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Telling the human stories of war: Q&A with Tim Mak of The Counteroffensive and Kyiv Independent Deputy Chief Editor Toma Istomina (Patreon)

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2024-02-25 20:11:39
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We’re excited to announce our next community event: a Q&A with Tim Mak, the founder of The Counteroffensive, a Kyiv-based publication focused on telling the human stories of war during Russia’s full-scale invasion.

On March 14, Tim Mak will join our Deputy Chief Editor Toma Istomina to answer your questions and discuss the importance of telling the human stories of war and what goes into reporting on Russia’s full-scale invasion for a Western audience.

Tim Mak used to be an investigative correspondent for NPR, as well as a combat medic in the U.S. Army. He launched The Counteroffensive in the spring of 2023, in anticipation of Ukraine’s planned summer counteroffensive, aiming to provide a more holistic approach to war reporting. You can find The Counteroffensive on Substack here and join their 51,000 subscribers.

Register for the Q&A and submit your questions here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-OGSDLGWTLqvFSjQggPgcg

After registering, you will immediately receive the meeting information and will automatically be sent a one-hour reminder.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, March. 14, at 8 p.m. Kyiv time (1 p.m. EST).

We hope to see you there!

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Rfu

Your news reports are very important, but occasionally publishing 2-3 minute Youtube dramatisations of what Russia are doing to Ukraine and the world could have even more impact. With adequate promotion, those videos should yield a lot of views. For instance, I heard on the news that Russia is using forced labour from the areas they have taken to build defence lines. That sounds bad, but a short dramatisation about what this really means should have immense impact, particularly if it went something like this: Women and children from a captured Urkainian village are digging trenches as Russian soldiers stand over them with assault weapons, yelling curses and denigrating the labouring villagers. A young mother turns to look up from the trench with tears on her face to say: "Please give my son a break and a little food. He is very sick." A russian soldier shoots her young child through the head, laughs, and says, "There, I take care of problem." The mother screams and lunges, but the soldier then shoots her as well. He then turns to the other labourers and says: "She got special reward for her work. Anybody else want special reward? No? Then get back to work! Now!" Afterwards, the soldier turns to his comrade to say: "We will use all of Ukraine's resources to take Europe and then all of Europe's to destroy the United States. Russian Peace forever!" Short dramatisations like this would have a deep impact if properly promoted.

Lukia Costello

That’s a great idea but they don’t produce that kind of media. It’s also a whole different thing. You’re talking about something scripted. It requires the kind of crew and budget that far surpasses a podcast. A production company or team that does this kind of work might be able to do something with this idea. It’s not what this particular team does.

Lukia Costello

If you are passionate about this you are the one to pitch it. I encourage you to do so. You will learn a lot.