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Our Life | Наше життя February | Лютий 2021 23 1999 2000 2010 2006 at the UNA Convention mon is a common language – Ukrainian. Svoboda , a Ukrainian-lan - guage newspaper, can serve as the vehicle through which you can tell your story – what your hromada is doing, how you’re doing it, how and why it works – and encourage others to do similar things. It’s very uplifting when you see the success of one hromada and even more uplifting when you see that success being replicated elsewhere. Svoboda can play a huge role as long as people realize it’s there to be used. People don’t understand the importance of our newspapers. If your story is in the newspaper, you are writing history and you are a part of history, because our newspapers are archived and our websites are searchable. It is much more permanent. Unfortunately, people find it easier to post on Facebook rather than sending in their stories to a newspaper. Try to find an old post in Facebook. Eventually you may find it, but it’s hard. Social media has its purpose, it has its place and it’s important, but newspapers are certainly more permanent with their digital archives. Social media, on the other hand, is fleeting. I will say this regarding Our Life : Writing in your own magazine is important. But the UNWLA needs to go beyond that and reach out to other publications to inform a wider audience. Similarly, some hromady do wonderful work, but they don’t let others know. They need to inform others and share. We should learn from each other and support each other. We need to share. And we always encour - aged community members to use our newspapers for that. What worries you and keeps you up at night? What worries me is people who say “I don’t subscribe to the news - paper. I don’t need it.” Yet, when they want to publicize their events and fundraisers, they remember the newspaper. But they don’t sup - port the paper with their subscriptions. If you don’t support it, the newspaper won’t be there when you need it. If people feel that “to - day I need the paper, but tomorrow I don't,” and believe that it will always be there, they are hugely mistaken. It’s quite simple: If you don’t support the newspapers, they won’t be there. Fundamentally speaking, if the number of subscribers goes down, at what point does a publisher say, “It’s not worth publishing anymore. Who are we publishing for?” Newspapers won’t be there unless you support them. How were you able to balance such a demanding and highly visible career with marriage, motherhood, and community activities? This was possible because my family supports what I do. My hus - band, Andriy, understands the importance of our community and the importance of the newspapers to me and to our community. When I speak of family, that includes grandparents who were always there to help with child care for our two sons. So it’s only possible through the support and understanding of my whole family. What advice would you give to young women who are interested in journalism, especially those interested in focusing on Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora? Well, I’ll assume they are studying journalism, that they read and follow the news. But you have to do it: Write! Begin writing! You
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