MediaSapiens made a translation of its publication "Information higiene: who spreads rumours and fakes" telling about mechanism for spreading fake news in Internet. The article aims raising people's awareness about existing fake web-sites and reccomends checking information before reposting it. (Photo credit: http://www.atlava.com)

MediaSapiens translated analytical overview about Russian media coverage of war conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Read about lie and falsifications in Russian news spread through TV channels and online media. Photo credit: http://www.nowtheendbegins.com

New research reveals that a clear majority of Ukrainians in Donetsk oblast (region) are watching both Ukrainian and Russian TV news, although trust levels of the population in Ukrainian TV is low. . Around the rest of the country, people prefer to get their news from Ukrainian TV channels. The survey in 10 regions of Ukraine was commissioned by Internews and conducted from April to June 2014 by marketing and research firm InMind for the USAID-funded Ukraine Media Project (U-Media).

October 2, 1 p.m., Ukrinform Informational Agency (8/16 Khmelnitskogo str., Kyiv) – Hromadske.TV, Internews, and the Embassy of Canada held a joint press conference to officially launch the Slidstvo.info investigative reporting television program, the main activity of the Strengthening Investigative Reporting in Ukraine (SIRU) project.

Three U-Media partners deliver journalist training on covering elections at Early Parliament Elections 2014: Internews-Ukraine (IUA), Regional Press Development Institute (RPDI) and the Independent Media Trade Union (IMTUU). Please see the schedule:

U-Media presents important media sector news for a week of September 11-18, 2014. The volume of jeansa grows in all types of media with coming Parliamentary elections; several well-known journalsits participate in elections as candidates and other news in a review below.

U-Media summarized important media sector news over the week of September 4-10, 2014 for English speaking audience. You may refer the hyperlinks in the body text for more information about each event; the hyperlink will open Ukrainian-language source.

U-Media presents the media sector news for a week of August 28 - September 3, 2014: war reporters dissapear in ATO zone, attack on Inter journalist in Kharkiv, First National Channel is looking for the best approaches in launching public broadcasting, fighting anti-Ukrainian propaganda and other news for your attention.

The overview for the media sector and U-Media activities over the week of August 20-27, 2014.