Quarterly editorial meeting: Open for patrons
Dear Kyiv Independent community,
For our second quarterly editorial meeting, we wanted to try out a new format, which we hope will make the meetings more accessible and easier to follow.
We asked in advance for questions, suggestions, and feedback you had for the editorial team, with our team – editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko, defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, senior editor Oleksiy Sorokin, head of investigations Anna Myroniuk, and reporter Oleg Sukhov – answering the questions and providing insight on the editorial team’s analysis and approach to the topics in the current news cycle.
The meeting is now available online.
We opened the questions to four out of five tiers, as we wanted to make it easier for members to participate while still having a manageable amount of questions to respond to.
We’re still thinking how to best structure our membership benefits and what will provide the most value for our community.
This was our first time filming a video like this, and we want to know: What do you think of the new format? And is this a format that you would like to continue?
Thank you to those who sent in questions, and thank you for standing with us.
Comments (14)
I really enjoyed this, it's a great format for both answering supporters' questions and getting a bit more of an idea of the realities of working as a journalist in wartime Ukraine. I'd be very happy if you continued to do quarterly videos in this format (or more regularly, but given how incredibly busy all the staff must be it's important to keep it manageable). Keep up the great work.
Dumb idea 2 - temporarily rejoin Lithuania which has a much older connection to Ukrainian lands than russia does, immediately granting NATO protection.
Dumb idea - allow Poland to temporarily annex Ukraine, immediately granting the territory of Ukraine protection under NATO article 5.
Thank you. Very informative. I look forward to more like this.
Thank you very much for addressing my question about low level corruption. The question was asked correctly at the beginning. In the answer, however, it was increasingly reduced to official state decision-makers. I was talking about an even lower level. The smooth transition from normal business to corruption. The normal everyday life. It's something you just got used to in Ukraine. Maybe that's why it's just not noticeable anymore. But I think you have to start here. If you tolerate it here, then corruption is a social consensus. And that is what is dangerous.
I think every country has corruption. I doubt there is a tremendous amount more of it in Ukraine, but Russian propaganda has everybody focusing on it out of proportion to the reality.
You all are brilliant people! Respect! Love & support from the Far East.
Y'all sound like a good group - curious & savvy. If you keep supporting each other, keep being positive, you will make yourselves a better future.
Regarding corruption reporting, it is important to continue these investigations. I think American support for Ukraine is not hurt by exposing corruption but it is important to balance the stories with positive news of what individuals, the government, and the army are doing that accentuate the differences between Ukraine and Russia. Stories of humane treatment of POWs and civilians by the army in the war zones are important to counter the anti war narrative from politicians who would argue the money spent on the war could be better spent domestically in the US and other countries in Europe.
This was fabulous. Thank you for doing this.
Keep up your good work. Free societies depend on the existence of a free press.
HI, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW GAYS ARE TREATED IN THE UKRAINAN ARMY AND HOW DOES THE PUBLIC REACT TO THEM
Hello Roberto, Thank you for your comment. I will pass this idea along to the editorial team
ROBERTO ECHAVARREN