“They are not ‘fixers’. They are journalists. They are not ‘fixers’. They are production managers. They are not ‘fixers’. They are producers. RIP Oleksandra Kuvshynova[.]” reads Marcus Ryder’s tweet paying tribute to journalist Kuvshynova, also known as Sasha, who was killed on 14 March near Kyiv while working with a Fox News team to cover Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.In the wake of Kuvshynova’s death, fellow journalists shared stories of the critical role played by journalists who work as field producers, translators and production managers with international media outlets when their country or region becomes the story. “I’ve only met a few war correspondents whose lives were saved by a bulletproof vest. But all of us have been saved at least once by our own fixer,” tweeted Óscar Mijallo, who’s covered the war for Spanish public broadcaster RTVE.
Laboratorio de periodismo es una iniciativa de la Fundación Luca de Tena que nace para tratar de cubrir las necesidades de los periodistas derivadas de la transformación del sector, el cambio disruptivo del negocio de la información y la demanda de nuevos perfiles profesionales en entornos en los que dicha formación no está, en la mayoría de los casos, al alcance de los nuevos profesionales.
