THE NATIONAL UNION OF
JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE
Sabina Ruzhytska, a well-known Carpathian journalist, currently a freelancer for the all-Ukrainian newspaper Ekspres and the all-Ukrainian publication of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Nova Zoria, has been in the profession for a quarter of a century. The media player says that during this time, she had to overcome difficulties and face challenges more than once. The biggest test for her, as well as for all Ukrainians, was a full-scale war. In particular, from a professional point of view, it is very difficult to work in conditions of a blackout, which is accompanied by a long-term blackout.
The journalist said that she is currently working on material about Andrii Burchak, a Bukovinian who was killed at the war. He was a master of sports of Ukraine in archery, a talented videographer, an economist-cybernetician. Andrii was killed in December 2022. The brave hero pulled four wounded comrades out of the shelling but was killed.
While working in the Center‘s co-working space, the media woman spoke by phone with the father of the fallen soldier and worked on the material. During the conversation with the employees of the Ivano-Frankivsk Center for Social Welfare, Sabina Ruzhytska noted that it is very important for her to write such materials in the Center. First, for a media woman, this is an important everyday moment. Secondly, the psychological aspect is no less important. Publications about the killed and wounded are emotionally difficult because every such material is pain, tears, despair, and emotions. After communicating with the relatives of the deceased, it is not easy for their relatives to leave such a circle of conversation.
As the coordinator of the Ivano-Frankivsk JSC, Viktoriya Plakhta, noted, in the Center‘s co-working space, media workers can use workplaces, get access to uninterrupted Internet, drink tea or coffee, and, if necessary, use computer and copying equipment, a camera. Of course, most often, such a need arises during a blackout. In general, one and a half dozen journalists turn to the Center for such help every month.
Call the Ivano-Frankivsk JSC at 066 677 0726 (Viktoriya Plakhta, the Ivano-Frankivsk JSC coordinator). The Center’s address is 25 Sichovykh Striltsiv 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.
The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this digest do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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Bohdana Zasidko,
assistant at Ivano-Frankivsk JSC
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