Kherson State University

Friday, April 11, 2025

IV All-Ukrainian Methodological Workshop for Modern Language Teachers: Day Three

The participants learnt about the possibilities of artificial intelligence in the educational process thanks to the experience of Olena Popova (Kyiv National Linguistic University) and Larysa Makarenko (East Ukrainian National University named after V. Dahl).

Olena Popova drew attention to the peculiarities of query formation and demonstrated the use of AI tools using the examples of Canva, Copilot, Consensus, ChatGPT, Gemini, Gamma - these and other resources are nowadays also useful for educators.

However, in addition to such benefits as content generation or automation of routine processes, there are also risks associated with compliance with the principles of integrity and the quality of generated materials.

At the end of the meeting, the participants spoke about their own experience of using AI. And, of course, they were convinced that many more topics are worth discussing at the next Workshop, which we dream of holding in Kherson....

Thursday, April 10, 2025

IV All-Ukrainian Methodological Workshop for Modern Language Teachers: Day Two

Today's meetings at the Workshop were full of practical advice and pleasant memories, as the speakers were graduates of Kherson State University!

Alesia Panko, who now works at Kyiv Specialised School #52, shared how she promotes the Ukrainian language among her students, demonstrated examples of their creative work, and invited everyone to test their knowledge of philological curiosities with Kahoot. And Maria Shponka, a representative of Kherson Educational Complex No. 56, introduced the audience to a whole range of modern apps and platforms that will make the lesson dynamic and interesting at different stages. All the participants worked on the assignment in the session halls and took on several new digital tools.

The discussions were lively: what is the current language situation and what motivates modern students the most, how to develop speaking skills in distance learning and what is the place of AI in the educational process, are we losing the ‘text’ generation and what other challenges do language teachers face?

We thank our speakers for their wonderful speeches, professional advice and warm words to our teachers!

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

IV All-Ukrainian Methodological Workshop for Modern Language Teachers: Day One

The IV All-Ukrainian Methodological Workshop of the Modern Teacher of Language began its work under the moderation of Svitlana Klymovych, Head of the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism of KSU. The first vice-rector Serhii Omelchuk and the dean of the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism of KSU Irina Goshtanar welcomed the participants.

Together with students and linguists, philologists and language teachers from different parts of Ukraine, we had a valuable opportunity to hear the wise advice of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Maria Pentiliuk.

On the first day, the speakers were Mariia's postgraduate student Yulia Kosenko, who presented her own experience of teaching Ukrainian to foreign students using online technologies, and Iryna Kushnir, PhD in Education, Associate Professor and representative of Istanbul University, who focused on the issues of language consciousness and the formation of a linguistic personality.

And, of course, the participants of the Workshop expressed their congratulations and warm words to Maria Ivanovna Pentiliuk, who recently celebrated her birthday! Tomorrow we will continue our work with two more webinars. We invite you to join us!

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Updated educational programme: the key to success in journalism

The teachers of the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism held a meeting dedicated to the revision and improvement of the educational and professional programme of the speciality ‘Journalism’. During the event, the participants discussed key aspects of the programme update, taking into account the current challenges of the media sphere and labour market demands. The discussion was attended by the head of the department Svitlana Klymovych, the guarantor of the Journalism programme Andrii Solomakhin, as well as members of the working group Yuliia Yurina, Oksana Popkova, Vasyl Zahorodniuk, Iryna Haidaienko, and Tamara Mandych.

The participants analysed the content of the disciplines, discussed the current state of the media sphere and the needs of the labour market, and identified ways to improve the educational process.

The meeting was focused on developing students' practical skills, introducing digital technologies into the educational process and expanding the list of topics covering various aspects of modern journalism.

In the process of discussing the content of the programme, the suggestions of teachers and students were taken into account. All the developments will become the basis for the formation of an updated educational programme that will meet modern standards and the needs of the media industry.

The author is Oleksandr Sipko, 3rd year student majoring in Journalism.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

KSU journalism students took part in an online conference dedicated to the 3rd anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

‘Ukrainian media during the war: challenges, experience, future’ is a large-scale international online conference initiated by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

The event brought together more than 130 media professionals from Ukraine and the world to discuss the journey of Ukrainian journalism in the context of a full-scale war.

The meeting was moderated by Serhiy Tomilenko, Chairman of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, and Lina Kushch, First Secretary of the Union.

‘During this conference, we are looking for answers about our common future and the role of professional journalism in this ever-changing world,’ said Serhiy Tomilenko in his opening remarks.

A total of 20 speakers addressed the participants during 6 thematic panel discussions. They discussed a wide range of topics - from covering armed conflicts of our time to the mental health of journalists and stories of media professionals who have been captured by the occupiers.

