Contact Person: Vice-Dean in International Affairs Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova.
E-mail: ksirinyok@gmail.com
The faculty of Journalism collaborates with higher education institutions and training centers of Ukraine, Poland, France and USA. There are over thirty national and international institutions with which we work together for many years.
International Teachers Mobility:
Long-term cooperation with Fulbright and Program in Ukraine and NGO IREX:
Former Dean Prof. Volodymyr Manakin and Vice-Dean Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova are alumni of Fulbright Program and University Administration Support Program (IREX). Prof. Manakin visited US universities in 2007-2008 (Fulbright Scholar Program) and 2010 (UASP), Dr. Sirinyok-Dolgaryova conducted research in US universities in 2013-2014 (Fulbright Faculty Development Program) and 2016 (UASP).
Sort-term mobility to USA and EU:
USA, International Visitor Leadership Program (2007) – V. Kostiuk; Bulgaria, Shumen University (2016-2017) – V. Kostiuk, T. Ivanyukha, T. Ivanets; Germany (2018) – K. Sirinyok-Dolgaryova (European University Viadrina), Yu. Liubchenko, P. Miroshnychenko (Thomson Media); Czech Republic (2016) – Yu. Liubchenko, A. Baranetska (Praha Institute for Professional Development); Poland, Belgium, Netherlands (2019) – V. Berezenko (study trip to multiple universities). 2019 – DESTIN project study visits to UK (Bath Spa University), Sweden (Fojo Media Institute and Linnaeus University) and Poland (Adam Mickiewicz University).
Student international mobility:
2015 – BA student Y. Romanova (Erasmus Mundus HUMERIA Program) studied one semester Mass Media and Communications in Groningen University in Netherlands.
2015-2016 – BA student Ju. Lomanova, exchange student in University of Tuscia, Italy.
2016 – BA student K. Tsensura (Study of the United States Institutes for Students Leaders from Europe (SUSI-2016), University of Oregon).
2018 – BA student A. Nenadov studied one semester in Kent State University (USA) on Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD).
2019 – BA student K. Dunduk Erasmus+ Youth Exchange to Turkey (one week).
2019 – MA student K. But Erasmus+ Youth Mobility to Czech Republic (one week).
2019 - BA student K. Dunduk and A. Laschonova – Study Tours to Poland.
2019 – BA student M. Bezborodova – Study Visit to TAZ Media (Germany, one week).
2019 – MA student K. M100 Young European Journalists Workshop within M100 Sanssouci Colloquium, Berlin-Potsdam, Germany (one week).
Visiting Scholars and Professors at Faculty of Journalism
Christine Demkowych (2008-2009) – long-term (1 year) Fulbright Visiting Professor, taught News Writing and Digital Journalism (mixed BA and MA group).
Hui-Ching Chang (2010-2011, 2012) – long-term (1 year + 2 month) Fulbright Visiting Professor, taught Intercultural Communication (mixed BA and MA group).
Alexander Rusetsky (2017) Caucasus International University (Georgia) - short-term visit for conference in informational safety.
Kiron Reid (2015, 2018) Liverpool University (UK) – short-term visit for workshops in International Media Law.
David Gracon (2018) Eastern Illinois University, US Scholar Fulbright Program - short-term visit for Media Literacy workshops .
Brendan Hoffman (2019) US Scholar Fulbright Program (US) – short-term visit for Photojournalism workshops.
Renee Hickman (2018-2019) – US Students Fulbright Program (US) – long-term (1 year) research project in Civic and Local Journalism.
Chery Reed (2019) – Fulbright Specialist Program (US) – short-term (1 month) taught Seminar in Investigative and Immersion Journalism.
International Grants and Projects:
Erasmus+ KA2:
- 1. DESTIN (2018 -2021) – Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Integrity and Professionalism.
- 2. MultiED (2019-2022) – Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration.
Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Modules:
- 1. European Media Standards and Values for Independent Journalism in Post-Truth Era/ EU-Indy (2020-2023)
- 2. Tailoring European Memory Politics for Peacemaking in Ukrainian Society (2020-2023)
2020-2022 – cooperation with Deutsche Welle Akademie and NGO Ukrainian Media and Communication Institute within the Project Journalism Teachers Academy for teacher’s professional development in realm of online teaching tools and techniques.
Among them are international donors, which provided support for the faculty’s projects. Following are some of the projects supported by international organizations US Embassy in Ukraine, British Council, IREX, International Renaissance Foundation and others.
• 2020 – Project: Zuckerberg Galaxy. Media literacy project for schools of Zaporizhzhia region (within Learn2Discern Project by IREX).
• 2019 – Project: Bureau of Investigative and Analytical Journalism. The project aims to teach 80 young journalists from the southeastern part of Ukraine to conduct high-quality analytical and investigative journalism (US Embassy in Ukraine Media Development Fund);
• 2018 – Project: Media Literate and Smart: American and Ukrainian Youth Cooperation. The project aimed at strengthening media literacy and critical thinking skills of students from Ukraine and USA through series of webinars between students of ZNU and Utah State University and Eastern Illinois University; radio program “Unconditionally” and media literacy trainings (US Embassy in Ukraine Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program);
• 2017 – University Administration Support Program UASP (IREX) Alumni Grant in Research Management, sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York. Project: Intensive Training Institute in Research Methods for Social Sciences – 5 modules training series for university reseach faculty aimed to enhance their research methods knowledge and skills in area of mass media research. Institute’s focus: media literacy and media culture.
• 2017 – Active Citizens Grant from British Councils in Ukraine for Student Media Festival “Schools’ Media for Civic Development”. Organizing of a festival-contest among Zaporizhzhia high schools’ student mass media aiming on enhancing of engagement the students and internally displaces youth into life of their communities, developing their critical thinking skills and media literacy.
• 2016 – creation of the Southern Ukrainian Center of Media Literacy, sponsor: US Embassy in Kyiv, Media Development Fund – created the media literacy educational resource center, provided series of trainings for students of universities and secondary schools, created the weekly educational program “Media Pro” for Radio Universe.
• 2014 - IREX Alumni Small Grant for Project Smile “Camping Trip to Khortytsya Island for Children from Families Temporarily Displaced from Donbass Region” (Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine).
• 2014 – Creating of student digital TV studio based on ZNU studio “Universe-TV” (US Embassy in Ukraine Media Development Fund),
• 2014 – Equipping of student TV studio (Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for Development of Ukraine Program “Digital Media for Universities”).
• 2008 – ECA Alumni Grant, US Embassy in Kyiv (Project: International Conference “Student Journalism Association: Through Studying Toward Professional Development”);
• 2007 – IREX UGRAD Alumni Small Grant (Project: International Conference “Student Mass-Media in Ukraine: Reality and Perspectives of Development”).
