The Maidan earthquake effect

2016-11-20

Three years after the Maidan revolution Ukraine is still restless. A team of four young multimedia journalists is conducting research on the aftershocks of Maidan for four weeks.

The protests caused a political, economic and psychological earthquake in the country. New smuggling routes were created, families were driven apart, millions of people had to flee and the economy of the country collapsed in a short time.

Journalists Olivia Kortas and Kasper Goethals join forces with photographers Johannes De Bruycker and Bernd Fink. They are all members of the journalistic collective The Caravan's Journal. They combine their research into long stories, videos and photo reports. They give a face to the geo-political heated front line.

Team members

Kasper Goethals

Kasper Goethals is a journalist from Belgium and co-founder of the Caravan's Journal, an international collective of journalists.

Bernd Fink

Bernd Fink is a world traveller and photographer from Belgium. He focuses on imaging less well-known destinations, subcultures and urban arts.

Olivia Kortas

Olivia Kortas is a freelance investigative journalist. She believes that good journalism should take time for thorough research and a complete and neutral understanding of people and their lives. Olivia wants to show how political and economic power games change people's lives and put pressure on them.

Johannes De Bruycker

Johannes De Bruycker is freelance documentary photographer, video maker and founder of The Caravan's Journal.

Supported

A working grant of € 4.500 allocated on 13/09/2016.

FPD/2016/1310

Grant

Pascal Decroos Fund

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