Despite the challenges, I continue working in journalism because this work matters. People need it.
That is why the most challenging materials to process have been those about my colleagues and what they endured during the occupation — the constant threat of being killed in the Kyiv region, hunger, lack of water, and continuous bombings in Mariupol, as well as threats and the ongoing risk of arrest in Kherson region.
Editing such texts goes beyond what can simply be called "editing."
It's also hard to send people to report from the spot of the missile strike, as there were cases when the same place was shot twice and my colleagues were injured.
In my work, I face challenges not just as a journalist, but also as a leader. Ensuring the safety of the newsroom requires quality protective equipment, first aid kits, insurance, and training. It's frustrating when colleagues in occupied areas need help, but you can't provide them with one. The lack of funds to repair equipment — e.g. a reporter's car hit by a drone near the front line — adds to the difficulty.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the online media LB.UA. Maryna Synhaivska is an experienced journalist, who served as the Deputy General Director of the Ukrainian National News Agency "Ukrinform" and assists leading all-Ukrainian media LB.UA. She is a member of the Independent Media Council.
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Instead, I report on resilience and crimes: the resilience of Ukrainians — both military and civilian — who have faced immense challenges and continue to defend their freedom, and the crimes committed by Russian forces, who have brought war to Ukrainian land.
Before the war, I aimed to address critical issues: how to save the Dnipro River, which is facing an imminent ecological crisis, how to adapt education to the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, and why the creation of an inclusive, barrier-free environment in Ukraine remains a distant goal.
Although this topic has remained relevant since the start of the full-scale war, issues related to the war itself have taken precedence. There are simply not enough human resources to address others. That’s why I choose to focus on the most important issue today — highlighting matters of safety and survival.
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