Illinoisan’s viewpoint inside Ukraine
An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian's army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022 AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
Julian Hayda spent most of his life in Illinois. He earned two degrees from DePaul University, and spent several years as a producer on “Worldview," a public affairs program on Chicago public radio station WBEZ. He also worked for a short time as a producer on The 21st. In late 2021, he decided to pursue a different calling: enrolling at a seminary in Kyiv.
Now, the war has prompted him to return to journalism and he’s working with an NPR team as a freelance producer, fixer, reporter, and translator in the western city of Lviv, Ukraine.
Brian Mackey taped a conversation with Hayda on Friday, March 11.
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Julian Hayda
Freelance journalist working with NPR in Ukraine | Past producer for The 21st and WBEZ's Worldview
Met up with my new NPR colleagues in #Lviv yesterday. @lfrayer and Olena Lysenko working on a story about the city’s priceless art getting protected from a possible Russian bombing. https://t.co/E28pWnabtc pic.twitter.com/NcfSguzT9i
— Julian Hayda (@JulianHayda) March 9, 2022
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