Anthony Borden
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
IWPR Executive Director
US & NL Governance Committees; Finance Committee; Nominations Committee
Tony is the founder of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. He was editor of the highly regarded IWPR magazine War Report from 1991-98 and was commended for the “Best Online Journalism Service” in the 1999 NetMedia journalism awards, for IWPR's reporting on the Kosovo crisis. He has worked with the UK's Department for International Development assessing media programs in post-communist countries. He has received a MacArthur Foundation NGO research fellowship to study media and conflict at King’s College, London. He has worked as an editor and writer for Harper's, The Nation, The American Lawyer and HarperCollins, and contributed to The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek and numerous other publications. He comments regularly on conflict and media issues for the BBC, CNN and other media. Tony is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Reporting from Ukraine by IWPR founder and executive director. |
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Scattered, few in number and lacking protective equipment, journalists collaborate to share news across the country.
"The armies are fighting over territory but the real battleground is the truth."
"Everybody is a part of the war effort, everybody is engaged."
“If we have procrastination for two to three weeks, then there will be no one you can give the guns to.”
"The ceremony is a wedding for a soldier who is heading off to war."
As war edges closer, distance from Russia and closeness to NATO member Poland provide the city with a sense of confidence.
"Fighting continues today as it has in recent days."
Fear and resignation on the train to Poland as refugees head west.
"There will certainly be no quick and easy victory for President Vladimir Putin."
"Today is expected to be a very fierce battle focusing on the capital city Kyiv."