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RFE/RL Wins 2022 Online News Association’s Online Journalism Award
RFE/RL has won a prestigious 2022 Online Journalism Award (OJA) for coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Journalists in Trouble: September 2022
Aleh Hruzdzilovich released from prison in Belarus, Vladyslav Yesypenko receives Free Media Award, Afghanistan one year later, and more.
RFE/RL Statement Marking Six Months Since Start of Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In recognition of Ukraine’s Independence Day and six months since the start of Russia’s illegal invasion, RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly issued the following statement.
Imprisoned RFE/RL Journalist Wins 2022 Fritt Ord Foundation and ZEIT-Stiftung Free Media Award
Imprisoned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko has been selected by the Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung as one of this year’s award recipients.
Journalists in Trouble: July 2022
Consumers of RFE/RL content in Belarus sentenced; Media situation in Tajikistan rapidly declines; and more.
RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly Meets With Staff, Officials During Ukraine Visit
During a visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv last week, RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly met with top Ukrainian officials.
RFE/RL’s Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellows Visit Washington, D.C.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellows visited Washington, D.C. last week.
Zelenskyy Awards RFE/RL Correspondents Order of Merit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondents the Order of Merit Third Class.
Report from Moscow: An Eyewitness View of Soviet Putsch
This story was originally published in the August/September 1991 issue of “Shortwaves,” an RFE/RL internal publication. What follows is an eyewitness account of the failed attempt by Soviet hardliners in…
Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition
RFE/RL remembers Ukrainian Service journalist Vira Hyrych, who was killed in a Russian air strike in Kyiv.