Yuliana Skibitska

Editor

I was born and raised in Zaporizhzhia and worked in journalism since 2012. I started my career at the local wired station Radio Try and the newspaper Mriya. In 2014, I moved to Kyiv and worked for the newspaper Segodnya, Hromadske TV, wrote for Ukrainska Pravda, Charitum, Liga.net, The Guardian, PenOpp, and others.

In 2019, I joined Babel as an editor, later became a deputy editor-in-chief at Zaborona, and then returned to Babel. In 2020, I won the Honour of the Profession award in the Constructive Journalism category.

Currently, I teach two courses for aspiring journalists at Kyiv Media School and collaborate with the History Unit project by n-ost.

Publications of the author

Ukrainian Ciepło in Poland: How Olena Mykhailovska opened a home-style Ukrainian restaurant in Krakow — an interview
If you turn off the Vistula River promenade near Krakow’s Grunwald Bridge , you’ll find yourself on Józefa Dietla Street, named after a prominent physician and former...
Indposhiv suits are worn by Zelenskyy, Zaluzhnyi, and hundreds of others. Brand founder Kateryna Vozianova shares how she got there — in an interview at her Kingsman-style atelier
In 2009, 25-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur Kateryna Vozianova founded Indposhiv, a brand of classic men’s clothing. The three-person team started out in a small apartment...
“This is art”: How Stas Voytenko went from a car repair shop to building pedalboards for New York jazz stars — an interview
Stas Voytenko is from Donetsk. He fell in love with music back in the eighth grade. He learned to play guitar, upgraded old Soviet speakers, and built his first rehearsal...
“I make it like I’d make it for myself.” Ukrainian chef Silvia Bronetska opened SiFood restaurant in Cyprus. Here’s her story — and what inspires her work
Silvia Bronetska is a 43-year-old mother of three, food blogger , and chef from Odesa . After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she and her...
"A woman has the right to wear what she likes." How Ukrainian fashion found a home in Valencia — the story of Lucir
In 2019, Iryna Nosova, a former English teacher, and her husband Volodymyr launched Gum, a high-end fashion boutique in downtown Kharkiv. What started as a single store soon...
“Never Skip Ukrainian Cabaret”: ten ukrainian performances you absolutely shouldn’t miss
Ukrainian theatre is having a major moment: tickets are selling out months in advance, and clips from performances are racking up millions of views on TikTok. One standout...
“Why shouldn’t I be the exception?” From a Kherson barbershop to owning a salon in Manhattan: the story of hairdresser Leo Hrabko
Today, Leo Hrabko is a trendy hairdresser in Manhattan. But the road to success was anything but easy. Born in Kherson, a small city in southern Ukraine, Leo grew up knowing...
Valeriia Samoilenko has lived through the loss of her father, emigration, and personal crisis. Now, she runs her own event agency on the island of Bali and has found balance and inner peace
Valeriia Samoilenko, now 25, was born into a family of successful furniture entrepreneurs in Kremenchuk. She was raised with a deep appreciation for the arts instilled...

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