Aida Čerkez
Veteran journalist, editor, and managerwith over 30 years of experience covering the Balkans
Aida Čerkez’s career began during the Bosnian War, where she initially supported foreign journalists before stepping into the role of correspondent. From 1994 to 2018, she worked with the Associated Press, serving as Sarajevo bureau chief and leading coverage during and after the war. In 1995, she earned the Gramling Award for managing the AP’s best global media operation. Since 2017, Aida has been an editor with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
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Andriy Taranov
Suspilne (National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine)
Member of the Managing Board of Suspilne Ukraine; media and marketing expert
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Anne Applebaum
The Atlantic; SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian, and commentator on international affairs, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe and authoritarianism
Artem Zakharchenko
“Communication Analysis Team - Ukraine” NGO
Doctor of Science in Social Communications
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Christian-Zsolt Varga
German-Hungarian freelance journalist focusing on Ukraine, Hungary, and Eastern Europe
Daria Verbytska
Molfar Intelligence Institute
Expert in international affairs worked with inter-parliamentary relations
Dmytro Zolotukhin
Institute of Post-Information Society
Expert in strategic communications and information security
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Dorka Takácsy
German Marshall Fund of the United States; Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy
Researcher specializing in disinformation and propaganda across Central-Eastern Europe and Russia
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