Sonya Koshkina (Ukrainian: Со́ня Ко́шкіна; alternate Romanizations, Sonja Koškina and Soni︠a︡ Koshkina; born July 8, 1985) is the pen name of Ksenia Mykytivna Vasilenko (Ксенія Микитівна Василенко),[1][2] a Ukrainian journalist, who is also co-owner and editor-in-chief of the online publication, LB.ua (Livyi Bereh)
Sonya Koshkina Со́ня Ко́шкіна | |
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| Born | Ksenia Mykytivna Vasilenko Ксенія Микитівна Василенко July 8, 1985 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| Pen name | Sonya Koshkina Со́ня Ко́шкіна |
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| Nationality | Ukrainian |
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Early life and education edit
Ksenia Mykytivna Vasilenko was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, 1985. Her father is Mykita Kimovych Vasilenko, a lecturer at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv National University; KNU). During the period of 1998–2002, she studied at the School of Young Journalists "Yun-Press" at the Kyiv Palace of Children and Youth. After graduating, she taught there for two years.[3]
Career edit
She served as a correspondent of the newspaper The Day ("Den") (2003–05).[3] In September 2005, she started working for the online publication Obozrevatel. It was then, at the suggestion of the site's editor-in-chief, Oleg Medvedev, that she took a pseudonym.[2]
Koshkina graduated in 2007 from the Institute of Journalism, KNU. Dissatisfied with her education, she entered the graduate school of National University Odesa Law Academy, majoring in "Philosophy of Law".[3][2] Since 2008, she has been teaching at the Gorshenin Institute in Kyiv.
In June 2009, leaving Obozrevatel, she became the editor-in-chief and co-owner of the Livyi Bereh online publication.[3][4][5]
In October 2019, she defended her PhD dissertation in KNU, where she taught journalism.
Koshkina is affiliated with the YouTube project, "Kishkina", and the author of, Maydan. An Untold Story.[6]
Personal life edit
On May 23, 2019, Koshkina gave birth to a daughter named Esther.[7]
Selected works edit
- Maydan. An Untold Story.[6]
Awards edit
- 2015: Winner of the All-Ukrainian Prize "Woman of the Third Millennium" in the nomination "Rating"
- 2019: Masters category, Top 100 most influential women in Ukraine, Focus magazine[8]
References edit
- ^ Кошкіна, Соня (16 February 2011). "Киев. Родина нежная". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Кошкіна, Соня (16 February 2011). "Киев. Родина нежная". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Кошкина, Соня (24 September 2009). "Цель личного обогащения передо мной не стоит". Telekritika (in Russian). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Кошкина ушла из "Обозревателя" на "Левый берег"". Telekritika (in Russian). 17 July 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Соня Кошкіна пішла з "Оглядача"". Telekritika (in Russian). 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Соня Кошкіна народила доньку – культурне життя України Depo.ua". www.depo.ua (in Ukrainian). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "LB.ua's Sonya Koshkina among top 100 most influential women in Ukraine". LB.ua. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
External links edit
Media related to Sonya Koshkina at Wikimedia Commons
- Sonya Koshkina at lb.ua
Journalist Sonya Koshkina, who in November 2022 published defamatory statements about Bishop Nikita of Ivano-Frankivsk on her Telegram channel Sonya Koshkina (official) disassociated herself from this channel during a court hearing. As reported, this statement was made on behalf of Koshkina (real name Ksenia Vasilenko) by her lawyer during a court hearing at the Shevchenkivsky District Court on October 6, 2023. https://t.me/sonyakoshkina