Political neutrality - is the rule of a good etiquette for a journalist. But even this seemingly immutable tenet starting to oscillate and fall.  Monitoring the processes in the World's largest media, I come to the conclusion that the politically neutral journalism either rooted in the past, or, at least, is no longer exalted to the rank of the absolute.

Research and practical conference “Revolution, War and Church in the Media Dimension” will take place on September 10 in Kyiv. Symbolically, the event will be hosted in the very heart of the city – the revolutionary Independence Square, the Maidan.

25 institutions of higher education in every region of Ukraine and over 1300 student participants. This is the outcome of the all-Ukrainian university tour conducted by the Novomedia Association in February–April 2014. During the tour, association’s leadership visited universities in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Poltava, Kirovograd, Rivne, Ostrog, Cherkassy, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Lutsk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson. The overall results of this project are presented in the inforgraphics.

- For what purpose was the Association created? What prompted the creation? 

The Association was officially registered on October 8, 2004 at the initiative of journalist Ruslan Kukharchuk. Its primary purpose was to unite Christians who work in the media to spread eternal values via the mass media. The Association’s motto is “Transforming the media – transforming the society”.

1.Conferences of the “Novomedia” Association (starting 2013 known as Christian Media Weekend). This annual event takes place in various regions of the country. The meetings gather religious journalists as well as representatives of church press services. The event includes team-building, communication, recreation, prayers for mass media, strategic planning for the following year.

Mr. Volodin, Dnipropetrivsk:

 “For me, Novomedia has opened a window to the world of real, actual journalism. Of course, I haven’t immediately become a professional journalist (and I doubt I ever will, considering my age). But I have realized the significance of my personal presence in the information space, just like the Bible says, “let your light shine before others…“. And I do my best to convey this understanding to the young generation of Christians.”

In view of the political and social crisis in Ukraine, International Journalist Association Novomedia calls on its members and colleagues to follow these standards in their professional activities:

• demonstrate respect for territorial integrity of Ukraine and condemn any external infringement of the country’s sovereignty and independence;

• avoid rhetoric inciting interethnic hostility within the country;

• promote respect for political pluralism;

• workon-site,independentlysearchforreliabledata, circulate only verified information;

During February 2014, students of twelve universities in Eastern Ukraine joined the professional tour of Novomedia Association. For students, Novomedia held workshops on the main aspects of working in online publications and presented The New Journalist study guide; for respective university departments and libraries, the Association prepared copies of the said book.

18 burning topics, reader friendly style, minimum of theory and maximum of hands-on information backed by years of experience of its nine authors. All of this is in the new book called NEW JOURNALIST. How to master the media profession. This study guide is an editorial project by Novomedia Association under the general editorship of Ruslan Kukharchuk. 

Below are the reviews by the first readers.

Novomedia Association recognized fellow journalists whose dedicated work promotes eternal values. Nine editorial offices and media professionals received Novomedia Awards statuettes.