Ukraine: public television proved the right to life - euronews

This small studio where they work only 30 reporters and editors became widely known because of the way covered the events in Kiev, took place in the last three months. “Gromadska” that is “public” television planned to begin broadcasting in the day of the signing of the Association Agreement and the European Union of Ukraine. But beginning on November 22 protests forced journalists to go on the air the same day.

“The idea was to create a truly independent broadcasting on the principles of public television as it occurs elsewhere in Europe, the UK or Germany, because socially responsible television was not. Internet gave us this opportunity, “says Natalia Gumenuk, journalist and host of” Gromadska TV “.

“When we went on the air on the Internet, there was a certain environment on the market, it is understood as information covered developments. And it is clear that the Ukrainian event viewer did not get first, adequately, and secondly quickly. That is, that right here and now no one channel did not show “- says her colleague Mustafa Nye.

Direct interventions and reports from the streets of Kiev, sometimes just taken on a mobile phone become the hallmark of the studio and attracted to her large audience.

“Somewhere exceeded half a million on the night was the first acceleration, that is, on the night of 29 to 30 November,” – says Mustafa Nye.

Live discussing the events of their members, leading politicians. Balance and objectivity
journalists consider the main principles of their work.

“Such independent media, like ours, is to avoid the mistakes made in the year 2004, when journalists” fell “into the opposition and a very long silence. We are from the early days to all take very critically. We are a tool that represents citizens and forces the authorities to be accountable to them, “- said Natalia Gumenuk.

His confidence

viewers confirm own wallets. Only the existence of the new media was collected four million hryvnia – an unprecedented amount for Ukrainian kraudfandinga.

“In the last three months of Ukrainian media space was extremely polarized. Sounded radically different point of view: those that passed independent journalists civil position, and had a group of pro-government TV channels that manipulated information, and is now responsible for the massacres in the center of Kiev. Part of the blame for this lies with the journalists, “- says Oksana Romaniuk, representative of” Reporters without Borders.

start from scratch “Gromadska TV” look today 210,500 subscribers to U-Tube and more than 85,000 on Facebook.