Nataliya Gumenyuk Explained

Nataliya Gumenyuk
Наталія Гуменюк
Birth Date:1983
Birth Place:Birobidzhan, Russia

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Early life and education

Nataliya Gumenyuk was born in Birobidzhan in 1983. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv National University; KNU) (2000–2004). She earned a master's degree in international journalism from Örebro University, Sweden (2005–2006).[3]

Career

Gumenyuk took the course "International Media Systems" at the Mohyla School of Journalism in Kyiv.[4] From 2002 to 2004, she was the editor-in-chief of the independent student newspaper Nasha Sprava. In 2002–2003, she was an international journalist on Novyi Kanal. Also in 2003, she was an international journalist for 5 Kanal. In 2003–2004, she was an international journalist for the fact-check program ICTV. In 2004, she worked for the "ProfiTV News Agency". In 2005–2007, she was the head of the international department, a special correspondent for the "K1" TV channel and the author and host of the "One Reportage" program.

From 2007 to the end of 2009, she headed the international department of the INTER TV channel and also served as a special correspondent. Towards the end of this period, in 2009, for the first time among Ukrainian TV channels, INTER was nominated for an Emmy Award in the News category for its coverage of the South Ossetian War (reporter Ruslan Yarmolyuk).[5] [6] [7] [8] In 2009, Gumenyuk also did an internship at BBC World News on HARDtalk and at The Guardian and The Independent.

At the end of 2009, she was fired from the INTER TV channel without explanation. This caused a wave of outrage among her colleagues, who collected more than 70 signatures against her release. After that, some journalists resigned of their own free will (including Roman Vintonov).[9] Afterwards, she did not get a job in other media and became a freelancer.[10]

In 2010–2011, Gumenyuk was the editor-in-chief of the project "Ours" (INTER, studio "07 Production") whose focus was on fifteen TV programs about Ukrainians who left Ukraine for various reasons and became successful abroad, including in Norway, Brazil, South Africa, India, China, among others. Gumenyuk took part in the search for sponsors of the project.

Covering the Arab Spring

After "Ours", Nataliya began a trip at her own expense to cover the events of the Arab Spring. As a result of the trip she wrote a book “The Maidan Tahrir”.[11]

She worked as an international freelancer mainly for Ukrainian publications, such as The Ukrainian Week, Ukrayinska Pravda, Esquire Ukraine, studio 1+1, radio Voice of the Capital, as well as for some foreign media, such as OpenDemocracy Russia (UK), RTL-Netherlands, and M6 (France).

Work on Hromadske TV

In 2013, Gumenyuk became one of the initiators for the creation of the independent online media Hromadske TV.[12] She run a project "Hromadske international", an English version of the media.[13] In May 2015, she was elected a head of the NGO "Hromadske TV".[14] In February 2020, Nataliya resigned from Hromadske to show disagreement with the non-renewal of a contract with an editor-in-chief of Hromadske Anhelina Karyakina.[15]

While working on Hromadske she has been focused on reporting the war in Eastern Ukraine, occupation of Crimea,[16] and also international relations.[17] She was also the host of The Sunday Show, an English speaking project explaining Eastern Europe for the international audience.[18] In February 2020 she has published the book “The Lost Island: Tales From The Occupied Crimea” based on 6 years of her trips to occupied peninsula. It was translated into Russian and German.[19]

Launch of the Public Interest Journalism Lab

In 2020, Nataliya Gumenyuk and other Ukrainian journalists and communications specialists founded Public Interest Journalism Lab, an experimental laboratory that promotes constructive discussion around complex social issues.[20] Lab conducted its previous research in partnership with the Kharkiv Institute for Social Research, Lviv Media Forum, and the Arena Program, co-directed by Peter Pomerantsev and Anne Applebaum.[21] [22] [23]

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Lab has been focused on covering events in Ukraine for the international and Ukrainian media,[24] documenting war crimes as part of,[25] and creating an online chronicle of Ukrainian resistance as part of the Life in War project.[26] [27] Within The Reckoning Project, Anne Applebaum and Nataliya Gumenyuk wrote an article for The Atlantic on how Russian invaders unleashed violence on small-town residents.[28]

Gumenyuk has been reported from major affected areas by Russian invasion: the city of Bucha, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson regions.

