Co-working space for journalists at Lviv JSC: what do media people do when they stay in touch during blackouts

The Lviv Journalists’ Solidarity Center (JSC) has become a powerful hub for media workers over the past few months. Journalists have the opportunity to visit the Center, located at 5 Solomiyi Krushelnytskoyi Street, and work fruitfully there. This is what co-working is for. The JSC has everything you need for quality work: high-speed fiber optic Internet, uninterrupted power supply, and a comfortable place to work.

Today’s challenges force us to adapt to stabilizing, and sometimes emergency, blackout schedules. However, when the laptop is already sitting down, and the network is not catching, you can visit the Center and use the co-working space for colleagues.

“The hub at the Journalists’ Solidarity Center came in handy yesterday and came to the rescue when the electricity was turned off in the ZIF office. I had to finish the material in the JSC office – fortunately, it is a 5-minute walk away. I thank my colleagues for implementing such a wonderful idea!” says a ZIF journalist, Ihor Antoshchak.

Worrying about an unfinished text is accompanied by stress because, despite everything, it must be published on time. Therefore, the JSC has the opportunity not only to work meaningfully but also to communicate with colleagues. It motivates, energizes, and provides an opportunity to express feelings that will be clearly understood and heard.

“For journalists, it is more than important to always stay in the so-called “network web.” In today’s realities, we manage to do this with difficulty. Frequent blackouts lead to a stop in work and a temporary misunderstanding of what is happening in the country and the world. For me, the Journalists’ Solidarity Center was an excellent solution to this problem. It is convenient to work here in every sense, because there is not only electricity and the Internet here, but also people who will always help, fully understand and give advice to beginners. Having met your colleagues, you can make new acquaintances and share experiences and knowledge. Thanks to such communication, experienced media professionals and those who are only at the beginning of their journey in this field can better understand their weaknesses and make up for the lack of knowledge,” emphasized TribunaL media editor Nataliya Prots.

Nataliya Voitovych, the coordinator of the Lviv JSC, assured that it is always important for journalists to be abreast of events and provide information to society in a timely manner. Many important events take place in Lviv every day, so the convenient location facilitates co-working activities.

“After any event, media people can visit us, do their job, and then return to work. While they are on the way, the information will be published. In addition, we can offer several workplaces for freelancers or foreign journalists who come to Ukraine to tell the world about the war. The Journalists’ Solidarity Center is a good co-working space for media workers, where they can work, chat with colleagues, and drink a cup of fragrant Lviv coffee,” noted Nataliya Voitovych.

Call the Western Ukrainian JSC Lviv-Chernivtsi at 097 907 9702 (Nataliya Voitovych, the Lviv JSC coordinator, Volodymyr Bober, an assistant). The Center’s address is 5 Solomiyi Krushelnytskoyi Street.

ABOUT JSC

The Journalists’ Solidarity Centers is an initiative of the NUJU implemented with the support of the International and European Federations of Journalists and UNESCO. The initiative is designated to help media representatives working in Ukraine during the war. The Centers operate in Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro and provide journalists with organizational, technical, legal, psychological, and other types of assistance.

ABOUT UNESCO

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication, and information. UNESCO promotes knowledge sharing and the free flow of ideas to accelerate mutual understanding. It is the coordinator of the UN Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, which aims to create a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, thus strengthening peace, democracy, and sustainable development worldwide. UNESCO is working closely with its partner organizations in Ukraine to provide support to journalists on the ground.

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Dariya Markova