Tag JiR Interview
7 Nov

“It’s sad that human life appears to have a relative value” – Reporting on migration in Europe

Giorgos Christides is a Greek journalist with bylines in outlets including Der Spiegel, the Guardian, BBC, and Solomon. His recent work includes a joint investigation into the circumstances which led to the catastrophic shipwreck off the coast of Pylos.

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24 Mar

Behind the Lens in Belarus: Documenting the Fight for Democracy

To mark International Day of Solidarity with Belarus, we spoke to a Belarusian photojournalist about the country’s future, connecting with audiences in exile, documenting human rights abuses, and what needs to be done to truly show solidarity with Belarus.

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24 Feb

“Evolution will defeat degradation, light will overcome darkness, and democracy will triumph over authoritarianism”

One year on from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we spoke to Kateryna Bachynska, a journalist from Kyiv, about her memories from 24 February 2022, its impact on media in Ukraine, and collective memory of the war.

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9 Dec

Putin’s Russia: How propaganda bolsters corruption

To mark International Anti-Corruption Day, we interviewed Elena Romanova, an investigative journalist who has focused on corruption cases for more than 22 years from her basis in Rostov-on-Don.

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24 Nov

“The evidence of crimes done by the Russian forces will become the textbook of Ukraine’s recent history” – Interview with a Ukrainian Journalist in Residence.

As part of our ongoing series of interviews with JiR fellows, we interviewed a Ukrainian journalist who is now in exile in Leipzig.

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29 Sep

“There should not be such an amount of militaristic and aggressively thinking people in one country” – interview with a Russian Journalist-in-Residence

As part of our series of interviews with ECPMF Journalists-in-Residence, we spoke to one of our journalists about the media freedom landscape in Russia and the working situation as an exiled journalist.

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15 Aug

“Both journalists and filmmakers are in danger because of their expressions about reality” – Interview with journalist and filmmaker Evdokia Moskvina

As part of our series of interviews with ECPMF Journalists-in-Residence, we spoke to Evdokia Moskvina about her career as a journalist and a documentary filmmaker.

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9 Aug

“The most important thing in working abroad is to deliver truthful information” – Reporting on Belarus in 2022

To mark the second anniversary of fraudulent elections in Belarus, we spoke to journalist Tatsiana Ashurkevich about her first-hand experience of media freedom's suppression in Belarus, reporting on her home country from abroad, and what the future holds for Belarussian media.

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16 Jun

“You can’t write anything without considering the war, because the war changed everything” – Interview with Ukrainian journalist Maria Grynevych

Maria Grynevych is a Ukrainian journalist and Chief Editor of the news agency Socportal. She has been displaced since the start of the war in Ukraine. Maria is currently participating in ECPMF’s Journalist-in-Residence programme in Leipzig.

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16 May

“Moscow wants us to shut up and not tell the truth” – Interview with Ukrainian JiR Kristina Zelenyuk

Kristina Zelenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist with over ten years' experience. She currently works with the TV Channel 1+1 and the website TSN, one of Ukraine’s biggest media outlets. Kristina is currently participating in ECPMF's Journalist-in-Residence programme in Leipzig. 

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