The media was established on March 23, 2023, and aims to cover the Sumy region that borders Russia. The “Kordon.Media” team believes that this region is currently neglected in the context of national news. Therefore, they want to correct this by showcasing people who continue to fight, live, and work. They were participants of Local Media Relaunch Initiative program.
2023 → 6 total: 4 co-founders (war reporters), communication manager, designer.
2024 → 11 in total: 6 war correspondents (including the executive director, the editor-in-chief, a cameraman, a photographer, and 2 female journalists), an operations team (the operations director and the finance director).
Thanks to MDF’s Local News Relaunch Initiative:
→ hired an operations team (operations and finance directors)
→ updated their strategy for 2024
→ set new SMART goals
→ organized work planning, electronic document management
→ developed a content strategy
→ received 3 large grants
→ reached significant results in content distribution (Facebook engagement increased to 381,697 in March 2024.)
MDF represents a fundamentally new level of training and support, which we have tested in practice. Within just three months of collaboration, we successfully launched two influential projects. I believe that our ambitious goals, combined with MDF’s practical growth tools, will ensure the sustainable development of “Kordon.Media” and contribute to raising the overall quality of the Ukrainian media sector.
Daria Radchenko
Finance Director of “Kordon.Media”
The project has allowed us to streamline the team’s operational work. We’ve transitioned from a startup to a more systematic approach, enabling us to create and implement new projects.
Aliona Yatsyna
Executive Director of “Kordon.Media”
