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The Kyiv Independent concluded its J-School 2.0, a training course for journalists and media managers. A total of 52 students participated in both online and offline lectures. The training consisted of two sessions, with the program divided into four learning tracks: general track, reporting track, editing track, and media management track. The topics covered during the program included differences in reporting style and approaches between Ukrainian and international media, funding independent journalism and developing a sustainable business model, growing an audience and building a community out of it, finding good stories and pitching them successfully, ethical front-line reporting, designing a dream newsroom and managing it, strategy development, leadership basics, and much more. The project is implemented by the Kyiv Independent in partnership with UNESCO and with support from Japan. The project is part of UNESCO's broader efforts to support the safety of journalists and freedom of expression in Ukraine.