Other topics discussed included mental exhaustion, adaptation to work in war, strengthening the economic sustainability of the media, the safety of journalists while covering events in dangerous areas, and keeping the international audience's attention on events in Ukraine.

Overall, the conference was a kind of summary of the activities of all Ukrainian media over the three years of full-scale war. Key problems and challenges were discussed and plans for the future were outlined.

The authors are 3rd year students of the speciality ‘Journalism’ Oleksandr Sipko and Valeria Kostyk

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Wednesday, February 05, 2025

How to create materials ‘ethically’: practical advice from KSU partners

In mid-January this year, the Commission on Journalism Ethics, which actively cooperates with Kherson State University, presented its 3rd edition of the Workshop on Journalism Ethics.

To be honest, until now, we have not had to dive deeply into the topic of ethics, except in specific classes during our studies or when we participated in journalism workshops or competitions. However, we understand that we have to be held strictly accountable for gaps in ethics, so we decided to brush up on our knowledge by ordering a workshop from CJE.

Although the manual has only four chapters, their content is informative. Two of them cover more traditional journalism issues, namely the most common mistakes in ethics and aspects of gender equality and non-discrimination in the media.

The issue of fact-checking particularly attracted our attention on these pages, as it is an integral part of the work of a modern journalist.

‘This is the only way to resist fakes, disinformation and manipulation,’ is how the authors describe the importance of complying with the provisions of the Code of Journalistic Ethics on fact-checking and information reliability.

The publishers also focused on responsibility, which is the first thing a journalist should pay attention to when writing a story:

‘Journalists should remember that their responsibility to the audience increases during the war. And the price of not only inaccurate but also incorrectly presented information can be too high,’ these lines aptly describe the importance of this standard for any media professional.

Sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination in the media are signs of unprofessionalism and incompetence, and this applies not only to the media. A separate section is devoted to the basic rules of gender equality. The theses are accompanied by the necessary practical examples, which allow us to consider and analyse typical mistakes made by journalists of both national and regional publications.

The other two sections focus on more pressing issues of our time: war and artificial intelligence.

Although ‘war never changes’, we need to know how to cover it properly to avoid one-sidedness and subjectivity in the presentation of materials.

This section presents a glossary of terms where you can find detailed explanations of the concepts of ‘military’ and ‘war’, ‘conflict’ and ‘war’, and others. We were also interested in the advice on how to write about prisoners of war, wounded and dead people.

In our opinion, this is the most necessary section for us, because Kherson region is a frontline zone where hostilities are taking place every day and it is our duty to cover them objectively.

Artificial intelligence is currently a global trend, and the authors of the workshop did not ignore it either. The expediency of its use by journalists and how to ethically apply new technologies in practice are discussed in the last section of the workshop

Separately, almost half of the manual is occupied by appendices, which contain recommendations on various topics that are partially related to the above sections, but this does not affect their importance, as there are also many aspects that every media professional should know.

Overall, having read the book, we can say that it is exactly what our journalism students need. Brief, concise, clear - this is how we can describe the content of the manual.

Useful tips accompanied by relevant examples will allow you to analyse the situation in depth and comprehensively, draw conclusions and, most importantly, learn them.

If you want to learn more information, the authors have provided for this by adding qr-codes with links to videos, practical exercises, articles, etc.

Another advantage is the relevance of the information, as even more traditional topics are considered here through the prism of current events.

We can't single out the visuals separately - they are really simple but at the same time fascinating, demonstrating the daily work of journalists and, of course, examples of materials for analysis. The well-chosen colour palette of the manual is also pleasing to the eye.

To be honest, we did not find any disadvantages, the professionalism of the authors and publishers is really at the highest level, we thank our partners for the opportunity to dive deeper into the ethical component of journalism!

We highly recommend that you read the electronic version of the workshop. We are sure that you will find a lot of useful information, even if you do not plan to connect your life with journalism.

The author are 3rd year student majoring in Journalism, Oleksandr Sipko.

Friday, December 20, 2024

KSU journalism students joined the All-Ukrainian online conference ‘Lessons 2024: on the Sustainability of Ukrainian Media’.

Together with Andrii Solomakhin, the guarantor of the Journalism study programme at KSU, the educators joined the discussion of important issues and challenges in the media sphere today.

The event was attended by leading editors, heads of media and TV companies, war correspondents, fixers, and journalists.

The conference topics covered various aspects of journalists' work during the war, both in the war zone and under occupation. The guests also shared their experience of relocating newsrooms and transforming the media during the full-scale invasion.

