Overnight Warriors: Ukrainian Journalists Turned War Correspondents

On February 24, 2022, in Kyiv, journalists who had previously been sheltered in their newsrooms were forced to put on homemade protective gear. As they moved from the safety of everyday journalism to the dangerous and uncertain front lines of war correspondence, that day was a watershed moment in their careers. This transition was a fundamental acknowledgment of a new and potentially hazardous reality, rather than just a change in professional obligations. These journalists had to master the rules of war reporting in just days as the story of the country’s confrontation with Russia needed a quick and radical shift.