Other activities and projects

In 2020–2021 Gumenyuk focused on media research, as well as producing a number of documentaries. 'The Gongadze Case as a Mirror of an Epoch is a documentary multimedia project released on the 20th anniversary of the "tape scandal" that unfolded after the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.

Nataliya Gumeyuk was the head, producer, and editor-in-chief of the multimedia documentary project Our 30 years dedicated to the history of the 1990s presented by Ukrainians themselves. This project was produced by the Public Interest Journalism Lab team to mark the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. As a result, 9 documentaries, 20 podcasts, special projects, and dozens of short video testimonies of that time were released on the air and on the platforms of the Public Broadcaster of Ukraine. Gumenyuk co-authored the film on the return of the Crimean Tatars from deportation.[29]

Gumenyuk is a member of the Council for Freedom for Speech Under the President of Ukraine, as well as the Independent Media Council.[30] [31]

Personal life

In Minsk, on August 12, 2017, she married Peter Ruzavin, a reporter for Mediazona and a former journalist of the Russian TV channel Dozhd.[32] [33]

Awards

Selected works

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The value of credible news in a time of crisis . 2023-03-27 . Agnostic . en-CA.
  2. Web site: ZEIT-Stiftung Free Media Awards . 2023-03-27 . www.zeit-stiftung.de.
  3. Web site: Natalia Humeniuk . 7 March 2022 . 4 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172926/http://j-school.kiev.ua/faculty/gumeniuk-cv-ukr . dead . // The Mohyla School of Journalism (in Ukrainian).
  4. Web site: Natalia Humeniuk: How to be a freelance international journalist . 7 March 2022 . 26 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234121/http://www.redactor.in.ua/personas/5280.html . dead . // Redactor, 16.09.2013 (in Ukrainian).
  5. http://www.iemmys.tv/news_item.aspx?id=86 2009 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
  6. http://inter.ua/uk/about/awards/2009/07/24/3776 Програма «Подробиці» номінована на Emmy!
  7. http://kp.ua/live/191892-anna-bezluidnaia-nomynatsyia-prohrammy-podrobnosty-na-emmy-eto-bespretsedentnoe-sobytye-dlia-vsei-ukrayny Анна Безлюдная: «Номинация программы «Подробности» на Эмми – это беспрецедентное событие для всей Украины»
  8. Марина Баранівська. Наталя Гуменюк: «Кожен з наших героїв — це людина, яка спромоглася на вчинок, не побоялася змінити своє життя». // Телекритика, 18.02.2011 (in Ukrainian).
  9. http://dusia.telekritika.ua/jeto_interesno/13029 За що звільнили Наталю Гуменюк?
  10. http://dusia.telekritika.ua/Грани%20бытия/13038/Gumenjuk_vіdpovіdaє_na_zapitannia Гуменюк відповідає на запитання
  11. Web site: Майдан Тахрір, Війна на три букви, Гудбай, імперіє. Найочікуваніші прем'єри Арсеналу . 2023-03-28 . texty.org.ua . uk.
  12. http://www.telekritika.ua/rinok/2013-06-11/82420 «Громадське ТБ» хоче вийти в ефір у вересні. Програмну раду очолює Скрипін
  13. Web site: 2015-09-11 . Наталя Гуменюк: Українські медіа зрозуміли важливість міжнародної журналістики, але бракує знань та кадрів . 2023-03-28 . Європейська обсерваторія журналістики - EJO . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2022-09-29 . Nataliya Gumenyuk to head IJ4EU jury . 2023-03-27 . IJ4EU . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2020-02-03 . Наталя Гуменюк йде з «Громадського» . 2023-03-27 . detector.media . uk.
  16. Web site: 2020-02-27 . «Загублений, але не втрачений» — Наталка Гуменюк про нову книгу та тихий голос окупаційної буденності в Криму . 2023-03-28 . hromadske.ua . uk.
  17. Web site: У КИЄВІ ПРЕЗЕНТУВАЛИ ПОСІБНИК ДЛЯ МЕДІА ЩОДО ВИСВІТЛЕННЯ ПРОБЛЕМАТИКИ КРИМУ В КОНТЕКСТІ ОКУПАЦІЇ – Кримська правозахисна група . 2023-03-28 . crimeahrg.org . uk-UA.
