How to Balance Values-Driven Journalism and Journalism

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As a war correspondent and somebody who now leads a media organization trying to cover this conflict, two different instincts are both important and valid. How do you balance that? I don't want to place the Russian atrocities on the same level as Ukrainian missteeds, which obviously do exist. The fact of the matter is that when you tell human stories, there's an obvious demand from people who are undergoing a difficult situation as it is an obvious call for a solution.

Tim Mak is a writer, reporter, and founder of the online publication The Counteroffensive. He was formerly the Washington Investigative Correspondent for National Public Radio.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tim Mak discuss the slow progress of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and how a big breakthrough might come about; how the collective experience of resisting Russian aggression has contributed to a shared sense of Ukrainian national identity; and what the future may hold for a post-war Ukraine.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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