(In photo: Kyiv Post publisher Mohammad Zahoor and his wife, Ukrainian singer-actress Kamaliya, cut the cake to celebrate the Kyiv Post's 20th Anniversary Gala on Sept. 19 in the Kyiv Hilton.)To commemorate its 20th anniversary as a newspaper on Sept. 19, the Kyiv Post prepared three videos: One with endorsements from 20 readers, a second on the newspaper's history and a third on the role of the non-profit Media Development Foundation, founded by Kyiv Post journalists.
20 years – 20 stories
The 20 years – 20 stories video collects stories and greetings from a cross-section of readers, fans and business partners.
Among those featured are First Lady Maryna Poroshenko, who said she respects the spirit of the newspaper embodied in its motto of “Independence. Community. Trust.”
Anna Derevyanko, the executive director of the European Business Association, talks about finding her job through the Kyiv Post employment advertising section.
Sergei Gusovsky, a restaurateur, explains why he distributes the newspaper in his establishments.
And Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said she has been a fan of the Kyiv Post from its inception in 1995, calling it the most informative and independent English-language publication about Ukraine.
These are just four of the 20 testimonials — perhaps you have your own?
These 20 people tell their story about why the Kyiv Post is important to them.
The list of Kyiv Post readers and fans in the video:
1. Anna Derevyanko, executive director of European Business Association
2. Stuart McKenzie, president of Kyiv Lions Club
3. Olga Rondiak, artist
4. Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska, member of parliament of Ukraine
5. Jacqui Banaszynski, professor of Missouri School of Journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner
6. Josef Graf, managing director of Porsche Ukraine
7. Sofiia Brusnitsyna, non-English speaking fan of the Kyiv Post (she likes the cartoons)
8. Sergei Gusovsky, owner of Gusovsky’s restaurants
9. Natalie Jaresko, Ukraine’s finance minister
10. Yevgen Sysoyev, managing partner of AVentures Capital
11. Vitaly Sych, chief editor of Novoye Vremya and former Kyiv Post staff writer
12. Yaryna Ferencevych, press attache of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv
13. Denys Krasnikov, student intern at the Kyiv Post
14. Maryna Poroshenko, first lady of Ukraine
15. Roman Zinchenko, head of projects at Greencubator
16. George Logush, president of the Kyiv School of Economics
17. Hassan Ragab, general manager of Hilton Kyiv
18. Pavlo Shylko, director of PS Media
19. Klaudia Shevelyuk, chief operating officer of Vasil Kisil & Partners
20. Bozhena Sheremeta, Kyiv Post tech journalist
Kyiv Post history
Another video in the Kyiv Post’s 20th Anniversary Series tells the story of the Kyiv Post, from its founding in 1995 by American Jed Sunden to the modern-day era after British citizen Mohammad Zahoor bought the publication in July 2009. The video is narrated by Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner, who notes the rise in the newspaper’s international readership since the EuroMaidan Revolution and Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner narrates the history of the Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s English-language newspaper founded in 1995.
Media Development Foundation
The video tells a story of the non-profit Media Development Foundation, launched by Kyiv Post journalists in 2014. The organization raises money to promote investigative journalism, student exchanges and training for young media professionals. The foundation has six ongoing projects and has helped more than 1,000 journalists, editors and trainers to take part in various projects in some 35 partner newsrooms all over Ukraine.
For more information visit its Facebook page.
Daryna Shevchenko, a Kyiv Post staff writer and executive director of the Media Development Foundation, talks about the foundation and its goals of contributing to investigative journalism, training and journalism exchanges.
The video was filmed by Anastasia Vlasova and Natalia Dolgopolova.
