Dr. Olena Zinenko

Kharkiv State University (since 1999 - V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University), Ukraine, Specialist in Philology, Russian Language and Literature, Diploma in Etymology

Ph.D. program in Journalism. Faculty of Sociology, Department of Media and Communications, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

Ph.D. in social communication and media studies. Dissertation Theme: “The Public Events Discourse in Ukrainian Media (1991-2021)”.: Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Editor and Journalist in regional press “Kharkiv Courier” and “Telecurier,” Ukraine

TV-Editor and Reporter, TV Channel 7 (AO “Tonis Centre”), Kharkiv, Ukraine

Creative Director, Show Director and Scriptwriter. Event Agency «Dwa Towarischa” (“Two Comrades”), Kharkiv, Ukraine. I designed and organized around 1500 cultural and brand promotional corporate events for local and international companies

Head of working group and strategy consultant in “InclusiON Fest” supported by the Ukrainian Culture Foundation and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Ukraine)

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Sociology, Department of Media and Communications, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. Courses: “Communicative Technologies”, “Media Communication Studies” in Journalism and Media Communication Bachelor program (Online); “Event management in Digital media”, in the “Audiovisual media and Digital Journalism” Master program, “Corporate and Professional Ethics” in the Master program “Economic Cybernetics”, “European Media Studies” in the Master program “Audiovisual Media in Digital for cross-disciplinary studies (Online).

Working group leader in the networking program for women activists “Ukraine: A needs-based Vision for Peace” in collaboration with the network PeaceWomen Across the Globe, Switzerland and Kharkiv Regional Foundation “Public Alternative”, Ukraine

Media Discourse and strategy communication analyst, NGO CAT-UA, Kyiv, Ukraine. Contributed to the development and information support in the conditions of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine

Zinenko, O. (2018). The Public Event Effect: Representations of the Social and Media Interaction. Journal of LNU, Journalism Series, 44: 260-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2018.44.9377 (in Ukrainian)

Zinenko, O. (2019). Decoding cultural frames: How Ukrainian mass media report about cultural public events. Intercultural Communication, 1(6), 215–227. https://doi.org/10.13166/inco/103411

Zinenko, O. (2019). Transformations of Cultural Public Event’s Message in the Ukrainian Mass Media. Journal of Modern Science, 42(3): 95-108. doi:10.13166/jms/112281

Yasenovska, M., & Zinenko, O. (2021). The Best Practices of Inclusion (in Ukrainian Museums). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Retrieved from https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ukraine/17093.pdf

Zinenko, O. (2022). How to Draw Media Attention to Humanistic Values. Feminists Connecting for Peace. [Online]. pp. 23-27.

Zinenko, O *., Zakharchenko, A., Strochinska, Y., Machula, A., & Fursenko, M. (2023). The Mental Health Discourse in Social Media as a Factor of Information Resistance of Ukrainians. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, ISSN 1613-0073, p. 91-107

Zinenko, O. (2023). Science Advocacy During Wars and Crises. Science at Risk Blog. Retrieved from https://scienceatrisk.org/story/science-advocacy-during-wars-and-crises-olena-zinenkos-blog

Yasenovska, M., Zinenko, O., & Kormilets, K. (2023). Inclusion in Ukraine and Beyond Borders. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, February 2023. Retrieved from https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ukraine/20468.pdf

Zinenko, O. (2024). The Role of Popular Culture in Ukraine’s War Effort. ZOIS Spotlight. Retrieved from https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/the-role-of-popular-culture-in-ukraines-war-effort

Zinenko, O., Galata S., Hrushetskyi B., Korytnikova N., Feia O. (2024). Science Advocacy in Danger. White Book. Retrieved from https://scienceatrisk.org/whitepaper/science-advocacy-at-risk

Zinenko, O., Galata S., Hrushetskyi B., Korytnikova N., Feia O. (2024). Science Advocacy in Danger. White Book. Retrieved from https://scienceatrisk.org/whitepaper/science-advocacy-at-risk

Zinenko, O.*, Yasenovska, M., Luzan, Y., Maksimtsova, Y., Koval, O., Machula, A., Zakharchenko, A.. (2024). Mediatization of Needs of People with Disabilities in War Discourse in Ukrainian Social Media. 3rd International Workshop on Social Communication and Information Activity in Digital Humanities (SCIA 2024), Vol-3851. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3851/

Zinenko, O. (2024). Voices along the way. Selection of women’s stories during the first year of the full-scale invasion in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Kharkiv: ACCA. 176 pp.