Olena Churanova
Senior lecturer, “Data Journalism” Course
CONTACT
EDUCATION
2018: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Doctoral School of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, PhD student
2010: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Mohyla School of Journalism, Master of Journalism
2008: Zaporizhzhia National University, Bachelor of Journalism
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 – till now: fact-checker, editor of the StopFake.org
2020 – till now: trainer of the Journalism Teachers’ Academy project at the Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communications
2021 – till now: senior lecturer at the Mohyla School of Journalism
2019-2020: media expert of the EUvsDisinfo project
2018-2019: fact-checker of the FemFacts project
2018-2019: media expert at the Institute of Mass Information
2014-2015: media monitoring expert at the NGO “Without Borders”
2010-2013: correspondent for the Ukrainian service of the Voice of America
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
2020: participation in the training program for trainers, DW Academie
2018: participation in the Open World Exchange program on Countering False Information/Media Literacy in the United States
2017: participation in the program “Journalism in the digital age: responding to propaganda and fake news”, Italy
2017: participation in the New Ukraine School of Professional Journalism
Publications
- «Anti-EU narratives through the Russian-Ukrainian war in the light of StopFake.org’s debunks», Disinformation and fact-checking in contemporary society, 2023 https://www.dykinson.com/libros/disinformation-and-fact-checking-in-contemporary-society/9788411707107/
- Ukraine in the Information Space of Russia and Belarus: Main Narratives, 2020 https://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/items/96c1b829-730f-43be-9d40-cf9ede6c9ace
- “Rules of the Information World: How Ukrainian media can get closer to European standards”, Council of Europe, 2019 https://rm.coe.int/fm-informationrules-2019-web-final/168098e10f
- «Countering Russian Disinformation: Ukrainian NGOs on the frontline», Ukraine Analytica, 2018 https://ukraine-analytica.org/countering-russian-disinformation-ukrainian-ngos-on-the-frontline/