On Monday, September 23, within the framework of the project “The Fourth Estate: Influence, Challenges, Responsibility”, an open lecture by Ukrainian journalist and publicist Vitaliy Portnykov was held for students of I. I. Mechnikov Odesa National University.
The main goal of the lectures is to increase the quality, objectivity, non-involvement of media content and, as a result, to increase the level of critical thinking and objectivity of assessments of information and events by Ukrainians. Society should be well informed about events in the country and the world, and the information received should be as honest, fair as possible, without distortion of information. Public trust should be a priority in the work of the media.
A television version will be made on the basis of the lecture, which will be shown on the air of the media partner of the project – the Espreso TV channel.
The next lecture will be held in Ostrog, Rivne region. In addition, events are planned in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia and Kyiv.
The event was organized by the NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” with the support of the Media Development Fund of the US Embassy in Ukraine. The Faculty of Journalism, Advertising and Publishing of Odesa State University named after I. I. Mechnikov acted as an organizational partner. The media partner of the event is Espreso TV channel.
