Yevhen Fedchenko, Ph.D, is the co-founder and Chief Editor of the fact-checking website StopFake.org, a leading hub of expertise on Russian disinformation. He is also the Director of the Mohyla School of Journalism at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. He advises on issues of tackling disinformation and media literacy, is an active commentator of Ukrainian politics and regularly speaks at numerous high-level international conferences.
Yevhen has more than 25 years of experience in the media industry, covering international stories. After moving to academia, his main interests are information wars, propaganda and weaponization of information, coverage of international politics in media and public diplomacy, digital journalism and innovations, journalism education in transitional societies, and news standards. He has contributed his comments to the NYT, RFE/RL, BBC, NPR, WNYC, Politico, Public Radio International, Radio Canada International, CBC, Mashable, SKY, etc.
Yevhen was a Fulbright visiting professor at USC Annenberg (Los Angeles, USA) from 2010-2011 and is now a visiting professor at Media at Risk Center, Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania.