Mediabaza Cherkasy now offers first aid kits for journalists

The journalistic hub Mediabaza Cherkasy received personal safety equipment for media professionals, such as first-aid kits, CAT turnstiles, hemostatic bandages, etc., from the Institute of Mass Information.

Now Cherkasy-based journalists can receive personal safety equipment for trips to the combat zone, frontline cities, and shelled sites for free.

The Mediabaza is set to receive receive bulletproof vests and helmets in the near future.

We remind you that the Mediabaza can be used as a workspace in the event of a blackout, as it has equipment for uninterrupted power supply.

Mediabaza Cherkasy received first aid kits, CAT tourniquets, hemostatic bandages from the IMI. Photo by Kateryna Andriychuk

How to use a Mediabaza's services

The Institute of Mass Information's Mediabazas operate in 15 oblasts of Ukraine. To use a hub's services, message the hub’s Facebook page:

• Mediabaza Zhytomyr – Oksana Trokoz;
• Mediabaza Chernihiv – Pavlo Pushchenko;
• Mediabaza Kharkiv – Olha Kaplun;
• Mediabaza Poltava – Nadia Kucher;
• Mediabaza Dnipro – Kateryna Lysiuk;
• Mediabaza Zaporizhzhia – Natalia Vyhovska;
• Mediabaza Kropyvnytskyi – Pavlo Lisnychenko;
• Mediabaza Mykolaiv – Kateryna Sereda;
• Mediabaza Sumy – Alyona Yatsyna;
• Mediabaza Odesa, Kherson – Serhiy Nikitenko;
• Mediabaza Slovyansk – Valeriy Harmash;
• Mediabaza Chernivtsi – Taisia Harmash;
• Mediabaza Khmelnytskyi – Olha Zahoruiko;
• Mediabaza Cherkasy– Yeliena Shchepak.

Please note that:

• in Kherson, the Mediabaza only issues equipment;
• in Slovyansk, you can use the Mediabaza equipment to film and broadcast video and audio materials;
• in Chernivtsi, you can record podcasts at the Mediabaza.

Mediabaza Cherkasy received personal safety equipment for media professionals from the IMI. Photo by Kateryna Andriychuk

If necessary, you can contact the national Mediabaza coordinator Pavlo Lisnychenko by:

• calling 050 594 20 58
• or writing to [email protected].

If you need safety gear (bulletproof vest, helmet, first aid kit) or some other equipment, contact the coordinator in your region or fill in this Google form.