LMF2026

Daryna Shevchenko
CEO of the Kyiv Independent
Daryna Shevchenko is the CEO of the Kyiv Independent. With over 15 years of experience in media management, investigative journalism, and media development, she has built and scaled one of Ukraine’s leading English-language newsrooms into a globally recognized publication.
Previously, she led media development projects across Ukraine, strengthening regional media as executive director of the Media Development Foundation and launching initiatives that continue to support independent journalism. She has also worked in television and investigative reporting, focusing on strategy and sustainability, and advised media organizations on growth and operations as a consultant.

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Alexandre Prezanti
Legal Advisor on Investigations and Case Building at the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine

Anastasiia Loza
External Communications Manager at the Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR)

Anastasiia Marushevska
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the PR Army NGO and Consulting, and Contributing Editor at Ukraїner International

Angelina Kariakina
Co-Founder of the Public Interest Journalism Lab and Editor and Author of The Reckoning Project Films

Christian-Zsolt Varga
German-Hungarian Freelance Journalist Covering Ukraine, Hungary, and Eastern Europe

Dmytro Zolotukhin
Founder of the Institute of Post-Information Society and Expert in Strategic Communications and Information Security

Fiona Greenland
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
Photo credit - Diana Delyurman

Marian Kushnir
War Correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Creator of the Documentary Give Me Back My Name

Mariya Frey
Senior Executive at Ukrainian Public Media Suspilne Ukraine
Photo credit - Anastasiya Mantach

Meenal Thakur
Solutions Journalism Practitioner, Trainer, and Program Lead at Transitions – a Prague-Based Media Development Organization

Mykhailo Tkach
Investigative Journalist, and Head of the Investigations Department at Ukrainska Pravda

Olesya Yaremchuk
Researcher and Writer Specializing in Intercultural Dialogue Within Borderland Regions

Po-Jui Huang
Associate Researcher and Former Policy Analyst at the Taiwan Association for Strategic Simulation (TASS)

Solvita Denisa-Liepniece
Head of the Strategic Communication and Coordination Department at the State Chancellery of Latvia and Assistant Professor at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Valmiera

Tamar Kintsurashvili
Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia

Tetiana Berezhna
Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture of Ukraine
Valya Polishchuk, “Women in Media”
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