The Kyiv Independent is proud to announce that the Kyiv Independent’s reporter Asami Terajima has been shortlisted for the 2026 One World Media Awards in the Print Award category.
Terajima's piece "Inside Ukraine’s AWOL and Military Desertion Crisis" was shortlisted alongside works from queerbeat and National Geographic Magazine.
The One World Media Awards, organized by the U.K.-based charity One World Media, recognize outstanding journalism and media coverage on global issues. This year's shortlist was selected by sixty judges from over 20 countries across 14 categories.
Asami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering Ukrainian military affairs, front-line developments, and politics. Originally from Japan, she has called Ukraine home since 2010 and chose to remain in Ukraine when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
She is the winner of the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism 2023 (Local Reporter category) and the George Weidenfeld Prize as part of Germany's Axel Springer Prize 2023. She is also a co-author of the weekly War Notes newsletter alongside Francis Farrell.
