Covering Ukraine

A conversation, recorded in a shelter in Kyiv, about the experiences our fellows will take away from the study visit they participated in with the Europe-Ukraine Desk. Two of them share the emotional highs, lows and resilience they've witnessed, but also revisit discussions from the panels they attended with Ukrainian journalists, who shared their criticisms of the role of foreign media in covering the war in Ukraine. Flora-Dora Czatari is a Hungarian journalist, she worked for the weekly newspaper HvG when we recorded this interview in Kyiv, in February 2024, but since then she has moved to another role for the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union. She is joined by Elena Gorgis, a freelancer for German public radio. These journalists are both fellows of the Europe-Ukraine Desk. This episode is the last of a two-part mini-series. Credits:Recorded by Sarah-Lou LepersWritten by Daniel Bilyk and Sarah-Lou LepersEdited, Sound-designed and mixed by Daniel BilykCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share.

Join our 18 fellows from Bulgaria, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Spain who discover Kyiv and Chernihiv with a study trip organised within the Europe-Ukraine Desk. They travelled to Ukraine in February 2024, two years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia. For most of them it was their first time in Ukraine, and their first time in a country at war. In this episode, we keep exploring the role of journalism in times of conflict. This episode is the first of a two-part mini series. Credits:Recorded by Sarah-Lou LepersWritten by Daniel Bilyk and Sarah-Lou LepersEdited, Sound-designed and mixed by Daniel BilykCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share. 

Listen to the story of one of our Italian fellows, Davide Maria de Luca, who’s life and career took an impressive turn, thanks to our program. The Europe-Ukraine Desk study visit in Kiyv, which he joined in 2023, led him to quit his permanent job at a prominent Italian media outlet, and to relocate as a foreign freelance correspondent in Ukraine. You can subscribe to his newsletter DMD. This episode is the eleventh and final episode of the season 1 of Covering Ukrain, in which we invite you to listen to journalists talk about their work and the coverage of Ukraine in foreign media.Credits:Recorded by Sarah-Lou LepersCo-written , edited, sound-designed and mixed by Lyuba GookCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share.

This episode features a discussion about decolonisation of culture and journalism between two Ukrainian journalists, Darka Hirna and Bohdana Neborak, both fellows of the Europe-Ukraine Desk. This is a major topic in Ukraine, as a decolonization process is happening at the moment, which very few in western Europe know about. They answer the questions of our Editorial coordinator while in Budapest, pausing during a series of meetings with the most prominent EU newsrooms that our project has invited them to experience. This episode marks the third in a series of four, in which we invite you to listen to Ukrainian journalists talk about their work and the coverage of Ukraine in foreign media.Credits:Recorded by Sarah-Lou LepersWritten , edited, sound-designed and mixed by Lyuba GookCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share.

This episode features a discussion between two Ukrainian journalists who both work for Suspilne, the Ukrainian public broadcaster, and happen to be fellows of the Europe-Ukraine Desk. Olena Removska is a presenter for Ukrainian National TV and Serhii Stukanov is a radio presenter for Ukrainian National Radio. They answered questions from our Editorial Coordinator in September 2023, while in Madrid, pausing during a series of meetings with the most prominent EU newsrooms that our project has invited them to experience.This episode is the second in a series of four in which we invite you to listen to Ukrainian journalists talk about their work and the coverage of Ukraine in foreign media.Credits:Recorded by Sarah-Lou LepersWritten by Lyuba GookEdited, Sound-designed and mixed by Lyuba GookCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share.

This episode invites you on a trip with a dozen of Ukrainian journalists who toured the biggest newsrooms of Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, France, Germany and Spain. Ukrainian fellows met with international colleagues in key cities. For this episode we will concentrate on the three capitals we visited: Budapest, Rome, and Madrid.This episode is the first in a series of four, where we invite you to listen to Ukrainian journalists talk about their work and the coverage of Ukraine in foreign media.Credits:Recorded by Sarah-Lou LepersWritten by Daniel Bilyk and Sarah-Lou LepersEdited, Sound-designed and mixed by Daniel BilykCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share. 

This episode is a digest of the Kyiv Mediahub our programme organised in September 2023. A panel discussion inviting journalists to share their experiences when covering the Russia war against Ukraine in the frontline. In this episode you will hear:Stas Kozliuk, freelance journalist, photographer, fixerOksana Leuta, fixer for western newsroomsStephane Siohan, correspondent in Ukraine and Eastern Europe for the French daily newspaper Libération, documentary filmmaker. Based in Ukraine since 2013Roman Golovenko, lawyer for the Institute of Mass InformationModeration by Tetiana Ogarkova – journalist, in charge of international outreach at Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.Credits:Hosted and organised by Oksana MamchenkovaProofread by Michael BirdEdited, sound-designed and mixed by Lyuba GookCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.

This episode is a digest of the Kyiv Mediahub organised by our programme in August 2023. A panel discussion inviting journalists to share their practices and challenges in covering Russia's war against Ukraine. Speakers:Andriy Dubchak, founder and head of the independent reporting media "Donbas Frontliner", correspondent and photojournalist, Gongadze Prize finalist (2023)Oksana Romaniuk, media-expert, executive director of the Institute of Mass InformationFermin Torrano, freelance journalist, who covers Russia’s war against Ukraine for Spanish mediaAngelina Kariakina, journalist, former head of news UA: PBC, cofounder Public Interest Journalism LabCredits:Hosted and organised by Oksana MamchenkovaProofread by Michael BirdEdited, sound-designed and mixed by Lyuba GookCovering Ukraine is a podcast produced by The Europe-Ukraine Desk, a project by n-ost and funded by the European Commission.Please write to eud@n-ost.org if you have any questions or feedback to share