Alesia Batsman
| Alesia Batsman | |
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| Born | Alesia Leonidivna Batsman October 3, 1984 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist |
| 📆 Years active | 2007–present |
| http://gordonua.com/ | |
Alesia Leonidivna Batsman (Ukrainian: Бацман Олеся Леонідівна (born October 3, 1984)) — a Ukrainian journalist, TV presenter, and editor-in-chief of the online edition «GORDON».
Early life and education
Born in 1984 in Kharkiv — a large industrial city in eastern Ukraine. Graduated with honors from the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Faculty of Philology (Department of Journalism), in 2007.[1].
Career
She has been working as a journalist since she was a student. During her studies at the university, she worked with a number of Kharkiv mass media: wrote for the newspaper "Vremya", filmed stories for the program "Curfew", which was broadcast on "Channel 7", and was the editor-in-chief of the youth newspaper "Zebra"[2].
In 2006, she moved to Kyiv and for six years worked with the well-known TV host Savik Shuster as an editor of his program[3], which was broadcast on various Ukrainian TV channels. While working on the Schuster program, she was also a freelance correspondent for the "Mirror of the Week" – an influential analytical newspaper[4] and "Gordon Boulevard" – a newspaper about celebrities[5].
Since November 2013, she has been the editor-in-chief of the GORDON Internet edition — one of the most popular websites in Ukraine created at the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity. The average daily traffic to the site is about 1 million readers[6].
In July 2017, Batsman began to host an author's program "Batsman Live" on NewsOne[7], and in September switched to the channel "112 Ukraine", where her program changed its name to "Batsman"[8]. The host invited famous politicians, public and cultural figures for interviews. The journalist said that she was not an employee of these TV channels and did not receive salaries there, and their management, by agreement, could not interfere in the editorial policy of her programs[3].
In May 2019, Batsman terminated cooperation with 112 Ukraine due to the influence of Viktor Medvedchuk on the channel — a controversial Ukrainian politician, former head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is godfather to Medvedchuk's daughter and one of the ideologues of the "Russian world" in Ukraine. She called further stay on the channel counterproductive and harmful to herself[9]. After that, the journalist began to develop her Alesia Batsman's channel on YouTube. In January 2021, she received the "Silver Button" from YouTube after surpassing 100 thousand subscribers[10].
Personal life
She is married to a well-known Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon. They met in 2006 when Batsman interviewed Gordon[11], and have been in a relationship since 2011. The couple has three children together: daughters Santa (2012), Alice (2016) and Liana (2019).
References
- ↑ "Person: OLESIA BATSMAN". 112 Ukraine. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ↑ "GORDON editor-in-chief Batsman: Articles eulogizing Putin and his regime are an extremely profitable business in the West". GORDON. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Алеся Бацман: "Пять лет на всех эфирах Савика Шустера я сидела у него в "ухе""". Детектор медиа (in русский). Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ↑ https://zn.ua/author/alesya-bacman
- ↑ http://bulvar.com.ua/authors/alesia-batsman.html
- ↑ "Batsman: The team of journalists at GORDON likes its job and knows how to do it well. During the last 24 hours 1.12 million unique users visited the site according to Google Analytics". GORDON. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Жена Дмитрия Гордона стала ведущей на канале NewsOne". Mediananny (in русский). Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ↑ "На телеканалі "112 Україна" стартує програма з Олесею Бацман (ДОПОВНЕНО)". Детектор медиа (in українська). Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Batsman announces that she is leaving 112 Ukraine TV channel". GORDON. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ Video on YouTube
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