Among the speakers of the media forum were representatives of Kherson media, including Valentyna Pestushko, a 3rd year student of journalism at KSU and an employee of Channel 5 and X.ON radio, journalist Angela Slobodian and Yevhenia Virlych, editor-in-chief of the publication ‘Watermelon.City’.

Valentyna Pestushko spoke about the specifics of working in the liberated territories. She emphasised the importance of local media to support both the residents of the right bank of Kherson region and our people on the temporarily occupied left bank of the region. The speaker examined the aspects of a journalist's work in the frontline areas through the prism of radio and television journalism.

‘X.ON is currently the only local radio station operating in de-occupied Kherson. We broadcast from Kherson itself, we are in the centre of events, we hear all the explosions - this is the information need of the residents of our city and our region to hear their native voices. We reach the temporarily occupied territories with our voices. This is sometimes our priority when creating new projects, because we take into account the needs of Ukrainians under occupation,’ says Valentyna.

For her part, expert Anzhela Slobodyan shared her own experience of working in the Kherson region.

‘Given the fact that there is constant shelling and drones are used to throw missiles at cars, and we constantly use vehicles to reach respondents, we try to plan our trip so that it is more or less safe. The most important thing for media workers is safety,’ the journalist said.

Yevheniia Virlych, editor-in-chief of Kavun.City, outlined in detail the principles of creating media content for the temporarily occupied territories and the threats of working under occupation.

‘When we talk about how to write about the occupation? I understand that the first thing to say is that we need to write about the occupation. The main rule is to do no harm. The task of a journalist working with topics about the occupation is to do no harm. We have to be responsible for the information we receive and for the way we write about it,’ the expert stressed.

Overall, the conference became an important platform for the exchange of experience and ideas between media professionals from different regions of Ukraine. Participants stressed the importance of supporting and joining forces to provide Ukrainians with quality information in times of war.

The All-Ukrainian online conference ‘Lessons 2024: on the resilience of Ukrainian media’ was organised by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine in cooperation with the NUJU Journalistic Solidarity Centres.

Author - third-year student of the speciality ‘Journalism’ Oleksandr Sipko

Friday, April 19, 2024

KSU journalism students held the second student master class

On April 19, within the framework of the round table “Actual problems of the modern media space

in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war", students of 261 and 361 groups majoring in

“Journalism” held the II student master class on “Communication Insights:

Modern strategies for success”.

The event was attended by university professors and students, as well as applicants and pupils.

At the beginning of the meeting, the deans of the Faculty of Ukrainian

and Foreign Philology and Journalism, Iryna Viktorivna Goshtanar, Head of the Department of

of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism Svitlana Klymovych and

Andrii Solomakhin, guarantor of the Journalism program.

The master class began with a report by Sofia Lutsenko on the topic “Fundamentals of successful

communication", where the student outlined the key rules for preparing for a public

for public speaking. Sofia also spoke about strategies and tactics for promoting your own brand on

on social media.

“The strategy of success in social media is a complex process that requires clear

planning and systematic work, although at first it seems very easy and

simple at first. But the most important thing is not to be afraid to express yourself and show up, otherwise

no one will notice you,” the speaker explains.

The second presentation by Valentyna Netrebych was on the topic of “Interview as a method of

of communication”. Valentyna explained the main types of interviews, the stages of their

and techniques that should be used to achieve success. Also

the student also offered the guests to complete a small interactive quest to

to consolidate their knowledge of interviews.

“An interview is a direct communication based on questions. This

method of communication includes many different aspects, but in

journalism, it is a very interesting way to learn more about the personality of the

the respondent and create a cool story based on the guest's comments,”

summarized the speaker.

Next, a student and journalist from the TV channel “TV and Radio”

was delivered by Daria Boykova, a student and journalist at Suspilne: Odesa” Daria Boykova, who

spoke about the peculiarities of a reporter's work from her own experience.

“If you are preparing some very emotional topic, maybe someone's story, and you want to

to reveal it from many sides and want the viewer to feel this story, you have to

be very careful, firstly, to cover it, and secondly, you have to

tell it in such a way that everyone understands what you are trying to convey with this story and

to make your viewers and listeners feel emotions,” says the

the correspondent says.

Oleksandr Sipko, a student of group 261, concluded the event with his research on

“Safe online communication”, where he analyzed the security aspects of popular

messengers in Ukraine and provided participants with recommendations on digital security in

services for online communication. The speaker also presented interesting alternatives to

to conventional messengers for safer online communication.

