Media Sources & Contacts

Foreign journalists who come to Ukraine to cover events typically need assistants on the ground – people who will organize the work in the field, guide journalists, help prepare materials, find interviewees and sources, deal with logistical issues, and help ensure the safety of foreign reporters. These assistants are known as fixers or local producers.

Fixers can help with sorting out the nuances of working on the ground – for example, whether it is safe to go to a certain place, whether the reporter is talking to an appropriate expert, how to get permission to take photos, how to cover tragic events ethically, etc.

1. Conceptualization of the future journalistic material, searching for and generating appropriate topics;
2. Logistics — how to get to the right place, etc.;
3. Searching for speakers, communication with sources and interviewees;
4. Translation to and from Ukrainian;
5. Helping support the safety of journalists.

Other optional responsibilities might include technical help, driving, and more.

The best option for foreign journalists is when the fixer is also an interpreter. This is because translations to and from Ukrainian might be required at all stages of reporting: during filming and recording of interviews, during communication at checkpoints and borders, communications with the authorities and law enforcement officers, in preparing the material to be published, etc.

If you only need to find a translation specialist, you can also contact the Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform.

In addition, you can find interpreters on Upwork, Storyhunter, Interpreters.travel, A.B.C. Translation Agency, TRIS Translation and Interpreting Center, Lingo Translation Agency, and others. Still, we recommend you look for a fixer with a high level of your language proficiency.