Román Skrýpin (born 27 May 1973) is a Ukrainian media manager, journalist, television host, a chief of the Ukrainian independent media union.

Biography

He was born on 27 May 1973 in

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He is married and has a daughter. Before enrolling to the Kyiv University, Skrypin was a journalist-trainee for the

newspaper ''Komsomolets Poltavshchyny'' in 1990. While studying in the Institute of Journalism of

Kyiv University 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 ...

in 1991-1997, Skrypin worked for number of newspapers and television studios and channels. *1991–1992 – journalist for a newspaper "

Ukrayina Moloda ''Ukrayina Moloda'' ( uk, Україна молода, ''Young Ukraine'') is a daily Ukrainian-language newspaper based in Kyiv with a circulation of 99,000. It is published by State Company "Presa Ukrayiny". In the beginning of 2018 the editorial ...

" *1992–1993 – freelancer for "Hart" television studio *1993–1995 – journalist for the Center of creative television *1995–1996 - co-owner, journalist-producer for the private firm "Agency of producers" Soon after the graduation, in 1996–1998 Skrypin worked as a reporter and chief – editor of a news block and hosting the program "Dobroho ranku, Ukrayina" on the state television channel UTN (today - Pershyi Natsionalnyi). Since September 1998, he has been working as an anchor–editor for a news program "Vikna. Press digest" on

STB State Security ( cs, Státní bezpečnost, sk, Štátna bezpečnosť) or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it d ...

television channel. In January 1999, his program was renamed to "Vikna. At the midnight", while also he was hosting program and "Mediaclub". Due to the total political censorship on Ukrainian TV channels as far as on STB also, Skrypin had to leave in 2002. In 2002 he joined the new radio-broadcasting project on internet led by Andriy Kulykov "

Hromadske Radio Hromadske Radio (Ukrainian for " Public Radio") is a Ukrainian non-governmental and nonprofit media organization, which aims to create an independent radio broadcasting in Ukraine. Its predecessor, also called ''Hromadske Radio'', was created in 2 ...

". During the parliamentary proceedings, which were dedicated to the situation of the freedom of speech in Ukraine, Skrypin had appeared with his colleague

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

. He stated authoritatively about non-permissibility of the

censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

and brought an accusation against the existing President

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corrup ...

. Skrypin accused him in being the one and the first who made such unbearable conditions, when the journalist can't work by specialty. Skrypin is the co-author of the Channel 5 so-called "true news". He started to work from the very beginning until June 2006 as chief-editor and also as a television host of the summarized program "Chas". Skrypin resigned in June 2006 due to a reason of development absence and also because there was an absence of straight scheme of decision-making. Among other things, the new chief-editor was appointed without any discussions with Skrypin as that time chief-editor. Starting on 14 August 2006 and until 31 January 2008 he worked as a media director, "RBC-Ukraine" inform agency (affiliate of the

RBC Information Systems The RBC Group, or RosBiznesConsulting (russian: Группа компаний «РБК» РБК, РосБизнесКонсалтинг), is a Russian media group headquartered in Moscow. It was established in 1993. The company holds an infor ...

). After that Skrypin was a radio host of the "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty" Ukrainian Service (RFE/RL). Starting on 19 January 2009, he became the author and the host of television program "Truth of Roman Skrypin" at TVi television channel. On 23 February he was elected as a chief of the Ukrainian Independent media union. There were 31 votes for his candidature among 57 delegates attended the 2nd congress of the Independent media union, which took place in the House of scientists,

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. On 2 April Roman Skrypin headed informational service of TVi and eventually became the vice editor-chief at "TVi" for Yevgeniy Kiselyov. In September 2012 Skrypin got the idea to start an

internet television Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, as streaming media delivered over the Internet. Streaming television stands in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air a ...

channel.«Громадське ТБ»: «Все гірше, ніж ви думаєте, але надія є» ''"Public TV": "It is worse than you think, but there is hope"''
Телекритика (14/06/2013) This idea eventually became

Hromadske.TV Hromadske ( uk, Громадське; lit. ''Public'') is a digital broadcasting station in Ukraine that commenced operations on 22 November 2013. The station was announced in June 2013 by 15 journalists, before commencing operations on 22 Novemb ...

. After the April 2013 ownership dispute at TVi 31 journalists resigned from TVi on 29 April 2013, they believed as TVi employees they could not anymore "guarantee our audience to provide objective and unbiased information".Найєм оголосив про старт нового проекту колишніх журналістів ТВі ''Nayem announced the launch of a new project of former journalists TBi''

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...

(30 April 2013)З ТВі звільняється 31 найкращий журналіст ''TVi freed 31 best journalists''

(29 April 2013) Many of them eventually joined Hromadske.TV.

References

External links

The web-resource for journalists "5TV.COM.UA" created by Roman Skrypin

Roman's web-conference (in Ukrainian and Russian) May 29, 2006

Roman's web-conference (in Ukrainian and Russian) Aug 18, 2006

The web-site of STB TV Channel was founded by Roman Skrypin (2000)

The web-site of 5 TV Channel was founded by Roman Skrypin (2003)

“RBC Ukraine” informational agency

Radio Liberty's Ukrainian Service (RFE/RL)

"Truth of Roman Skrypin" TV-program
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