“...During the war, the topic of maintaining privacy and security while communicating in

is very acute <...> Nowadays, messengers have become not only

a tool for communication, but also a source of news, in general - an integral part of

of our lives. However, can we be sure that our messages or

or even data will not fall into the wrong hands?” says Oleksandr about the subject of his

of his research.

The participants of the event were amazed at the amount of useful information. The speakers

were addressed with many words of gratitude for their creative and professional approach to

to the topics covered.

KSU lecturer and writer Vasyl Stepanovych Zahorodniuk dedicated the following poems to the

the following poetic lines to the speakers of the event:

I have a dream,

Lutsenko knows it Sofia.

Communication, I'm coming!

With Sofia to KSU.

I'm going to get smart from now on,

Netrebych writes to Valentina.

From now on, I am a respondent,

and there is one thing:

Remember from now on,

that we have an interviewer.

She is already carrying a camera.

filming everyone, filming everything.

I'm going to ask Daria to let me in,

this camera will not pass me by.

From Oleksandr Sypko.

my advice is this:

“save your life.

this is the meaning and form of it.

Author - Oleksandr Sypko, second-year student majoring in Journalism

Thursday, April 18, 2024

On April 18, a roundtable discussion was held on “Current issues of the modern media space in the in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war”

Today, on April 18, a roundtable discussion “Current Issues of the Modern Media Space in the

in the Context of the Russian-Ukrainian War” was held today, with Sergiy Nikitenko and Denys Putintsev as speakers.

Sergiy Nikitenko revealed the details of the journalist's hard work in the de-occupied territories and explained

under what circumstances it is possible and necessary to violate the rules for publishing materials from the red zones.

The journalist also emphasized the importance of covering the issue of the de-occupied territories, in particular for

foreign audiences. According to him, this not only helps the audience learn about the de-occupied

villages, but also benefits the communities themselves: “...donors, who are actually the main ‘supplier’ of

of some kind of resource for these destroyed communities, they also read the media...”.

The next speaker, Denys Putintsev, spoke about personal branding and the main factors that can be used to

to encourage people to watch your content. The media expert highlighted the rule of 5 Cs, namely:

“Death, Fear, Sex, Laughter, and Scandal. Together with the participants of the event, they also discussed which

platforms to work on and develop their brand.

The speaker provided general recommendations for the successful implementation of your own project: “The first thing is

philosophical, to understand that the world has changed. The second is cynical, to understand that it has changed, perhaps not

for the better. The third is professional... now every minute you need to develop, every minute you need to

to acquire knowledge every minute, because the world has changed and it is very fast... Fourth, you need to understand that now

journalists, media professionals are not just people who produce information, analyze, they are also stars, in any

in any context... The fifth is to understand that there are no bad comments and information, and no

good comments and information, there is only the way you use them, how you use them to

to develop your personal brand. It's okay to not like someone, it's not okay at all if

no one cares about you...”.

We remind you that tomorrow, April 19, at 10:40 a.m., the II student workshop “Communication Insights:

Modern Strategies for Success”. We invite you to join us!

Authors: Victoria Ilchenko, Sofia Lutsenko

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

The Third All-Ukrainian Methodological Workshop of the Modern Language Teacher Starts

The 3-day marathon will take place from April 09 to 11, 2024 on the Zoom platform.

The event was organized by the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism of the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism with the assistance of the Linguistic and Educational and Scientific Center of Kherson State University.

Taking the opportunity to meet in the digital space, the guests and speakers of the All-Ukrainian Workshop congratulated Maria Ivanovna Pentiliuk, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism at Kherson State University, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, on her birthday!

It is symbolic that it was Maria Ivanovna who opened the workshop with her report, outlining the trends in the development of modern Ukrainian linguistic didactics.

Olena Semenoh, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, also spoke about the ethnosthetics of the language of the Ukrainian family.

Don't miss the presentations of other workshop participants, including: On April 10, Svitlana Ahmad will discuss Digital Tools for Remote Ukrainian Language Lessons, and Lilia Ruskulis will present online services for creating infographics.

The program for April 11 includes a presentation by Olesia Slyzhuk on "Ukrainian Literature in the New Ukrainian School: Competence Potential and New Content," and Alyona Savostina will talk about "Tools for a Modern Ukrainian Language Lesson." Maria Shponka will finish the marathon with the topic "Online whiteboard (Padlet) in the educational process. Creating interactive games in the Wordwall program".

You can join the events at the following link

https://ksu-ks-ua.zoom.us/j/8080839333?pwd=VEE1V3AvSXNUYnd2OWVCZkNyMjlrUT09

Identifier: 808 083 9333 Access code: 202223

Date of the event: April 09-11, 2024.

