THE NATIONAL UNION OF
JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE
The newsroom of the Verkhovynski Visti newspaper, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, was visited by guests from the Sumy Region. They were the editor-in-chief of the Bilopilshchyna magazine/honored journalist of Ukraine, Nataliya Kalinichenko, and her husband Yurii, also a media person. They told their colleagues about how the struggle continues on the information front in the Sumy Region, in the immediate vicinity of russia’s borders.
The Bilopillia City Community is adjacent to the borders of the aggressor, and the center of the community is some ten kilometers from the border of the epicenter of world evil. Teaming up with the editors of the Peremoha newspaper from the village of Krasnopillia, Sumy media workers publish a joint special issue of newspapers called Spilnopillia every month.
Nataliya Kalinichenko also talked about editorial problems, especially in the area of under-reforms of Ukrposhta, untimely delivery of newspapers, and reduction of subscriptions due to the “attack” of “numbers.” At the same time, colleagues agreed that the best times for local newspapers are still ahead. After all, a conscious Ukrainian strives to receive, first of all, quality and truthful information, which the World Wide Web cannot always boast of.
The main task today, as noted by Nataliya Kalinichenko, is to promptly and uncompromisingly repel information spills from the enemy and extinguish the emotions of local collaborators.
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.
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Roman Klym,
Deputy editor-in-chief of Verkhovynski Visti
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