PIJL researched Ukrainians’ concerns and hopes about military service
Photo: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The Public Interest Journalism Lab (PIJL) presents its new sociological research and recommendations...
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PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM LAB
We research, create and popularise best practices for public interest journalism in the digital age.
We believe in high-quality journalism. The Lab team is aimed at creating content that promoted constructive discussion around complex social topics. In our work, we use interdisciplinarity e. g. cooperation with sociologists and analysts. We test different types of content, analyze audiences' feedback, research public opinion and conduct media monitoring.
Discussion: "Big Water". To the anniversary of the explosion at the Kakhovska HPP"
The documentary project “Big Water” was created to mark the anniversary of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam explosion. Its destruction is being investigated by the largest investigative team in Ukraine. To prove the Russian crime against the environment, state environmental service employees collect soil and water samples daily. Sometimes, they need to work near the river, within range of Russian snipers from the occupied left bank. Ecologists work under shelling in a building damaged by an air bomb. PJIL research is conducted there. This film is about how to investigate a crime when you are a victim yourself and when the full scale of the disaster's consequences will become clear only after years.
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Among our products there are qualitative research, media strategies, documentaries, multimedia content, trainings, etc. Since the February 24 Russian invasion, PIJL has pivoted to frontline reporting for international and Ukrainian media. Our current work also includes documenting Russian crimes in Ukraine within The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies as well as compiling a modern chronicle of Ukraine’s history called “Life in War”.
Public Interest Journalism Lab (PIJL) was founded in 2020 by Ukrainian journalists Nataliya Gumenyuk and Angelina Kariakina together with activists and communication experts Tata Peklun and Inna Nelles. A pilot research by PIJL was aimed at developing editorial and information strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HANNA MAMONOVOVÁ,
AKTUALNE.CZ
Pohroma přišla za úsvitu. Měl jsem jen pár hodin, líčí Ukrajinec zkázu obří přehrady
Před rokem zničila série silných výbuchů vodní elektrárnu Kachovka na jihu Ukrajiny, jednu z největších v Evropě. Během osmi hodin voda zaplavila více než osmdesát osad na obou březích Dněpru a v pasti zůstalo přes sto tisíc lidí. Hladina stoupla až o deset metrů. Deník Aktuálně.cz publikuje velkou reportáž ukrajinské novinářky o následcích této tragédie.
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Eco-inspectors Document Ecocide Following the Destruction of the Kakhovka HPP Dam
The film "Big Water" focuses on the employees of the Kherson Region State Environmental Service, who collect evidence daily to confirm Russia's crimes in Ukraine. Together with the Office of the Prosecutor General, they are proving that Russia committed ecocide by destroying the Kakhovka Reservoir dam.
NATALIA GUMENYUK, OLHA AYVAZOVSKA,
OPORA
The War in Ukraine Viewed as a US-Russia Conflict – Natalia Humeniuk | Power of Choice
Discussing the importance of documenting Russian war crimes, international media fatigue on the topic, and the effectiveness of Russian narratives abroad. Additionally, how Ukraine should engage with Global South countries, why the post-colonial war narrative is ineffective there, and why a Ukrainian filed a lawsuit against Russia in an Argentine court over torture.
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
VERGARA 240
Nataliya Gumenyuk, documentalista de la guerra en Ucrania: “Todos somos ciudadanos con un blanco en la espalda”
De visita en Chile, la periodista conversó con V240 sobre la grave situación de su país y la experiencia documentando los crímenes de guerra cometidos contra la población durante los dos años de conflicto. “Esto no es solo trabajo, es nuestra vida, y se puede acabar en cualquier momento”, dice.
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