Journalists are returning home from other regions of Ukraine, but almost none are coming back from abroad – IMI survey

Ukrainian journalists are returning home from other regions of Ukraine, but almost none are coming back from abroad. As of September 2022, 86% of the Ukrainian journalists surveyed by IMI are at home. Whereas this May, this figure was 73%.

These are the results of an anonymous targeted survey conducted by the Institute of Mass Information in August 2022, which included 217 journalists from all regions of Ukraine*.

Currently, 9% of the interviewed journalists are elsewhere in Ukraine and 5% are abroad.

*The research was carried out through an anonymous online survey based on an interactive structured questionnaire. Links to the questionnaire were sent out to potential respondents – journalists and editors. A total of 230 responses were received, of which 13 respondents do not work in the media/journalism field, so the analysis included 217 responses from media workers. 29% of the respondents are from the central regions of Ukraine, 21% are from the south, 19% are from the west, 12% are from the north, 11% are from the east and 8% are from Kyiv city. 64% are women, 35% are men, 1% other genders. The survey was conducted in August 2022.