Bohdan Bondarenko, a Kyiv native, fell in love with law back in high school. He enrolled in a financial-law lyceum and later in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ,...
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
About Ukraine in English — seven great podcasts worth listening to
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Julia Shapovalova and Anatoliy Burbeza are a brother-and-sister duo who have loved travelling since childhood. Their parents instilled this passion: their mother, a...
An engineer by education, 40-year-old Philip Grishin was born and raised in Kharkiv. Over 17 years ago, he and his brother Vadym launched a business making DIY kits for...
For 36-year-old Olga Tsybytovska, London has always played a special part. Born in Dnipro, she was drawn to British culture from a young age. In 2005, she moved to Kyiv, where...
Join UP! is a Ukrainian tour operator founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Yurii Alba, Within just five years, it became a leader in its market segment thanks to attractive...
Ladó Agency is now among New York’s most dynamic PR firms, partnering with brands across Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe. Its founder, Armenian Lado Kostandian, is a true...
Kateryna Prykhodko has loved animals since childhood. Growing up on Sakhalin Island, she was surrounded by wild nature and the lifestyle of a small family farm. That childhood...
