Information Front: How World and Ukrainian Agencies Work in Wartime

Today, March 31, 2026, an open lecture by Associate Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Language and Journalism Anzhelika Shulzhenko was held for higher education applicants in the C7 Journalism specialty. The topic of the meeting – “Ukrainian and International Information Agencies During Wartime: Specifics of Work and Media Influence” – became a platform for an in-depth analysis of the transformations that the modern media system has undergone under the influence of the global armed conflict.

During the lecture, Anzhelika Shulzhenko focused on the strategic role of national information agencies, in particular Ukrinform and UNIAN. It was analyzed how domestic media professionals build a real-time content verification system and counteract disinformation waves. The lecturer placed special emphasis on ethical aspects: how to maintain professional standards of accuracy and objectivity when information becomes an element of national security.

A separate block of the lesson was devoted to the analysis of the activities of world media giants: Reuters, Associated Press and AFP. The speaker demonstrated using specific cases how the framing of events in international news feeds affects the formation of the world agenda and international support for Ukraine. Students had the opportunity to discuss the phenomenon of the “attention economy” and the mechanisms by which short news messages are transformed into political decisions and humanitarian initiatives at the global level.

The lecture ended with an active discussion about the future of the profession. Anzhelika Shulzhenko emphasized that for a modern journalist, it is critically important not only to master the technologies of fast data transmission, but also to have deep media literacy and awareness of one’s own responsibility for every word published. The meeting became an important stage in the preparation of future specialists capable of working professionally in the conditions of extreme challenges of modernity.

Anzhelika Shulzhenko, Associate Professor
of the Department of Ukrainian Language and Journalism