The project aims to strengthen cooperation between Norwegian and Ukrainian journalists, provide Norwegians with greater knowledge about Ukraine, and develop tools to expose propaganda and fake news.
Norway and Ukraine share common frontlines in defending independent journalism and democratic values against threats such as disinformation, propaganda, and eroding public trust.
Norway supports Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion not only through military aid but also by strengthening civil society and democratic institutions.
Independent journalism is central to this effort—both as a safeguard for democracy and as a frontline defense against disinformation, digital attacks, and audience fatigue.
In Ukraine, journalists continue to report under extreme wartime conditions—developing survival strategies, maintaining contact with the public, and holding power accountable despite the significant risks involved.
In a more moderate form, these challenges mirror many faced by the media in Norway, where issues related to trust, misinformation, and pressure on democratic values are high on the agenda.
The Shared Frontlines project builds on this recognition: that journalists and media education programs in Norway and Ukraine are fighting many of the same battles, albeit in very different contexts.
Through exchange, collaboration, and experience-based learning, the project will strengthen both media sectors, enrich journalism education, and promote the development of essential Ukraine expertise in Norway.
Participants
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The project will help strengthen public knowledge about Ukraine, the challenges faced by Ukrainian journalists, and how they adapt their skills and working methods to a wartime context.
This knowledge will be shared through open seminars featuring award-winning Ukrainian journalists, organized in collaboration with our Norwegian partner Internasjonal Reporter and participating institutions: the journalism programs at Nord University in Bodø and Volda University College, as well as the Centre for Peace Studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
To enable Norwegian journalists to produce reports about Ukraine and to facilitate contact and collaboration with Ukrainian colleagues, we will organize study trips to Ukraine in cooperation with our Ukrainian partner, Lviv Media Forum.
The project will also develop digital teaching tools accessible to everyone. These will use examples of Russian disinformation during the war and provide participants with skills to identify and verify disinformation using open-source tools.
Through these activities, the project will strengthen society’s overall ability to defend the democratic values that unite our communities, while promoting lasting cooperation between journalists and educational institutions in both countries.
Partners
- Lviv Media Forum
- Internasjonal Reporter
