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Natalie Gryvnyak

@nataliegryvnyak

Journalist for Foreign Media: Bylines @WP, @WSJ, @PRI, @PBS, @OCCRP etc, media & film producer, com consultant, founder - InFeatures Story Production.

Joined April 2009
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That feeling when a guy two years younger became a prime minister 😂


A candle is being done in Odessa by woman from Mariupol. She casts kremlin to be burned. She named them "The Fire of Ukrainian Rage".

nataliegryvnyak's tweet image. A candle is being done in Odessa by woman from Mariupol. She casts kremlin to be burned. She named them "The Fire of Ukrainian Rage".

Remembering those who died due to artificially created genocide - famine, organized by Soviet government. Putin right now is continuing to eradicate Ukrainian nation as Soviet’s did

nataliegryvnyak's tweet image. Remembering those who died due to artificially created genocide - famine, organized by Soviet government. Putin right now is continuing to eradicate Ukrainian nation as Soviet’s did

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🍿🍿🍿 Ukrainian drone commander who fought Wagner forces in Bakhmut and Soledar appears to be thoroughly enjoying the insurrection unfolding across the border.


Kryviy Rig today. 11 dead, 28 injured. Russian missile directly hit peaceful citizens. At night. The Russians favorite time of attack. #UKRAINE #UkraineRussiaWar

nataliegryvnyak's tweet image. Kryviy Rig today. 11 dead, 28 injured. Russian missile directly hit peaceful citizens. At night. The Russians favorite time of attack. #UKRAINE #UkraineRussiaWar️

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Russian terrorists have once again proved that they are a threat to everything living. The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine is absolutely deliberate. At least 100 thousand people lived in these areas before the Russian invasion. At least tens of…

ZelenskyyUa's tweet image. Russian terrorists have once again proved that they are a threat to everything living. The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine is absolutely deliberate. At least 100 thousand people lived in these areas before the Russian invasion. At least tens of…
ZelenskyyUa's tweet image. Russian terrorists have once again proved that they are a threat to everything living. The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine is absolutely deliberate. At least 100 thousand people lived in these areas before the Russian invasion. At least tens of…
ZelenskyyUa's tweet image. Russian terrorists have once again proved that they are a threat to everything living. The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine is absolutely deliberate. At least 100 thousand people lived in these areas before the Russian invasion. At least tens of…
ZelenskyyUa's tweet image. Russian terrorists have once again proved that they are a threat to everything living. The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine is absolutely deliberate. At least 100 thousand people lived in these areas before the Russian invasion. At least tens of…

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11/10 Objectivity does not mean treating an event as a coin flip between two public statements. It demands thinking about the objects and the settings that readers require for understanding amidst uncertainty.


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10. The setting includes military history. Armies that are attacking do not blow dams to block their own path of advance.  Armies that are retreating do blow dams to slow the advance of the other side.  Ukraine was advancing, and Russia was retreating.


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9. The story doesn't start at the moment the dam explodes. For the last fifteen months Russia has been killing Ukrainian civilians and destroying Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, whereas Ukraine has been trying to protect its people and the structures that keep them alive.


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8. Russia was in control of the relevant part of the dam when it exploded. This is an elemental part of the context. It comes before what anyone says. When a murder is investigated, detectives think about means. Russia had the means. Ukraine did not.


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7. Dams are objects. How they can be destroyed is a subject for experts. This NYT story has the merit of treating dams as physical rather than narrative objects. It becomes clear that the dam was likely destroyed by an explosion from the inside. nytimes.com/2023/06/06/wor…


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6.  When a story begins with bothsidesing, readers are instructed that an object in the physical world (like a dam) is just an element of narrative. They are guided into the wrong genre (literature) right at the moment when analysis is needed. This does their minds a disservice.


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5. If Russian propaganda for external consumption is cited, so must that for internal consumption. Propagandists long argued that Ukrainian dams should be blown. A Russian parliamentarian takes for granted Russia blew the dam and rejoices. See @JuliaDavisNews


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4. If a Russian spokesman (e.g. Dmitri Peskov) must be cited, it must be mentioned that this specific figure has lied about every aspect of this war. This is not insult but context.  Readers picking up the story in the middle need to know the background.


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3. Citing Russian claims next to Ukrainian claims is unfair to the Ukrainians.  What Russian spokespersons have said has almost always been untrue, whereas what Ukrainian spokespersons have said has largely been reliable. The juxtaposition suggests a false equality.


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2. When a Russian spokesperson claims that Ukraine did something (e.g. blow a dam), this is not part of a story of an event in the real world.  It is part of a different story: about all the outrageous claims Russia has made about Ukraine since invading in 2014.


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1. Avoid the temptation to bothsides a calamity.  That's not journalism.


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0/10 The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, controlled by Russia, has been destroyed. This brings humanitarian, ecological, and economic disaster to Ukrainians. Here are some guidelines for writing about this catastrophe.


Dog holds a man after being saved from the dam explosion in Kherson region. #UkraineRussianWar Photo by Sergiy Karavanskiy

nataliegryvnyak's tweet image. Dog holds a man after being saved from the dam explosion in Kherson region. #UkraineRussianWar Photo by  Sergiy Karavanskiy

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