35 Years of Independent Ukrainian Media. Part III. Serhii Nikitenko on the Boom in Regional Media and Frontline Work
Four well-known Ukrainian journalists from different areas of the media industry – television (Oksana Sokolova), regional and online media (Serhii Nikitenko), business journalism (Dmytro Koshovyi), and investigative journalism (Anna Babinets) – tell the story of journalism in Ukraine: how it emerged from an almost completely sterile information space controlled by the Communists, and the problems…
In the third installment of our series on Ukrainian media, we delve into the growth of regional coverage and the rise of online media in the country's regions. Serhii Nikitenko, the creator and longtime head of the regional online outlet Most, shares his experiences working on the front lines of Ukraine's war. Nikitenko recounts the two stages of active media development in regions like Kherson and Odesa, noting the emergence of online media in the early 2010s.
The outlet's launch in 2012 coincided with the beginning of the war in the region. Despite the challenges, Most became self-sustaining by 2021 before the conflict erupted. During the war, Most continued to report on life in occupied Kherson, often working in secret due to the threat of Russian security forces. Now, with ongoing shelling and drone strikes, Nikitenko and his team work on a rotational basis, avoiding the need for a permanent office in Kherson.
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