  18. Web site: 2019-10-21 . Глава ОО Громадское телевидение Наталья Гуменюк вошла в список самых влиятельных женщин Украины . 2023-03-28 . hromadske.ua . ru.
  19. Web site: Просто слухай: уривок із книги Наталі Гуменюк «Загублений острів» . 2023-03-28 . www.ukrinform.ua . uk.
  20. Web site: Journalism in Ukraine: When the war is not only informational Heinrich Böll Stiftung . 2023-03-27 . Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung . en.
  21. Web site: 30 відтінків вакцинації: як медіа розповідати про щеплення від COVID-19, щоб викликати довіру - результати національного дослідження . 2023-03-27 . Інтерфакс-Україна . uk.
  22. Web site: Dickinson . Peter . 2021-06-10 . Pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine changes tone . 2023-03-27 . Atlantic Council . en-US.
  23. Web site: Why Conspiratorial Propaganda Works and What We Can Do About It . 2023-03-27 . internews.ua . en.
  24. Web site: Nataliya Gumenyuk - Ukraine . 2023-03-27 . Fritt Ord . en.
  25. Web site: Reckoning Project documents Russian atrocities in Ukraine – DW – 02/28/2023 . 2023-03-27 . dw.com . en.
  26. Web site: ORF Topos . 2023-03-27 . topos.orf.at.
  27. Web site: Focus: The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies . 2023-03-27 . iwpr.net . en.
  28. Web site: Gumenyuk . Anne Applebaum, Nataliya . 2023-02-14 . 'They Didn't Understand Anything, but Just Spoiled People's Lives' . 2023-03-27 . The Atlantic . en.
  29. Web site: suspilne . Суспільне запускає документальний проєкт «НАШІ 30» про історію перших років незалежності, розказану українцями . 2023-03-28 . corp.suspilne.media . en.
  30. Web site: Nataliya Gumenyuk – M100 SANSSOUCI COLLOQUIUM . 2023-03-27 . www.m100potsdam.org . 2023-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327070906/https://www.m100potsdam.org/en/participants/colloquium/gumenyuk-nataliya/ . dead .
  31. Web site: УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №808/2019 . Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України . 7 March 2022 . uk.
  32. Web site: discours.io . 2023-03-27 . Discours . ru.
  33. https://narodna-pravda.ua/2017/08/15/golova-gromadskogo-vyjshla-zamizh-za-rosijskogo-druga-dnr/ Голова «Громадського» вийшла заміж за російського друга «ДНР»
  34. http://dusia.telekritika.ua/Kuhnia/13271 Гуменюк – найкраща журналістка 2009 року
  35. Web site: Світ під мікроскопом . The world under a microscope . tyzhden.ua . 7 March 2022 . uk.
  36. Web site: 2017-11-24 . Семеро українців увійшли до Топ-100 новаторів Європи, опублікованого Financial Times . 2023-03-27 . detector.media . uk.
  37. News: 2017-11-23 . New Europe 100: eastern Europe's emerging technology stars . Financial Times . 2023-03-27.
  38. Web site: 2019-10-21 . Кумиры и мастера. 100 самых влиятельных женщин . 2023-03-27 . ФОКУС . ru.
  39. Web site: 2020-12-28 . Український ПЕН назвав найкращі українські книжки 2020 року . 2023-03-27 . detector.media . uk.
  40. Web site: 2020-09-18 . Соколова, Сенцов, Гуменюк та ще низка медійників стали лауреатами премії від Львівського BookForum . 2023-03-27 . detector.media . uk.
  41. Web site: медіа» . «Детектор . 2021-05-25 . «Честь Професії-2021»: хто отримав нагороду конкурсу професійної журналістики . 2023-03-27 . detector.media . uk.
  42. Web site: Ukrainian journalists, photographers and media to receive five Free Media Awards for 2022 from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the ZEIT-Stiftung . 2023-03-27 . Fritt Ord . en.
  43. News: 2022-05-18 . 2022 NED Democracy Award Pays Tribute to Ukrainian Civil Society - NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY . en-US . NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY . 2023-03-28.

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