Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy for European Integration. Mr Shevchenko was a Co-Founder of the Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR), a coalition of reform-oriented NGOs and experts, which began after the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. As the Founder and Director of the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law, Taras was involved in drafting numerous legislative acts, including the Access to Public Information Law and launched numerous successful civic initiatives in different areas including good governance, transparency, media self-regulation, anti-tobacco, and road safety. In 2017, Mr Shevchenko was selected as one of 16 Yale World Fellows under the annual U.S. program at Yale University.

Hanna Krasnostup

Doctor of Law, and Acting General Director of the Directorate for Information Policy and Information Security of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, she is responsible for the implementation of the project at MCIP. She worked as the head of the expert group of the Directorate of School Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture and contributed to the approval by the Government of the new State Standard for basic secondary education. It is the basis for the implementation of the "New Ukrainian School" reform in grades 5-9 and the integration of media literacy into the educational process.

Valeria Kovtun

Founder and head of Filter. Valeria worked at the BBC in London, with the UN in New York, and as a special correspondent for "Breakfast with 1+1", where she launched special projects "People of Action" and "Ukrainians in America". She holds an MSc in Media and Communication Governance at the London School of Economics under the Chevening scholarship program of the British government.

Oleksandr Pyrozhkov

Youth coordinator and lecturer at Filter. Oleksandr has three years of experience of organising educational projects on the topic of media literacy. He is also a fact checker for the "VERIFICATION" bot. He is a graduate of the Ukrainian Academy of Leadership, and is currently a student majoring in Cultural Studies at NaUKMA.

Tetiana Dudnik

Communications manager at Filter. Tetiana worked at the analytical centre "Ukrainian Institute for the Future", in the field of SMM, at the NGO "Internews-Ukraine" and at the social enterprise "Museum in the Dark 03:00". She has a master's degree in international relations from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University and the University of Warsaw.

Content creator for Filter's TikTok platform. Anastasiia holds BA in international relations. She has initiated and developed her own project related to disinformation and cultural reform in Ukraine, “Culture of Reform”. She has a bachelor's degree in international relations from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Anastasiia is also a graduate of the "Open University of Reforms" program, 14th batch.

Content strategies expert of the National media literacy project Filter. Khrystyna founded a creative agency that specialises in branding, communication strategies and video production. She worked with the OSCE, the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Scientific Research Institute, PwC Ukraine, and the Ministry of Health. Previously worked as a TV journalist.