Vitaly Portnikov

Vitaly Portnikov
Vitaly Portnikov in 2011
Born
Vitaliy Eduardovych Portnykov

(1967-05-14) 14 May 1967 (age 57)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
NationalityUkraine Ukraine
Alma materMSU Faculty of Journalism
Websitehttp://portnikov.com/

Vitaly Portnikov (Ukrainian: Віталій Едуардович Портников, romanized: Vitalii Eduardovych Portnykov; born 14 May 1967) is a Ukrainian editor and journalist.[1][2]

A columnist for Radio Liberty and a regular author of analytical articles in Ukrainian publications on political and historical topics. Member of the PEN Ukraine,[3] a laureate of the 2023 Shevchenko Prize for "journalistic articles and speeches of recent years".[4] Considers himself a zionist.[5]

Biography

Portnikov was born in 1967 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (modern-day Ukraine). He graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism in 1990.[1] During his studies, he cooperated with the Kyiv newspaper Molod Ukrayiny.[1]

Since 1989, he works as the analyst of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta, specializing in post-Soviet countries, and cooperates with the Russian and Ukrainian services of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.[1]

As a free-lance journalist he has been publishing articles in Russian newspapers Russkiy Telegraf, Kommersant, Vedomosti, Vremya MN, Vremya Novostei, Moskovskiye Novosti, Obschaya gazeta, Ukrainian The Day, Korrespondent, Profil, Delovaya Nedelya, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, Kontrakty, Novynar, Glavred, Latvian Biznes & Baltia, Telegraf, Estonian Estonia, Postimees, Polish Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza, Polska, Belarusian BelGazeta. In 2007, he was the editor-in-chief of the Media-Dom holding & the Ukrainian newspaper Gazeta24. Since 2008, he has been the author of the weekly TV show "Kyivski pohliad". His areas of interest are also Jews and the Middle East.[1] He is the columnist of the Israel's most-popular Russian-language newspaper Vesti and Moscow-based Evreiskie novosti.

In May 2010 Portnikov was appointed editor-in-chief of TVi.[1] In November 2012 he became president of this channel.[6]

In 2013 Portnikov was one of the organisers of the Euromaidan demonstrations.[7] He started creating programs for Espreso TV in November 2013.[8]

In late January 2014 he temporarily relocated to Warsaw, Poland, after receiving credible information from his contacts in Russia about a planned provocation against him, aimed at discrediting the Euromaidan movement.[7] Prior to this, a video containing intimate and illegally obtained images of Portnikov was leaked online.[9]

In July 2015 Portnikov became a member of the supervisory board Ukrainian National Council for TV and Radio Broadcasting as a representative of the political party People's Front.[10]

Awards

Vitaly Portnikov is the winner of the 1989 "Zolote Pero" (Golden Pen) award of the Ukrainian Association of Journalists.[1] He has also been nominated for the title of the Journalist of the Year in Ukraine.

In 2022, Vitaliy Portnikov won the Vasyl Stus Prize.[11][12]

In 2023, Vitaliy Portnikov won the Shevchenko National Prize.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Natalia A. Feduschak (12 November 2010). "Portnikov emerges as one of nation's top journalists, offering fearless commentary". kyivpost.com. Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ Ivan Kapsamun (29 September 2009). "Vitalii Portnykov: Ukraine's development is merely a matter of time". day.kyiv.ua. The Day. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Команда Archive ~ PEN Ukraine". 2021-09-23. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  4. ^ "Журналіст, лауреат Шевченківської премії Віталій Портников: «Читайте не лише своїх прихильників — і у вас пропадуть ілюзії»". Урядовий Кур’єр. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  5. ^ "Обід з Віталієм Портниковим. Популярний публіцист п'є малиновий лимонад, розмірковує про повоєнний статус України та розповідає про себе". NV (in Ukrainian). 2024-09-01. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  6. ^ "Portnikov becomes TVi president". kyivpost.com. Kyiv Post. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
  7. ^ a b Anna Mostovych (19 May 2017). "Vitaly Portnikov: a sober voice in post-Maidan Ukraine". ukrweekly.com. The Ukrainian Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Vitaly Portnikov: Short biography". nippon.com. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Journalist Flees Ukraine After Threats". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Malazoniya, Avrakhov, Taran and Portnykov joined the Supervisory Board of Public". stv.detector.media (in Ukrainian). Detector Media. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  11. ^ "Журналіст Портников став лауреатом премії імені Стуса 2022 року". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 5 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  12. ^ "Журналіст Віталій Портников став лауреатом премії імені Стуса". imi.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  13. ^ Свобода, Радіо (2023-03-11). "Комітет оголосив лауреатів Шевченківської премії, серед переможців – оглядач Радіо Свобода Віталій Портников". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  14. ^ "Портников, "Хорея Козацька" та фільм "Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин": визначили лавреатів Шевченківської премії-2023". hromadske.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
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