In Kharkiv and Dnipro, on November 11-12, within the framework of the project “The Fourth Estate: Influence, Challenges, Responsibility”, open lectures by Ukrainian journalist and publicist Vitaliy Portnykov were held.
The first was a lecture for students of Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin. The second was a lecture for students of Dnipro National University named after Oles Gonchar.
Both lectures were attended by a large number of listeners, which indicates the high interest of the audience. More than 110 listeners in Kharkiv, and more than 120 in Dnipro – mostly students, teachers, media representatives and interested citizens.
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.
Based on the lecture, a television version will be produced, 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 the city of Vinnytsia. This will be the penultimate lecture within the project, the last one will be held in Kyiv.
The organizer of the event is the NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”, with the support of the Media Development Fund of the US Embassy in Ukraine. Organizational partners were Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin and Dnipro National University named after Oles Honchar. The media partner of the event is Espreso TV channel.
