Mstyslav Chernov
Video Journalist
The Associated Press
Mstyslav Chernov is a Ukrainian filmmaker, war correspondent, videographer, photojournalist, and novelist. He is a Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award® winner known for his coverage of Ukraine’s revolution, the war in Donbas, the downing of flight MH17, the Syrian civil war, the battle of Mosul in Iraq, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the siege of Mariupol.
Chernov’s work on the siege of Mariupol for The Associated Press earned AP the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award, Knight International Journalism Awards, a Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, an Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Free Media Awards, a CJFE International...
Stories from Mstyslav Chernov
2000 Meters to Andriivka
20 Days in Mariupol
War Crimes Watch Ukraine: More Than 650 Documented Events
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine’s Mariupol Descends into Despair
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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