Йордана

YORDANA
KURHANEVYCH
VIDEO JOURNALIST & DIGITAL STORYTELLER

ABOUT ME
Video journalist and digital storyteller with 3 years of hands-on
experience in multimedia production. I document stories that matter —
from campus life and travel journalism to historical testimony and
wartime human stories. My goal is to deepen expertise in narrative and
trauma-informed journalism at a U.S. graduate program and return to
Ukraine to practice and teach trauma-informed journalism, where
CONTACT: quality independent media has never been more needed.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Journalist & Video Producer
[открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация») Press Service, NUBiP of Ukraine · Mar 2023 – Present
Produced & edited video content for university YouTube channel
NUBiP.inside (223 videos total) www.youtube.com/@inside-
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Developed content plans, wrote scripts, organized filming
logistics
SKILLS & TOOLS
Journalism Practicum
Production: Video
Suspilne — Ukrainian Public Broadcasting · Summer 2025
production & editing,
scriptwriting, interview Assisted in field reporting at missile strike sites and
conducting, audio recording interviews with families of POWs and missing soldiers
& podcasting, on-air hosting, Produced three news segments as part of practicum
content strategy, assignments under editorial supervision
photography, social media Contributing Writer
management, feature writing Questa del Rio News, New Mexico, USA · August – September 2024
& authored texts
Authored two feature articles in English for an American
community newspaper
Tools: Premiere Pro, CapCut, Wrote about cross-cultural experience of international students
VN, Canva, YouTube Studio, in the American Southwest
Instagram, TikTok Articles published in print and online editions
(https://surl.li/fyhgds) (https://surl.li/wkozfb)
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
LANGUAGES:
Documentary Interview | Independent Production · 2024
Ukrainian (native)
English (professional working
•Produced a 12-minute documentary interview with a participant
proficiency) of the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan 2014), preserving
personal historical testimonyю.(https://surl.lu/iexdbp)
Wartime Human Story 1 | Independent Production · 2025
PORTFOLIO • Co-produced and filmed an interview with a young woman
https://surl.li/bxzdxu searching for her partner missing in action — a story of love,
uncertainty, and resilience during wartime (co-produced with two
fellow students) (https://surl.li/slvbec)
Wartime Human Story 2 | Independent Production · 2025
• Reported and produced a feature story about an actor who
evacuated civilians from occupied territories
(https://surl.li/yfkhyu)
EDUCATION

Bachelor of Journalism — in progress (2022–present)
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
(NUBiP). Specialization 061 — Journalism.
Key courses: New Media, Data Journalism, Audiovisual Production,
Journalistic Investigation, Information Wars, Media Law, Web Design & HTML
Programming, Radio Journalism & Podcasting, Press Service & News
Agencies.
Academic standing: Excellent (90–100) · 218 ECTS credits completed

Bachelor's Thesis (in progress): "YouTube Channel as a Tool for Forming the
Image of a Higher Education Institution in the Digital Media Space" · 2026

VOLUNTEERING
• Radio212, NUBiP of Ukraine · Oct 2025 – Present
Host travel segment “Karta Kurhanevych”
• Manage Telegram channel for Radio212
• Mobile Video Workshop Series · 2024–2025
Conducted a series of hands-on workshops for students on
shooting and editing video on smartphone

AWARDS & HONORS
•Second Prize, "Ya — Zhurnalist" National Journalism
Competition, Ukraine, 2025 (Wartime Human Story 2)
•Academic Merit Scholarship, National University of Life and
Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 2025–present

PUBLICATIONS

1.Kurhanevych, Y. "Immersion in a New Culture: A Ukrainian
Becomes Friends with the USA." Questa Del Rio News, Red River,
New Mexico, USA. July 31, 2024.
2.Kurhanevych, Y. "Cultures Merge in Red River." Questa Del Rio
News, Red River, New Mexico, USA. September 2024.
3.Kurhanevych, Y. "Multimedia Longread: Opportunities for Using
in Media Education System." Svit mov i movy svitu — Proceedings
of the VI International Scientific-Practical Student Conference.
NUBiP, Kyiv, March 30, 2023. P. 140.
4.Kurhanevych, Y. "Slovo — zbroya zhurnalista v umovakh viyny"
[The Word as a Journalist's Weapon in Times of War]. Masova
komunikatsiya: istoriya, sohodennya, perspektyvy — Proceedings
of the X All-Ukrainian Scientific-Practical Conference. Volyn
National University, Lutsk, May 19, 2023. P. 144.
5.Kurhanevych, Y. "Yutyb-kanal yak instrument formuvannya
imidzhu zakladu vyshchoyi osvity (na prykladi NUBiP.Inside)"
[YouTube Channel as a Tool for Forming the Image of a Higher
Education Institution]. Suchasni sotsiokulturni transformatsiyi —
Proceedings of the III International Scientific-Practical
Conference. NUBiP, Kyiv, March 19, 2026. P. 94.