for independent journalism. Kivan's first six months as owner have also seen renewed investment as
3990-451: The online paywall was removed. The Kyiv Post withstood numerous threats to its existence from 1995. According to audiotapes released by Mykola Melnychenko, bodyguard to ex-President Leonid Kuchma, then-tax inspector Mykola Azarov talked about conducting tax audits of the newspaper and other news outlets that criticized the administration. Azarov went on to become prime minister under President Viktor Yanukovych. He has since fled abroad and
4060-416: The owner's interest.'" Journalists of the Kyiv Post saw this as an encroachment on their editorial freedom originally promised to them by Adnan and asked him, with the support of PEN Ukraine, to either give them influence over the new publication, sell the paper, or transfer the paper's label to the editorial board. Kivan subsequently closed the newspaper on November 8, 2021, and dismissed all staff, which
4130-444: The paid "massage" advertisements, saying he didn't want to own a newspaper that promoted prostitution. Zahoor sustained the policy of editorial independence, with limited exceptions. After the newspaper's editors endorsed Yulia Tymoshenko over Viktor Yanukovych for president in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election , the publisher issued a policy to forbid editorial endorsements of any political candidate or political party, saying
4200-430: The publication's main sources of funding. In early February, the publication began running advertisements and published its first commercial articles on its website. However, Russia's war against Ukraine and its economic impact brought all commercial activities to a halt. Crowdfunding is now a major source of funding for the magazine. As of March 21, 2022, in the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine ,
4270-435: The rigged presidential election of 26 November 2004; the 2013–14 EuroMaidan Revolution that overthrew Yanukovych as president; the Russian invasion of Crimea ; the war in the Donbas region ; and Oligarch Watch. On 8 November 2021, the paper's website published a statement by owner Adnan Kivan announcing the temporary closing of the newspaper claiming "One day, we hope to reopen the newspaper bigger and better." Reporters at
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#17328728612974340-466: The role other journalists couple play. The newspaper attracted over two million followers, 7,000 patrons and it quickly raised £1.5m of crowdfunding . The magazine raises just $ 20,000 of advertising but it raises $ 70,000 on contributions each month, but Shevchenko has noticed that some supporters soon unsubscribed. Rudenko appeared on the cover of the double edition of Time magazine in May 2022. Shevchenko identified that she needed to both invest
4410-455: The slogan appeared in the first print edition and on the website home page under the masthead. In 2014, the Kyiv Post staff won the University of Missouri Journalism School's prestigious Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service in Journalism. The award was given to chief editor Brian Bonner and then-deputy chief editor Katya Gorchinskaya, who held the position from 2008–2015, at a ceremony at
4480-424: The website is updated seven days a week, approximately 10 hours a day, and includes Kyiv Post exclusive content, news and photos from wire services and aggregated articles from other news sources about Ukraine. The Kyiv Post launched an online paywall in March 2013. The erection of the paywall became financially necessary because of the decline in print advertising in the newspaper industry generally, including at
4550-409: Was 10,000 copies per week until Nov 11, 2021 where Luc Chénier , CEO of Kyiv Post made the decision to cease publishing the physical version of the news due to realistic economic reasoning such as a long need move to digital to reach a wider audience, the war in Ukraine and most importantly that its audience had shifted to the international market and was no longer in Ukraine itself. As well, Chénier made
4620-535: Was appointed as a Chief Editor of the Kyiv Post. The Kyiv Post 's longtime motto on its masthead was "Independence. Community. Trust." meant to underscore its commitment to high journalistic standards and ethical practices, in contrast to many Ukrainian news outlets where publishers and owners dictate editorial policy and advertising is disguised as news stories through the purchase of space known as "jeansa" or advertorials. The newspaper changed its official motto to "Ukraine's Global Voice" in February 2018, when
4690-418: Was currently a scholarship student at the University of Chicago . Daryna Shevchenko , a partner at Jnomics Media, and Jakub Parusinski, a managing partner at that consulting firm, became CEO and CFO of the new company. On day one, the team launched its first editorial product, a daily newsletter Ukraine Daily, which has since landed in subscribers' inboxes five days a week. Very early on, detailed reports on
4760-553: Was seen as a renewed attack on editorial freedom and an "act of revenge." The renewed Kyiv Post resumed work after three weeks in December 2021 with a largely new editorial team. The CEO position was filled by Luc Chenier in succession to Bonner, who had retired. Chenier sought to make the new edition "a publication that tells a more positive story about Ukraine. It was a new tone, he said, advertisers would be more willing to support it. Many people, he said, told him they had stopped reading
4830-427: Was temporarily shut down after the editorial staff's disagreement with planned changes to the outlet led to the owner firing all reporters, many of whom then joined the newly-founded Kyiv Independent . On 11 November, Luc Chénier was announced as the new CEO of Kyiv Post . The editorial team of the Kyiv Post founded The Kyiv Independent three days after its closure, on 11 November 2021. The Kyiv Post
4900-505: Was the former chief of staff to Economy Minister Pavel Sheremeta before becoming the first Ukrainian and first woman to be CEO of the Kyiv Post. Bugayova resigned to relocate and take a new job as the director of development for the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. Bugayova wrote her farewell column "Kyiv Post's values are made for new Ukraine" in the December 18, 2015, edition of
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