Roman Badanin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeevich and the family name is Badanin.

Roman Badanin
Born1 January 1970 Edit this on Wikidata
Kurgan (Soviet Union) Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist, visiting scholar Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
WorksPetersburgers Edit this on Wikidata
AwardsAwards
Position heldeditor-in-chief (Proekt, 2018–) Edit this on Wikidata

Roman Sergeyevich Badanin (Russian: Роман Сергеевич Баданин, IPA: [bɐˈdanɪn]; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian journalist and researcher. He is the founder and editor in chief of the Proekt media outlet, former digital platform editor in chief of Forbes Russia, former editor in chief of the Dozhd TV channel and the RBK news agency. He is a CDDRL-JSK Visiting Fellow.[1]

Early life

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Badanin was born on 1 January 1970.[2] He graduated from the Faculty of History, Moscow State University.[2][3]

Career

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Badanin was engaged in research activities at the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Gorbachev Foundation, a Russian think tank.[4]

In 1996, Badanin began to work at the Izvestia newspaper.[5]

In 2001, he started working for the Gazeta.Ru newspaper as a news editor.[6] In 2011, while being the head of the policy department and deputy editor in chief, resigned due to disagreements between him and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Two weeks before the 2011 Russian legislative election, the newspaper received an order to place an advertisement for the ruling political party United Russia, and Badanin was against it, because the advertisement required the newspaper to remove existing banners of the Movement for Defence of Voters' Rights "Golos" and the "Violations map" project, which tracked violations in the elections and in the voting results.[7][8]

From December 2011 to 26 August 2013, he was the editor in chief of the Forbes.ru website.[3][9] In this position, he was responsible for the integration of the magazine and the digital platform.[10] According to the Kommersant newspaper, Badanin left because of disagreements with the then general director of the publishing house Axel Springer Russia.[11]

On 14 October 2013, it became known that Badanin was appointed executive director of the Internet Projects Service of the Interfax news agency.[12]

On 15 January 2014, he began working as editor in chief of the RBK news agency.[13] Badanin was one of the authors of the RBK's investigation about one of the daughters of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Katerina Tikhonova, and her then husband Kirill Shamalov.[14] On 13 May 2016, Badanin quit due to pressure from Russian officials.[15] After his resignation, more than twenty key journalists also left the agency.[16]

On 25 July 2016, Badanin was appointed editor in chief of the Dozhd TV channel.[17][18] He was one of the authors of Dozhd's reportage about the Russian businessman and criminal Ilya Traber [ru], after which a criminal libel case was initiated.[19]

In 2017, Badanin moved to the United States to study at Stanford University under the programme John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford.[16][20]

In 2018, he founded the Proekt media outlet, which specializes in investigative journalism.[21][22][23] Proekt was closed in 2021 after being listed as an undesirable organization, and Badanin left Russia for his safety.[24]

On September 6, 2021, he founded the investigative online media outlet Agentstvo ("Agency").[25]

He is a 2022 JSK Senior International Fellow at Stanford University.[26][1]

