Editor's Note: The Kyiv Post asked 20 readers to talk about what the newspaper means to them and Ukraine in honor of the newspaper’s 20th anniversary. Here are excerpts. The entire video can be seen at the Kyiv Post’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/kyivpostnewspaper
20 readers tell about what Kyiv Post means to them.
Maryna Poroshenko,
first lady of Ukraine
“The staff is doing important work presenting Ukraine to the English-speaking world, showing the true picture of Ukrainian life. The newspaper was among the first to name the events in the east as Russia’s war against Ukraine…From the bottom of my heart, I wish you happy birthday. Kyiv Post — you’re looking great at 20. I hope all goes well for you in the future.”
Anna Derevyanko,
executive director, European Business Association:
“I was invited through the Kyiv Post to chair the European Business Association.”
Stuart McKenzie,
president of Kyiv Lions Club
“I am still reading it today because of the fantastic journalism.”
Olga Rondiak,
artist
“I’ve always admired this newspaper for its boldness and its integrity.”
Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska,
member of parliament
“Please read the Kyiv Post even before breakfast, in the morning, as I do.”
Jacqui Banaszynski,
professor of Missouri School of Journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner
“They keep doing their job with professionalism, independence and integrity in the face of financial threats, in the face of corruption and in the face of a very terrible war.”
Josef Graf, Porsche Finance Group
managing director of Porsche Ukraine
“The audience of Kyiv Post is very well-defined: This is well-educated people with international language skills – what is mainly our target group, the intellectual backbone of the country.”
Vitaly Sych,
chief editor of Novoye Vremya and former Kyiv Post staff writer
“I think the Kyiv Post over the last 20 years has been setting the standard for journalism. I think it was the first paper to introduce complete separation between the ad department and editorial. It was one of the first papers where people would never accept bribes.”
Yaryna Ferencevych,
press attache of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv
“For our job, for doing diplomacy, it’s important to make sure we have the right insights and your reporters and your staff understand what’s going on in Kyiv and broader Ukraine and this allows us to better understand and talk to Ukraine’s leaders.”
Sofiia Brusnitsyna,
non-English speaking fan of the Kyiv Post
“I’ve admired the Kyiv Post since 2008. Mostly I’m interested in the cartoons…I cut them out.”
Sergei Gusovsky,
owner of Gusovsky’s restaurants
“It’s been a great friendship for all those many years that passed and I am looking forward to keep going together, with the Kyiv Post.”
Natalie Jaresko,
Ukraine’s finance minister
“I am a big supporter of the most independent and informative English-language journal in Ukraine today…It gives all of us in the Ukrainian government a very good outlet to understanding the international community and the international community’s view of what we are doing.”
Denys Krasnikov,
student intern at the Kyiv Post
“The Kyiv Post is the great newspaper with high standards. Every journalist can learn from professionals there.”
Roman Zinchenko,
head of projects at Greencubator
“Keep the bar high in terms of reporting, in terms of global vision and in terms of uncovering the truth and bringing the light to the darkest corners of the complex process, both domestic and global.”
George Logush,
president of the Kyiv School of Economics
“The Kyiv Post is a chronicle of everything that has happened in Ukraine in all these years, reports, news, investigative reports. It’s accurate, it’s precise, it’s verified. For us, this is a valuable learning and teaching tool.”
Yevgen Sysoyev,
managing partner of AVentures Capital
“Follow the Kyiv Post to hear about the first Ukrainian unicorn.”
Hassan Ragab,
general manager of Hilton Kyiv
“When I took over the position of general manager at Hilton Kyiv in Ukraine, it was very important for me to stay updated with all local news. I can confidently say that the Kyiv Post became the personal insiders’ guide to Ukrainian political and economic situation.”
Pavlo Shylko,
director of PS Media
“Keep doing what you’re doing.”
Klaudia Shevelyuk,
chief operating officer of Vasil Kisil & Partners
“I do remember the early times of the Kyiv Post and the old staff who helped to form the community and to gether business under shared values. They really made a great impetus into helping Kyiv Post in 20 years to become what it is today.”
Bozhena Sheremeta,
Kyiv Post tech journalist
“I discovered the Kyiv Post in 2008. I was 15 and studying in the 10th grade in school in a small city in Vinnytsia Oblast…After seven years passed, I’m a tech journalist at the Kyiv Post and it feels great to be, as my father said, ‘one of those very smart people’ that are writing for the Kyiv Post. I am writing about Ukraine tech businesses and their successes on the global scene.”
