, as they say, by yourself, and it is you who honors you to be a candidate. for the award, and anna babinetsa rudenko are also nearby , well, we don't know, the intrigue persists, and if you were the head of this jury panel, who would you be, for example, you are not among the finalists, there are anna babinets and olga rudenko, well, accordingly, who would you give the prize to if you were the head of the jury, and there is no head of the jury, i think, they just say that in imagination, that is, your if there was a voice, listen, why? we will imagine what is not there. if we talk about journalism, then we work with reality, not with someone who imagines something. there is no chief jury. the value of this award is not that the chairman of the jury gives something to someone, but the value of this award is that there is a chapter, that is, it is people who vote by rating voting, so whoever they vote for is the right one. it seems to me that this is their choice, this is the first moment. now, as for anna and olga, i would have a very... difficult choice, but i would a very difficult choice,

this year for the award nominated three journalists: anna babinets, tetiana troshchynska and olga rudenkoard was given by the chapter. the director of the department of strategic analysis and development of socially influential content at the social media tetyana troshchynska. i, i am shocked, it's nice, of course, i'm shocked, for me it's not just a great honor, i don't even know how to gather my thoughts now, you see, i read about languages, because it was honest, well, i was afraid that i would forget all the words, they are very strong my colleagues, this year's nominees, anna and olga, well, i don't know how, how it happened, well, because they were absolutely worthy to receive this award as well. according to the terms of the award, only members of the chapter have the right to nominate journalists for its award and to determine the winners of special awards. according to the unchanging tradition, there are nine people, including the wife of georgy gongadze, journalist myroslava gongadze. among the 30 nominees, the chapter chose three finalists and announced the winner already durin

this year , three journalists are applying for it, anna babinets, the head of the investigative agency slidstvo-info, as well as the director of the department of strategic analysis and development of socially influential content in the public sphere, tetyana troshchynska, and the founder and chief. editor of the edition for kyiv and independent olga rudenko. what do the contestants themselves say about this prize, about this award, as far as it is for they are important, let's hear them right now. a person with the largest in the country, and to be nominated for the second time is a great honor, probably means that during these two years i also did something else that seemed to be noticeable to the chapter. i am very happy with the company i am in. anna and olga are indisputable... professional journalists, media managers, editors, yes, who each do in their own field, well, just huge things, there are probably still two small differences, this year we have three nominees at once, three of ukrainian journalists who made it to the finals, to our short list, and obviously it must be said

this year, three journalists were nominated for the award: anna babinets, tetiana troshchynska and olgaenko. honors chapter award gave to the director of the strategic department.

journalists are applying for it, they are the head of the investigation agency slidstvo-info, anna babinetsctor of the department of strategic analysis and development of socially influential content on the public tetyana troshchynska and the founder and editor-in-chief'. professional journalists, media managers, editors, yes, who each do in their own field, well, just huge things, there are probably still two small differences, this year we have three nominees, three ukrainian journalists who made it to the final, in our short list, and obviously it must be said that during a full-scale invasion for us, as organizers of the award named after georgy gongadze, our fallen colleague... colleagues, it is very important for us to speak and preserve the memory of our fallen colleagues and lullabies i would like to remind you that the george konkatsa award is one of the main awards for professional journalists in ukraine. it was founded in 2019 by the ukrainian pam, together with the family of heorhiy gongadze, as well as the ukrainian pravda publication, and the kyiv-mohyla business school and pu

this year, three journalists were nominated for the award: anna babinets, tetiana troshchynska and olga rudenko. the chapter awarded the award to the director of the strategic department. you see, i read the speech because it was honest, well, i was afraid that i would forget these words, they are very strong . i don't even know how to gather my thoughts right now, my colleagues, this year's nominees, anna and olga, well, i don't know how it happened , well , because... they absolutely deserved to receive this award as well. according to the terms of the award, only members of the chapter have the right to nominate journalists to receive it and determine the winners of special awards. according to the unchanging tradition, there are nine people, including the wife of georgy gongadze, journalist myroslava gongadze. among the 30 nominees , the chapter chose three finalists and announced the winner already during the ceremony. this work is never easy. that is, every year a different chapter, a different jury meets, but every time it is the same difficult discussion, and it is also a very d

yury nikolov or with the journalist, the investigation info, investigation info, actually just anna babinets, whom at that time, this special operation ended badly for the author of the special operation and the author of the leak, because he has now ceased to be the head of the department and cybercrime of the security service of ukraine. in a word, it shows that it is not easy for journalists to be now, and what is the mission of a journalist now, where to find the right voice, because another colleague of mine, sorry for the long introduction, for example, recently returned from the forum, where he went from private initiative, simply because he has... three children, and he could go to perugia on a personal invitation, where a large media forum was held, and ukraine was represented there only by journalists, investigators, who were also invited, and this also distorts a certain other such optics, that ukraine is a country where it exists only corruption is not good either. in a word, now the role of journalists is very difficult , ms. larisa, how would you define the motto of a modern jo

interviews on the eve of our ceremony today, there were public events with them, and i remember how anna babinets, an investigative journalist, said that even in wartime, journalists should monitor the work of the authorities, criticize it, point out mistakes, point out some completely illegal things in their work, and it is very important that our journalists. and continue to do it, even in the conditions of war, they continue to do the work that journalists are obliged to perform in a democratic state. at the same time, obviously, perhaps you will still ask about certain problems, about things that concern the human rights circle inside ukraine, about things that are always pointed out abroad, and the diplomatic corps and the human rights environment, of course, point out that , that... that despite the war, the authorities still want to control the media, they still want to indicate what they can cover, what they can't, and it's obvious that the marathon that on... the invasion looked like a certain justified decision, yes the desire to unite the country with important urgent news, some rules