Nataliya Petrivna Gumenyuk ( uk, Наталія Петрівна Гуменюк; alternate

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: Natalia Humeniuk; born 1983) is a Ukrainian journalist who specializes in foreign affairs and conflict reporting, and an author of three books. She is the founder of the Public Interest Journalism Lab; as well as the co-founder and chair of the

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Early life and education

Nataliya Petrivna Gumenyuk was born in

Birobidzhan Birobidzhan ( rus, Биробиджа́н, p=bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan; yi, ביראָבידזשאַן, ''Birobidzhan'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, locat ...

in 1983. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Institute of Journalism of

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

(Kyiv National University; KNU) (2000–2004 or 2001–2005). She earned a master's degree in international journalism from

Örebro University Örebro University ( sv, Örebro universitet) is a state university in Örebro, Sweden. The university has its roots in the Örebro campus of Uppsala University, which became an independent state university college in 1977, Örebro University Col ...

, Sweden (2005–2006). // The Mohyla School of Journalism (in Ukrainian).

Career

Gumenyuk took the course "International Media Systems" at the Mohyla School of Journalism in Kyiv. // Redactor, 16.09.2013 (in Ukrainian). 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 Novyi Kanal (Ukrainian: Новий Канал) is a Ukrainian television channel. The channel is a part of the Starlight Media broadcasting group, created by Viktor Pinchuk. History The channel was launched on July 15, 1998. At first, it was ...

. 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

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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).2009 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
// International Emmy Awards.Програма «Подробиці» номінована на Emmy!
// ''Інтер'', 24.07.2009 (in Ukrainian).Анна Безлюдная: «Номинация программы «Подробности» на Эмми – это беспрецедентное событие для всей Украины»
// ''Комсомольская правда в Украине'', 25.08.2009 (in Ukrainian).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). In 2009, Gumenyuk also did an internship at

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on ''

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'' and at ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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).За що звільнили Наталю Гуменюк?
// ''Телекритика. Дуся'', 15.12.2009 (in Ukrainian). Afterwards, she did not get a job in other media and became a freelancer.Гуменюк відповідає на запитання
// ''Телекритика. Дуся'', 16.12.2009 (in Ukrainian). In 2010–2011, Gumenyuk was the editor-in-chief of the project "Our" (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. After that, she covered the events of the

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at her own expense. She worked as an international freelancer mainly for Ukrainian publications, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' 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). 9g23WbjaXKs

In 2013, she became one of the initiators for the creation of the

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TV station

,«Громадське ТБ» хоче вийти в ефір у вересні. Програмну раду очолює Скрипін
// ''Телекритика'', 11.06.2013 (in Ukrainian). and was elected its head in May 2015. Since November 6, 2019, Gumenyuk has been a member of the Council for Freedom of Speech and Protection of Journalists.

Personal life

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, on August 12, 2017, she married Peter Ruzavin, a journalist with the Russian TV channel Dozhd.Голова «Громадського» вийшла заміж за російського друга «ДНР»
''Народна правда'', 15.08.2017 (in Ukrainian).

Awards

* 2009 – Laureate of the Anatoliy Moskalenko Foundation for the Development of Journalism for achievements in journalism.Гуменюк – найкраща журналістка 2009 року
// ''Телекритика. Дуся'', 01.03.2010 (in Ukrainian). * 2013 – Silver medal in the competition of artistic reporting "Samovydets" (for the report "How the desert sounds where the water begins", a collection of emotional notes from Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Tunisia).

Selected works

Books

* ''Veni, Vidi, Scripsi: Світ у масштабі українського репортажу'' (Veni, Vidi, Scripsi: The World on the Scale of Ukrainian Reporting) (collection of reports by various authors), Kyiv: Tempora, 2013. * ''Майдан Тахрір. У пошуках втраченої революції'' (Tahrir Square. In search of the lost revolution.), Kyiv: Political Criticism, 2015. * ''Загублений острів. Книга репортажів з окупованого Криму'' (Lost island. Book of reports from the occupied Crimea.), Lviv: Old Lion Publishing House, 2020.

References

External links

Author's page
at Tyzhden.ua (in Ukrainian)
Наталя Гуменюк: Я не претендувала написати енциклопедію арабського світу
(Natalia Humeniuk: I did not claim to write an encyclopedia of the Arab world) at chytomo.com (in Ukrainian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gumenyuk, Nataliya 1983 births Living people 21st-century Ukrainian journalists 21st-century Ukrainian women writers Ukrainian women journalists People from Birobidzhan Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Örebro University alumni