“Professional journalists are the targets of the russian military offensive,” Sergiy Tomilenko at Journalism Week at the University of Sheffield

The President of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), Sergiy Tomilenko, told British students about the heroism of Ukrainian front-line media workers in an online speech.

At the International Week of Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he presented the Union‘s initiative for the revival of front-line newspapers, thanks to which it was possible to restore the work of 32 local print publications.

“For the russians, independent media and professional journalists are the targets of a military offensive,” emphasized Sergiy Tomilenko. “We managed to create an effective support system through the NUJU‘s Journalists’ Solidarity Centers network, which helps media workers to continue their important work.”

The President of the NUJU also drew attention to a difficult but important topic – the release of Ukrainian journalists from russian captivity.

More than 70 students, teachers, and media experts also watched the NUJU documentary called On The Frontier about the editor of the Zoria newspaper, Vasyl Myroshnyk, who travels 400 kilometers on dangerous roads every week to deliver the newspaper to readers.

The participants in the event were interested in the realities of the work of journalists in Ukraine, issues of security and openness of our country to international media.

The hottest topics in modern journalism are being discussed in Sheffield this week. Among the speakers were:

• representatives of the BBC High-Risk Team who talked about working in dangerous conditions;

• experts from the Committee to Protect Journalists who talked about the challenges facing the media in Africa

• Fiona O’Brien (Reporters Without Borders) who talked about transnational threats to journalists

• Howard Zhang (former head of BBC News Chinese) who talked about China coverage.

NUJU Information Service