War reporting in Ukraine with The Washington Post’s Kyiv bureau

On May 11, 2022, The Washington Post announced that it was establishing a new bureau in Kyiv with Isabelle Khurshudyan leading coverage as Ukraine bureau chief. Elements of The Post’s expansive coverage dedicated to the war in Ukraine include a 24-hour live updates page on The Post’s site, a Telegram channel for news updates (now with more than 40,000 subscribers), and a database of verified, on-the-ground footage. Ms. Khurshudyan joined The Naked Pravda to talk about The Post’s Kyiv bureau and her experiences reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Timestamps for this episode: (2:38) How did The Post’s Ukraine bureau come about? Will it remain in place after the war ends?(7:19) How readers in the United States respond to reporting about the war in Ukraine(10:07) How “burnout” affects journalists reporting in Ukraine on the war(13:43) How to get embedded with the Ukrainian military(18:14) Finding information about Ukraine’s occupied territories where there are no Western journalists(20:52) Navigating the wartime legal and cultural sensitivities surrounding certain kinds of speech(25:57) War reporting vs. hockey journalismКак поддержать нашу редакцию — даже если вы в России и вам очень страшно