War reporting in Ukraine with The Washington Post’s Kyiv bureau - a podcast by Медуза / Meduza

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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 journalism

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