Today we speak to Lara Olszowska who won the Freelance Journalism Awards prize for best piece of work by a student or early career journalist. She talks about reporting on Ukrainian schools during the war and how her journalism training is developing.

Show notes

https://twitter.com/LaraOlszowska

https://laraolszowska.wordpress.com/

Lara's award-winning article https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/60187/how-ukrainian-teachers-keep-schools-running-in-wartime

Lara's article on Uzbek theatre icon https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/uzbek-theatre-icon-who-resisted-soviet-culture-washing/

NCTJ training https://www.nctj.com/

News Associates https://newsassociates.co.uk/

Award sponsor Media Mentor https://www.themediamentor.info/

Best Early Career Journalist: Lara Olszowska