Tuesday 1 April 2014

It's April Fools' Day: Do Not Let Propaganda Fool You!

Dear Readers,

Thank you so much for reading me again. :) It's like I am now a perfect example of a student not being thrown on the street without any job opportunities, but a happily working young professional. :) If you Google 'I got hired', guess what appears on the first page? (although, if I was to choose the most creative graduate to get hired, this would be this genius LEGO fan).

As all of you may know, one of the hottest trends around the international media now is Ukrainian-Russian crisis (read: Russian occupation of Crimea, Putin using the whole country to satisfy his imperial ambitions and so on). I did not initially want to write anything on this issue, because I am not a political expert, but I am Ukrainian and I cannot keep calm. :)

Thus, I thought I would just share a number of valuable English-language sources on Ukrainian issue, that might shed some light on the crisis (these are actually the official trusted sources that do not participate in propaganda and bullshitting and simply cover facts). However, once again, these are my sources of choice, so they reflect my vision of objective media.


















By the way, if you are a journalists you can email me anytime to get details and media contacts.

So here they are:

1.  StopFake - not sure if the news is real, visit this website and check it out
2. Ukraine Crisis Media Center - all the official press-releases and news from the most influential speakers
3. KyivPost - English language Ukrainian newspaper covering events on the ground

A couple of stories to check out:

5. An open letter of famous Ukrainian writer on the protests in Kyiv
6. My interview for the Glasgow's alternative press - amazing brand new source The WeeG
7. Very thoughtful piece from journalism.co.uk explaining the whole media situation in Ukraine

International media to provide great coverage of the issue:
8. Mashable - and yes, this is my most favorite source and everything they do, they do brilliant!
9. The Economist - featured great article on Russian propaganda and many more important subjects
10. The Guardian - deliberate journalism, great analysis and debunking of propagandists' plans

Of course this is just a tiny little list, so it is not full. If you think there is something valuable I have not mentioned - let me know.

P.S. I would appreciate the English language sources or those that provide translation or subtitles.

P.P.S. HIMYM ends with the death of Barney's Granny... ;-) ... more like a :-(
Happy first day of April to you guys!