Thursday, March 07, 2024

KSU journalism students learned techniques to combat disinformation

On March 5, the 2nd online webinar was held as part of the project "Building a Tolerant

information space by regional media" entitled "Fact-checking techniques in the

in the fight against disinformation for the preparation of information and analytical materials".

The first module was titled "Who creates fakes and why," where an expert from the

"Yuriy Khrystenzen, an expert at the Odesa Political Platform media center, told the webinar participants about

the history of Soviet and Russian propaganda, gave examples of propaganda

campaigns of these two regimes and drew parallels between them. The participants of the event noted

interesting and informative infographics and diagrams used by Mr. Christensen during his

during his presentation.

In the second module, titled "Exposing Fakes and Manipulation," the co-founder of the

Olga Yurkova, co-founder of the StopFake project, taught journalists algorithms for countering disinformation and

and familiarized participants with tools for exposing fakes and manipulations. A significant

of the time the trainer devoted to analyzing and refuting the stereotypes that currently

that currently prevail in Ukrainian society.

As a reminder, on February 22, the project "Building a Tolerant Information Space by Regional Media

a series of educational webinars organized by the Vinnytsia Press Club

by the Vinnytsia Press Club with the support of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems

(IFES), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and British aid from the

(UKAID). The project coordinator is Svitlana Shevchuk.

The next webinar will be held on the topic: "Public Dialogue: Peculiarities of Equal Coverage of All Groups of

and the role of the media in building it" will take place on March 15.

Author - Oleksandr Sipko, second-year student majoring in Journalism

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Valentyna Pestushko (Fedorchuk), a 2nd year student of Kherson State University majoring in journalism, conducted a fact-checking training for Kherson residents at the educational training center "SVOE".

How not to fall for fakes?

Valentyna Pestushko (Fedorchuk), a 2nd year student of Kherson State University majoring in Journalism, conducted a training on fact-checking for Kherson residents at the educational training center "SVOE".

The author's program included theoretical and practical parts.

During two hours, the participants learned

- What to look for before trusting a news story and sharing it;

- how to distinguish between a fake and a real video;

- what are "patriotic" fakes and how dangerous they are;

- how to determine which country the administrators of a Facebook group are from and which sources can be trusted.

The participants applied their newly acquired skills to practical cases. Together with older participants, they also set up messengers to protect their accounts from fraudsters

Today, the enemy is waging a large-scale information war, in which our weapon is media literacy!

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

A student majoring in journalism visited Croatia as part of a delegation of 6 Ukrainian journalists

As part of an international cooperation project supported by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, a delegation of 6 Ukrainian journalists visited Croatia.

The delegation included Valentyna Pestushko (Fedorchuk), a student of KSU majoring in Journalism.

Throughout the week, Ukrainian media professionals discussed the challenges they faced and their work in the war. They also held a number of meetings with diplomats, Croatian students, professors from the United States and the president of the European Federation of Journalists, Maya Sever.

During the trip, our student had the opportunity to communicate with Ukrainians and Kherson residents who were forced to move to Croatia due to Russian armed aggression.

We are proud that a student of Kherson State University represented the interests of Ukraine and our city at the international level.

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Journalism students took part in the training "Tools of an intern" in Lviv

On February 14, a 3-day training on "Tools of the intern" started in Lviv with the support of Kharkiv Press Club. The event was attended by students and teachers of the Journalism Department of Kherson State University. There are 3 days of intense work, discussions, interesting and creative tasks ahead. The training program is devoted to the specifics of conducting journalistic investigations, collecting and working with information, and the parameters of OSINT research: identification, geolocation, time determination, searching for information from open registers, etc. In addition, the training participants will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with online resources for creating and editing infographics.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

On November 16, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Radio, Television and Communication Workers.

On November 16, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Radio, Television and Communications Workers. These are the threads that unite Ukrainians across borders, allowing them to receive information quickly, share it, and support each other in times of need. During the full-scale Russian invasion, media representatives are selflessly and heroically holding the information line.

Kherson State University, being the cradle of journalism in the southern region, has been educating worthy generations of media professionals for many years. In 2005, the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology opened a specialty 061 Journalism. For over 18 years, the university has been training specialists who successfully work in regional and national media. In addition, students fruitfully cooperate with such resources as: Channel 5 TV, A Business (Open), Bakhmut Fortress, Most online media, Svidomi. Media", online edition "Watermelon. City, and the KSU Press Center. Today, having celebrated the anniversary of the liberation of Kherson, our students continue to revive and form a fundamentally new media field, so on November 11, X-ON radio began its work, which was founded by 2nd year student Valentyna Fedorchuk.