Author: Lee Matz

Seeking Truth: Journalistic integrity in the face of Russian propaganda, lies, and disinformation

Seeking Truth: Journalistic integrity in the face of Russian propaganda, lies, and disinformation

Posted by | Aug 23, 2023

“A country that cannot face its past has no future.” – Yang Jisheng Recently, someone asked me about how I keep my journalistic integrity when I cover Ukraine and get so close to traumatic events. I said firstly, ethics in school and ethics in reality are not the same. American journalists do a lot of harm, serving the corporate media and not the public welfare, without taking any responsibility. I believe in “truth” and “accuracy,” but we no longer live in a world of objectivity. Journalists are supposed to remain detached, and for the most part I feel it...

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Hasidic life in Uman: A journey across Ukraine to the Tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Hasidic life in Uman: A journey across Ukraine to the Tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Posted by | Aug 4, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine I have written many times over the years...

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Remembering Oskar Schindler: A photojournalist’s diary from the streets of Jewish Kraków

Remembering Oskar Schindler: A photojournalist’s diary from the streets of Jewish Kraków

Posted by | Aug 4, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine I have spent my life only hearing about...

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Wisconsin volunteers sort and pack donated medical supplies for use in Ukraine’s hospitals

Wisconsin volunteers sort and pack donated medical supplies for use in Ukraine’s hospitals

Posted by | Aug 2, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine Volunteers from across Wisconsin gathered in a local...

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Iryna Suslova: The superwoman saving Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

Iryna Suslova: The superwoman saving Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

Posted by | Jul 29, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine Under the direction of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...

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