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STILL FIGHTING Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko talks to reporters on the streets of the city (top)
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not this year – and roadblocks at every village, even a 300km journey can take days,” explains Keddie. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an ongoing story. Coverage will evolve as the war does, and even the best reporting is only going to capture a fraction of what is occurring – or what already has. Newsgathering, data collection, testimony and legal action are all essential for documenting as much of the factual landscape as possible, so the truth can be better revealed over time. There will be moments of
this war known only to the people who experienced them. But the more truthful details news agencies are able to produce and make widely available, the more time we will have to delay – maybe even prevent – the next global catastrophe. “Working in a war zone is never easy,” Keddie continues. “Shortages of food and water, air strikes and the risk of siege are very real. It is hard to find a positive among this mess and horror, but one thing I can say is how proud we should be of all the teams working in difficult circumstances. Whether
ITN, BBC, Sky, CNN or any of our colleagues across the industry, I can say with pride that we have brought stories of the Ukrainian people, and had a real-world impact on the international response. “If we had relied on agency pictures or voices unfamiliar to our viewers, it wouldn’t have had the same impact as being told in ways easily related to by our own reporters and camera crews. At ITN, it’s stories of ordinary people that matter, and we have been able to tell them to the world. Of that we can be very proud.”
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