Because we had a story from Ukrainian media though not this outlet, I thought it could be of interest to hear from someone who is also in Ukrainian media (probably not about the nuke plant story.) Benjamin Wittes is a diligent supporter of Ukraine. Here’s a snippet; I used the embed link to post. (It’s not as nice as a reblog WP to WP, is it?) The piece is actually a podcast; there’s a transcript button up top on the page.
“Last week, I wrote this piece urging people to support the independent Ukrainian media organization, Svidomi. In that piece, I promised a podcast with the organization’s chief and founder, Anastasiia Bakulina. Our conversation got delayed by a few days for technical reasons. First, my recording software failed for reasons that may or may not be related to the worldwide cyber outage. Then, just as we were ready to try again, the power in Lviv went out. Apologies for the delay, but here is the conversation. As you’ll see, Nastya has a remarkable story to tell—one I find inspiring and which I cannot help but think about in relation to the history of Lawfare, which like Svidomi, began as a volunteer project of three friends and has developed into something much more professional and substantial.”
Anastasiia Bakulina Discusses Svidomi Media by Benjamin Wittes
A chat with the 25-year-old head of an independent Ukrainian media organization
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