– Together they will be able to get close to people and make reports and report news that will be important now that we are soon on our way into the second year of the war, says foreign affairs editor at news Sigurd Falkenberg Mikkelsen about the correspondent team. It is Kari Skeie and Gunnar Bratthammer who will make up news’s new correspondent team in Ukraine next year. Kari Skeie is a foreign affairs employee and has worked closely with Russia, Eastern Europe and the Nordic region for a long time. She also speaks Russian. Gunnar Bratthammer is one of news’s most experienced photographers and has worked extensively in Ukraine and other demanding areas. – Important to be present – Being present in Ukraine is of great journalistic importance. news has been present almost continuously since before Russia went full invasion, says the foreign affairs editor. Mikkelsen can tell you that news is now establishing a permanent team in Kyiv. – It will be important to better understand Ukraine and to be able to report in depth and closely about the course of the war. It is becoming important now that the war is soon entering its second year, says Sigurd Falkenberg Mikkelsen. – This war affects the whole world, and especially our own European continent, he adds. – Spanande Prospective correspondent Kari Skeie is looking forward to the new weekday. – Living and working in Ukraine in the future will be incredibly exciting. There is great seriousness attached to the job and high expectations for what we will deliver. The goal is to produce good journalism, she says. Skeie hopes that they will be able to find other types of stories that go behind the daily news picture – in addition to following developments in the war. – It becomes important when we have to be present over time, she says. Gunnar Bratthammer in the field. He has worked a lot in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. Photo: news Photographer Gunnar Bratthammer is also looking forward to the work. – It will be cold this winter, but what other twists and turns will this war take? We don’t know that now. That is why it is important that we are present, as eyewitnesses who can report on ongoing developments, he says. – I am looking forward to getting even closer to the people and life in Ukraine than I have been so far this year on more sporadic reporting trips, he adds.
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Kari Skeie and Gunnar Bratthammer become news’s new correspondent team in Ukraine – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
