Ukraine Media Grants: “Stronger Together” Programme Awards Funding
- Forty Ukrainian media outlets are getting a financial boost to navigate the challenges of wartime operations and contribute to the country's recovery.The initiative, led by WAN-IFR in collaboration...
- The grants aim to provide essential support to local and regional news organizations, enabling them to maintain operations and foster a lasting and inclusive recovery.
- Twenty-two regional media outlets have received institutional grants through the Revenue Accelerator Stream.
Forty Ukrainian media outlets receive vital financial support through teh “Stronger Together” program to bolster wartime operations and contribute to the nation’s recovery. This initiative, backed by funding from Norway, focuses on providing essential resources to local and regional news organizations amid the ongoing conflict. The program includes Revenue Accelerator Stream institutional grants designed to promote financial sustainability and Investigative Journalism Grants to strengthen reporting on accountability and clarity. News Directory 3 highlights Ukrainian media’s crucial role in delivering accurate information. Discover how these grants are empowering Ukrainian media to navigate challenges and foster a lasting recovery.
Ukraine Media Receive Wartime Financial Support
Updated June 26, 2025
Forty Ukrainian media outlets are getting a financial boost to navigate the challenges of wartime operations
and contribute to the country’s recovery.The initiative, led by WAN-IFR in collaboration with the
Association of Independent Regional Press Publishers of Ukraine (AIRPPU) and the Norwegian Media Association
(MBL), is backed by funding from Norway.
The grants aim to provide essential support to local and regional news organizations, enabling them to maintain
operations and foster a lasting and inclusive recovery. The initiative recognizes the critical role of
independent media in providing accurate information and holding power accountable during times of crisis.
Revenue Accelerator Stream
Twenty-two regional media outlets have received institutional grants through the Revenue Accelerator Stream.
These grants are designed to improve financial and operational sustainability through funding, mentorship,
training, and business model development. The goal is to enhance resilience, diversify revenue streams, and
boost audience engagement for these vital news sources.
The selected outlets span a wide geographic area, including:
- Berdiansk 24, Zaporizhzhia region
- Vorskla, Sumy region
- Yampil.info, Sumy region
- tochka skhodu, Donetsk and Luhansk regions
- MIG, Zaporizhzhia region
- Kramatorsk post, donetsk region
- Visnyk Ch, Chernihiv region
- OGO, Rivne region
- Obrii Izuimshchyny, Kharkiv region
- Frontliner, frontline regions
- Thebuchacity, Kyiv region
- Hryvna, Kherson region
- Trudova slava, Zaporizhzhia region
- Kordon.media, Sumy region
- Slov’ianski vidomosti, Donetsk region
- Mayak-Media, Kharkiv region
- Ridne misto, Donetsk region
- Berezan, Mykolayiv region
- Objektyv media group, Kharkiv region
- Aktsent, Zaporizhzhia region
- Pershyi zaporiz’kyi, Zaporizhzhia region
- Makhala, Bolgrad, Odesa region
Investigative journalism Grants
Eighteen media outlets have been awarded Investigative Journalism Grants to bolster reporting on accountability,
transparency, and local governance. These outlets will participate in capacity-building and mentoring
programs, with the aim of publishing over 50 investigative stories annually. the initiative seeks to enhance
transparency and strengthen public trust in democratic institutions.
The selected grantees include:
- 18000,Cherkasy region
- 4 Vlada,Rivne region
- Intent,Odesa,Mykolaiv,Kherson regions
- Information agency «Center of Journalistic Investigations»,Kherson/Crimea
- Kolo.News, Poltava region
- Kremenchutskyi Telegraf, Poltava region
- Locator-Media, zaporizhzhia region
- Molodyi Bukovynets, Chernivtsi region
- Poltava Wave, Poltava region
- RIA Media and 20 hvylyn, Vinnytsia region
- RIA Plus and 20 hvylyn, Ternopil region
- Sim Dniv (Chernihiv Media Group), Chernihiv region
- Skhidnyi Variant, Donetsk region
- Tochka Dostupu, Kirovohrad region
- Tsentr Media, Odesa region
- VGORU, Kherson region
- Ye.ua, Khmelnytskyi region
- Zaporizhzhia Center of Investigation – Zaporizhzhia region
What’s next
The “Stronger Together” initiative continues to support Ukrainian media through various programs, fostering
collaboration and resilience in a challenging surroundings. The program aims to ensure that local and regional
news outlets can continue to provide essential information to their communities.