Vitaly Portnikov
Vitaly Portnikov in 2011
Born
Vitaliy Eduardovych Portnykov

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

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

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.[3]

In November 2013 Portnikov started creating programs for Espreso TV.[4]

In 2013 Portnikov was one of the organisers of the Euromaidan demonstrations.[5] Late January 2014 he temporary lived in Warsaw (Poland) because he had received from his contacts in Russia strong evidence of a "provocation being prepared against him" to harm the Euromaidan movement.[5] Prior to this happening, a video which had intimate and illegally obtained images of Portnikov was leaked on the internet.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9]

In 2023, Vitaliy Portnikov won the Shevchenko National Prize.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. ↑ "Portnikov becomes TVi president". kyivpost.com. Kyiv Post. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Vitaly Portnikov: Short biography". nippon.com. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "Journalist Flees Ukraine After Threats". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Журналіст Портников став лауреатом премії імені Стуса 2022 року". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 5 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  9. ↑ "Журналіст Віталій Портников став лауреатом премії імені Стуса". imi.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "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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