Elizaveta Kirpanova is an accomplished journalist from Russia, with a specialization in healthcare, immigration, and human rights violations. She began her career in 2018 as a correspondent for Novaya Gazeta, the foremost independent Russian newspaper, whose former editor-in-chief, Dmitry Muratov, was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.
Within two years of her tenure at NG, Elizaveta ascended to the position of special reporter, focusing on immersive and narrative writing. Her journalistic pursuits have taken her across Russia, where she covered socially significant events, often venturing into extreme or perilous locations such as the Far North and Chechnya.
In the wake of the conflict in Ukraine, NG was compelled to halt operations, leading Elizaveta and her fellow journalists to depart Russia. Seeking refuge in the United States, Elizaveta successfully obtained asylum in 2023. Based in Atlanta, she contributes her expertise to Novaya Gazeta Europe, an online media outlet founded by her colleagues in exile.
In 2024, Elizaveta received a Press Freedom Grant by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA.
