Thread by @HansGutbrod

"Keeping #Ukraine in the Global Media Spotlight" -- @littlemedia12 @yarotrof @RachelCorpTweet @polinaivanovva --
Next session at the @TbilisiZeg

keeping attention has an impact -- opinion polls show the public support in West is there, often ahead of governments, and this matters on the ground. In some cases, supporting even increasing, says @yarotrof at @TbilisiZeg

we were preparing for UKR conflict from "this time last year", when invasion started, we were there, several teams, says @RachelCorpTweet, the scale & size, also of refugees, still took everyone by surprise & sending in teams safely a challenge.

is there a way to create a docudrama, to humanize in ways that are comprehensible, for US audience, asks @littlemedia12 of #Audible. That would have a huge impact on the US audience, to introduce the different context.

one of the problems in coverage: people worried abt getting targeted, says @yarotrof -- but if ppl trust you, access is possible.
"The further you are, the easier it is." If you are in area of fighting, soldiers respect that.

we did cover Crimea & Ukraine after 2014, and recently tried to send correspondents that had this experience -- but it was a new chapter what we now saw. @RachelCorpTweet

"this war is 40m stories and tragedies, people want to read about people", and "it's our job to tell those stories, not to spice them up".
#Ukraine @yarotrof

how are you planning for the future? @polinaivanovva
-- very difficult, expensive: UK, cost of living crisis, gov citing Ukraine makes it easier to keep focus, @RachelCorpTweet

and threat of nuclear also question of safety for teams doing coverage, "never thought I needed to think abt that", of course also the narrative that Moscow wants: "staggering & depressing."

ray of light in this time: "even under the guise of for-profit media, stories like the Ukraine war are important to us, they are fascinating, there is an interest in seeking out truth" says @littlemedia12

also, in terms of global coverage, says @littlemedia12 shout out to @antelava & @CodaStory on technology, on other issues, "small but mighty, innovative, scrappy" to keep attention on key issues.
END of another good @TbilisiZeg session