Larysa Mudrak

“Hromadske Radio for me is a challenge and a dream. It's an independent project in Ukraine and one of the best examples of journalistic standards that creates a public broadcasting show for the community, and about the community. This is my volunteer initiative.”

Larysa graduated from Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv with a degree in journalism. Furthermore, she received her Master’s degree in Foreign Policy at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine and listened to specialized courses of practical psychology at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Larysa completed course work in Media Management in International Media & Management Institute (IMMI) in the USA.

Larysa is an honored Journalist of Ukraine and has extensive experience in the field. She began her career in 1992 as the head of the department of fiction magazine Nauka-Fantastyka (Science-Fiction), and later became the Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

In 1993 she discovered the world of Radio when she became a presenter and author of Ukrainian edition of Radio Liberty. This collaboration lasted for 10 years (Kyiv-Prague-Munich). She later worked as a special correspondent and presenter for programs such as, Vikna at TET and ICTV Channels, and Perekhrestya at Ukrainian educational center of reforms.

As a recognized expert, she chaired the project Ukrayinskyj Regionalnyj Visnyk (Institute East-West), was the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Business Week - Financial Times in Kyiv, CEO of the newspaper Novoe Russkoe Slovo, and radio Narodnaya Volna in New York.

Larysa has additional experience in public affairs. She worked as a head of several state press services. In 2005-2010 she was responsible for information policy department of the Presidential Secretary of Ukraine. In 2010 she was appointed as a member of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio. She represented Ukraine at the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society between 2012-2014.

In addition to the title of ‘Honored Journalist of Ukraine’, she was awarded the title 'Person of the Year-2003' (Journalist of the Year in printed media). Larysa joined Hromadske radio in 2014 and is actively helping in project development.

Larysa graduated from Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv with a degree in journalism. Furthermore, she received her Master’s degree in Foreign Policy at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine and listened to specialized courses of practical psychology at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Larysa completed course work in Media Management in International Media & Management Institute (IMMI) in the USA.

Larysa is an honored Journalist of Ukraine and has extensive experience in the field. She began her career in 1992 as the head of the department of fiction magazine Nauka-Fantastyka (Science-Fiction), and later became the Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

In 1993 she discovered the world of Radio when she became a presenter and author of Ukrainian edition of Radio Liberty. This collaboration lasted for 10 years (Kyiv-Prague-Munich). She later worked as a special correspondent and presenter for programs such as, Vikna at TET and ICTV Channels, and Perekhrestya at Ukrainian educational center of reforms.

As a recognized expert, she chaired the project Ukrayinskyj Regionalnyj Visnyk (Institute East-West), was the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Business Week - Financial Times in Kyiv, CEO of the newspaper Novoe Russkoe Slovo, and radio Narodnaya Volna in New York.

Larysa has additional experience in public affairs. She worked as a head of several state press services. In 2005-2010 she was responsible for information policy department of the Presidential Secretary of Ukraine. In 2010 she was appointed as a member of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio. She represented Ukraine at the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society between 2012-2014.

In addition to the title of ‘Honored Journalist of Ukraine’, she was awarded the title 'Person of the Year-2003' (Journalist of the Year in printed media). Larysa joined Hromadske Radio in 2014 and is actively helping in project development.