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The Kyiv Independent launched shortly before Russia's full-scale invasion and was forced to grow quickly.

Some 85 percent of Ukrainian journalists report feeling professional burnout.

The Kyiv Independent designed workflows to help reporters cope with covering war and hosts a staff retreat.

Free counseling services and trainings on vicarious trauma can help journalists foster resilience.

Every morning, Toma Istomina wakes up with the mission of telling the truth for a war-torn nation.

She is a deputy chief editor at The Kyiv Independent, a 75-person-strong news site in Ukraine’s besieged capital.

She helped launch the outlet at age 26 on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That audacity landed Istomina on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Europe in 2022, a

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