KMA’s StopFake Recognized by Library of Congress
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The Library of Congress of the United States recognized the StopFake project created by The Mohyla School of Journalism initiative as a unique historical source for its informational work in exposing russian disinformation. Although StopFake received numerous awards in the past, a recognition from the Library of Congress has special significance.
The Library of Congress is the official library of the United States. Among other mandates, it exclusively serves Congress by providing confidential, objective, and authoritative research and analysis to help inform the legislative debate.
StopFake is a Ukrainian nonprofit media organization founded in March 2014 immediately after the Maidan Revolution of Dignity by Ukrainian professors and students of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy to refute russian propaganda and fake news.
Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism is recognized as the leader in journalism education in Ukraine. The J-School trains a new generation of professional journalists able to lead the develop the media and mass communications industry in Ukraine. Since 2014, faculty members, alumni, and students of the J-School continue its work with journalists, editors, programmers, and translators who united to tell the truth about the occupation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, and in the current war against russian propaganda and fake information.
StopFake.org is a member of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and is deemed as an organization committed to nonpartisanship and fairness, transparency of sources, transparency of funding and organization, transparency of methodology, and a commitment to open and honest corrections.
Since the official start of the russian unprovoked war against Ukraine on 24th February 2022, StopFake has exposed the absurd narratives created by russia. The organization
Collects examples of russian lies and archives them to document the evolution of information crimes committed by russia;
Translates information into 13 languages (Ukrainian, russian, English, Spanish, Serbian, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Czech, German and Polish, Bulgarian);
Produces radio podcasts;
Conducts analys of kremlin propaganda;
Shares the true facts about Ukraine in the media;
Leads seminars on fact-checking for journalists, students, bloggers, and public activists from different regions of Ukraine and other countries.
The Stop Fake team is numerous and united. It is led by
Yevhen Fedchenko, chief editor, of StopFake and director of Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism;
Viktoriia Romaniuk, deputy editor-in-chief and producer of the Ukrainian language TV show;
Ruslan Deynychenko, executive director, producer of the russian language TV show;
Yurii Panin, technical director. For years, these individuals dedicated themselves to the goals of the program.
