Euromaidan Press (EP) is an English-language news website launched in 2014 by contributors from Ukraine, sponsored by reader contributions and the International Renaissance Foundation. It shares its name with the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine. Registered as a non-governmental organization, EP's goal is to provide English-language material to those interested in Ukrainian topics such as business issues, the economy, military conflict, and tourism. The organization has received positive reception, and was selected as a finalist in the "Best Video" category in the 2016 Rockit Digital Communication Conference Awards. Their social media initiative #LetMyPeopleGo garnered 2nd place in a social media competition online. Euromaidan Press was discussed in the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, and has been cited in multiple books. News organization Euromaidan Press was founded in by Ukrainian volunteers as a newspaper based online in order to provide independent news reporting on issues relevant to Ukraine. The news organization first launched in January 2014. It shares its name and values with the Euromaidan movement from Ukraine, and the news organization states they, "support initiatives developing independent media and democratic initiatives in other states that uphold the core democratic values." The lead creator of the site was Canadian analyst Mat Babiak (who departed the following year), and was Kyiv-based activist Alya Shandra. Shandra had previously helped translate Ukrainian news reporting into English during the 2013 wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine known as Euromaidan. Other journalists contributing to the newspaper have included Maksym Nedrya, Oleh Gychko, Mykhailo Honchar, and Paul A. Goble. The goal of the newspaper's foundation was to provide information to English-language consumers on journalism from Ukraine. The organization registered in Ukraine as a non-governmental organization with the same name. The news organization developed its focus on stories related to military conflict in Ukraine, business issues, the Ukrainian economy, and tourism. The newspaper's founding was an attempt to "collect, rely on, and promote non-partisan, non-religious, non-biased information", as a way to address what the organization saw as a disinformation campaign by Russia in Ukraine. News content was setup to be delivered online through the newspaper's website euromaidanpress.com. The newspaper maintained social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook at Euromaidanpr. A sub-project called the Friends of Ukraine Network released semi-regular news reporting about Ukraine political issues. The newspaper's Reft and Light Project was set up in order to analyze totalitarian groups. The news organization worked