February 13 will see the second Media Day of the Georgiy Gongadze Prize "The Worst of Times, the Best of Times: How Those Who Tell Us About Ukraine and the World Are Changing", organized in partnership with the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School. Renowned journalists, editors, and experts will discuss the transformations of the Ukrainian media landscape.

MEDIA DAY PROGRAM:

14:00–15:00 — "Staying in the Profession. What It's Like to Publish an Influential Magazine in Times of Constant Change"

Vitaliy Sych in conversation with Pavlo Kazarin.

15:15–16:15 — "Freedom in Speech. What It's Like to Speak the Truth, Build a Reputation, and Earn Trust"

Discussion with the participation of Vakhtang Kipiani, Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Myroslava Gongadze, Larysa Denysenko, and Natalia Ligachova. Moderated by: Myroslava Barchuk.

16:30–17:30 — "The Path of Change. What It's Like to Invent Sustainability Models for Independent Media"

Discussion with the participation of Maria Fronoschuk, Taras Prokopyshyn, Sevgil Musaieva, Bohdan Logvynenko. Moderated by: Illia Kabachynskyi.

17:45–18:45 — "Our Own Media. What It's Like to Create a Quality Product for Television and YouTube"

Discussion with the participation of Tetyana Danylenko, Roman Vintoniv, Yanina Sokolova, Maria Sebova, Artem Albul. Moderated by: Bohdan Amosov.

Due to quarantine, the offline event will take place with a limited audience, but all events will be broadcast on the Facebook pages of kmbs, the Georgiy Gongadze Prize, PEN Ukraine, powered kmbs alumni platform, "Ukrainian Pravda", "Detector Media", and Lviv Media Forum.

Organizer: Georgiy Gongadze Prize — an award for journalists, established by the Ukrainian PEN in partnership with kmbs, powered kmbs alumni platform, and the publication "Ukrainian Pravda" to support independent journalists.

The prize is awarded once a year on May 21 — the birthday of Georgiy Gongadze. The 2019 laureate was Vakhtang Kipiani — founder of the publication "Historical Truth" and author of the television program of the same name, founder of the Press Museum-Archive, author of books. The 2020 laureate is publicist, TV and radio host Pavlo Kazarin.

Organizational partner: Lviv Media Forum.
Information partner: "Detector Media".

On February 13, the second Media Day of the Georgiy Gongadze Prize will take place