Kherson State University

On 23 December, the Ivano-Frankivsk Centre for Journalistic Solidarity, together with colleagues from the Volyn, Rivne, Chernihiv and Kherson regions, held a meeting to discuss the challenges faced daily by the media in frontline regions.

Teachers and students majoring in 061 Journalism at the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism of Kherson State University joined the online webinar Artificial Intelligence in Media: Data Journalism, Editorial Policies, and Security.

Today, 20 November 2025, the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology, Journalism and Arts of Kherson State University held an online workshop entitled ‘The specifics of working as a journalist in a frontline city: practical and ethical aspects’.

Students of Kherson State University won prizes in a student essay competition dedicated to Resolution No. 1325 ‘Women, Peace and Security’

Four female students from Kharkiv State University took an active part in the student essay competition ‘The content and significance of UN Security Council Resolution No. 1325 “Women. Peace. Security”’.

On 30 October 2025, teachers and students of the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism of Kharkiv State University took part in a final round table discussion dedicated to analysing the results of the communication campaign ‘Women. Peace. Security’ in the region.

On 28 October, Tamara Mandych, lecturer at the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism, took part in the round table discussion ‘Kherson Region Speaks Ukrainian: Identity and Resilience’. The presentation was devoted to the linguistic features of the media space in the Kherson region.

Traditionally, one of the locations for writing the Radio Dictation of National Unity at Kherson State University was the Department of Ukrainian and Slavic Philology and Journalism.

On 16 October, journalism students, together with the guarantor of the educational programme, A.F. Solomakhin, attended an online lecture entitled ‘How to counter xenophobia in wartime. The media aspect.’

On 12 June 2025, an examination commission for the certification of applicants for the first (bachelor's) level of higher education began its work at the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism of Kherson State University. Today, applicants majoring in 035 Philology and 014 Secondary Education (Language and Literature (Ukrainian)) are demonstrating their knowledge by taking the final professional exam.

‘When There is No Knocking on the Door is a book about life under Russian occupation, co-authored by KSU students. Recently, Valentyna Pestushko (Fedorchuk), a 3rd year student majoring in Journalism at the Faculty of Ukrainian and Foreign Philology and Journalism, took part in the book's presentation in Izmail. 

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).

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

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 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’. 

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.