Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this new episode of How Come, produced in partnership with the Lviv Media Forum during LMF 2026, Ukraïner International’s Christopher Atwood speaks with journalist, editor, and Coda Story co-founder and editor-in-chief Natalia Antelava about independent journalism, empathy, and storytelling in a world overwhelmed by war and constant information overload.
Originally from Tbilisi, Antelava previously worked as a BBC correspondent covering the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East, India, and Washington DC, and has reported on wars in Georgia, Iraq, and Ukraine. She is a co-founder of ZEG, a global storytelling network that brings together journalists, artists, and thinkers to break down barriers and make sense of a fragmented world.
They discuss the challenges of making people care in the age of doomscrolling and shrinking attention spans, the responsibility journalists have to connect global events to everyday life, and the role imagination plays in resisting authoritarianism.
How Come is a series of long-form conversations with journalists, writers, researchers, artists, and thinkers about the ideas, conflicts, and social changes shaping the world today.
💚 Ukraїner International is a non-profit media that works globally to promote democratic values. If you like the podcast, please support us: buymeacoffee.com/ukrainerinternational
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The media product is produced by NGO «Ukraïner» with the support of the Askold and Dir Fund as a part of the the Strong Civil Society of Ukraine - a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy project, implemented by ISAR Ednannia, funded by Norway and Sweden.
The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of NGO «Ukraïner» and can in no way be taken to reflect the views the Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden and ISAR Ednannia.
In this new episode of How Come, produced in partnership with the Lviv Media Forum during LMF 2026, Ukraïner International’s Christopher Atwood speaks with journalist, editor, and Coda Story co-founder and editor-in-chief Natalia Antelava about independent journalism, empathy, and storytelling in a world overwhelmed by war and constant information overload.
Originally from Tbilisi, Antelava previously worked as a BBC correspondent covering the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East, India, and Washington DC, and has reported on wars in Georgia, Iraq, and Ukraine. She is a co-founder of ZEG, a global storytelling network that brings together journalists, artists, and thinkers to break down barriers and make sense of a fragmented world.
They discuss the challenges of making people care in the age of doomscrolling and shrinking attention spans, the responsibility journalists have to connect global events to everyday life, and the role imagination plays in resisting authoritarianism.
How Come is a series of long-form conversations with journalists, writers, researchers, artists, and thinkers about the ideas, conflicts, and social changes shaping the world today.
💚 Ukraїner International is a non-profit media that works globally to promote democratic values. If you like the podcast, please support us: buymeacoffee.com/ukrainerinternational
📗 Buy our merchandise and books, where 30% of the cost goes to support our work: store.ukrainer.net/en
The media product is produced by NGO «Ukraïner» with the support of the Askold and Dir Fund as a part of the the Strong Civil Society of Ukraine - a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy project, implemented by ISAR Ednannia, funded by Norway and Sweden.
The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of NGO «Ukraïner» and can in no way be taken to reflect the views the Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden and ISAR Ednannia.