Awards and honours

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  • Eight-time winner of Redkollegia journalism award.[27]
  • 2019 "Journalism as a Profession" award in the Interview with Pictures category.[28][29][30]
  • 2022 Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media by Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig (German: Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien).[26][31]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Roman Badanin". fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Volkov, Sergey; Mendyukov, Andrey; Shilova, Svetlana; Shmatov, Evgeny (2018). Кто есть кто. Статусная элита Российской Федерации. Справочник [Who is who. The status elite of the Russian Federation. Directory] (in Russian). Moscow: Litres. p. 38. ISBN 978-5-91244-215-5. OCLC 1035254887.
  3. ^ a b "Роман Баданин – Персоны" [Roman Badanin – Persons]. etvnet.com (in Russian). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Roman Badanin". European Press Prize. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Author Page". openDemocracy. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. ^ "The Role of TV Rain in the Russian Media Landscape | Global Studies". Stanford University. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ Pispanen, Olga; Kaznin, Dmitry (30 November 2011). "Редактор Gazeta.ru уволился из-за "Единой России"" [Gazeta.ru editor quit because of United Russia]. tvrain.ru (in Russian). Dozhd. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Замглавреда "Газеты.ру" уволился из-за проекта с "Голосом"" [Deputy editor in chief of "Gazeta.ru" resigned because of the project with "Voice"]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Уволился шеф-редактор Forbes.ru Роман Баданин" [Forbes.ru chief editor Roman Badanin resigned]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 12 August 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Роман Сергеевич Баданин. Биографическая справка" [Roman Sergeevich Badanin. Curriculum Vitae]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  11. ^ Rozhkov, Roman (16 December 2013). "Роман Баданин поделится новостями" [Roman Badanin will share the news]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Роман Баданин назначен исполнительным директором Службы интернет-проектов "Интерфакса"" [Roman Badanin has been appointed Executive Director of the Internet Projects Service of Interfax]. Interfax (in Russian). 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Роман Баданин назначен главредом информагентства РБК" [Roman Badanin appointed editor-in-chief of RBC news agency]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 16 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  14. ^ Badanin, Roman; Voronina, Anfisa; Rustamova, Farida; Osetinskaya, Elizaveta (28 January 2015). "Расследование РБК: кто стоит за расширением МГУ" [RBK investigation: who is behind the expansion of Moscow State University]. RBK Group (in Russian). Maxim Glikin, Irina Malkova, Alexey Pastushin. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  15. ^ Boletskaya, Ksenia (15 May 2016). "РБК не одобрен в чтении" [RBK is not approved in reading]. Vedomosti (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  16. ^ a b Boletskaya, Ksenia (28 April 2017). "Главный редактор «Дождя» Роман Баданин уезжает учиться в США" [The chief editor of "Dozhd" Roman Badanin leaves to study in the USA]. Vedomosti (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Роман Баданин станет главным редактором Дождя" [Roman Badanin will become the chief editor of Dozhd]. tvrain.ru (in Russian). Dozhd. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  18. ^ Azar, Ilya (16 December 2016). ""Это попытка приделать к телевизору голову"" ["This is an attempt to attach a head to the TV."]. Meduza (in Russian). Moscow. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  19. ^ Peremitin, Georgy; Istomina, Maria; Okrest, Dmitry (16 January 2018). "МВД возбудило дело после выхода сериала о «питерских» на «Дожде»" [The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a case after the release of the series about "piterskiye" on "Dozhd"]. RBK Group (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Class of 2018". John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford. Stanford University. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  21. ^ Boletskaya, Ksenia (24 July 2018). "Бывший главный редактор «Дождя» запускает новое медиа" [Former editor in chief of Dozhd launches new media]. Vedomosti (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  22. ^ Zvezda, Sergey (16 December 2020). "Гость TJ: Роман Баданин, главред издания «Проект» — как делать расследования в современной России" [Guest of TJ: Roman Badanin, editor in chief of the Proekt publication — how to do investigations in modern Russia]. tjournal.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Russian Reporters Receive Threats After Investigating Secret Military Group". Reuters. The Moscow Times. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  24. ^ "«Проект» объявил о ликвидации своего издателя, признанного «нежелательным» в России. И пообещал продолжить свои расследования". Meduza.
  25. ^ "Основатель «Проекта» Роман Баданин объявил о запуске издания «Агентство» и анонсировал выход первого расследования". The Insider.
  26. ^ a b "A "Beacon of independent journalism in and for Russia"". Medienstiftung der Sparkasse Leipzig. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Роман Баданин" [Roman Badanin]. Redkollegia (in Russian). January 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Ivan Golunov Wins Award For Article That Got Him Arrested". khodorkovsky.com. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Вручена премия «Профессия — журналист»" [Awarded the "Profession - Journalist" award]. Colta.ru (in Russian). 17 November 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  30. ^ "Лауреаты — 2019" [Laureates — 2019]. journalist.name (in Russian). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  31. ^ Ein "Leuchtturm des unabhängigen Journalismus in und für Russland" (German). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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