Master classes for practicing fixers

On February 29, 2024, the second master class was held as part of the online course "Practical fixing. We help the world learn the truth about Ukraine."
Students of the specialty 061 Journalism together with Andrii Solomakhin, associate professor of the department of Ukrainian and Slavic philology and journalism, attended the second meeting on the topic "Intercultural differences: why they are important."
Orest Semotyuk - the speaker of the event, spoke about the nuances of the fixer's work with foreign partners, answering the following questions in detail:
- whether Ukrainians and foreigners perceive the world in the same way, and how this can hinder the coverage of the topic of war;
- how the national characteristics of foreign journalists affect the organization of the team's work;
- communication and negotiations with media editors of different countries;
- how to get along with fixers and foreign journalists despite the difference in culture and outlook.
As a reminder, the project started on January 30 and consists of 4 master classes aimed at practicing fixers and novice fixers, journalists, editors, translators, and students.
The coach of the meetings is Orest Semotyuk. Fixer since 2017, worked for DIE ZEIT, SPIEGEL, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Volkskraant (Netherlands), Weltwoche, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), Al Jazzeera, Il Foglio (Italy) and others. Expert of the Institute of Democracy named after Pylypa Orlyka, a researcher of political humor in the conditions of war.
The author is Sofia Lutsenko