A chance to learn the media industry: a school of journalism for displaced children opens at NUJU

Displaced children from Mariupol will learn the media industry in classes at the school of journalism. It was founded by Olena Kalaitan, the editor of the Mariupol newspaper Priazovskyi Robochiy (Priazovskyi Worker).

“This is a chance to determine for yourself whether or not to associate the future with the profession of a journalist… It is a modern profession, and we cannot afford to be conservatives. If you have been in the profession for 10-20 years, it means that you are engaged in modern work every day and are constantly improving,” noted the president of the NUJU Sergiy Tomilenko.

Profession basics will be taught by teachers of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, as well as the First Secretary of the NUJU, Lina Kushch.

“I am ready to share knowledge, skills, contacts, secrets that, if I had known them, would have helped me a lot,” said Lina Kushch.

Studying at the school of journalism involves theoretical and practical parts, as well as visits to the editorial offices of central media outlets.

“We will figure out what news is, how stories are made, and then we will move on to practice. We combine the university and the Union, where there are many professional journalists,” summarized Olena Kalaitan.

During the first introductory class, which took place in the NUJU press center, Lina Kushch invited schoolchildren to consider the role of journalism in the era of social networks, and how the work of a journalist differs from blogging.

“Bloggers work for their audience, they themselves choose the topic they like, the format, while journalists work in the interests of people,” she emphasized.