Rubryka is a Ukrainian online media outlet specializing in Solutions Journalism and covering news and socio-political developments from Ukraine in Ukrainian, Russian, and English. It was founded in 2018 by its editor-in-chief Anastasia Rudenko, the only Solutions Journalism trainer in Ukraine, accredited by the Solutions Journalism Network.
Media concept and focuses
Since 2020, Rubryka has been focusing on Solutions Journalism and the principles of constructive journalism, focusing not only on the problems Ukrainians face but also on the solutions they find and how those work. It is the only media outlet in Ukraine specializing in the Solutions Journalism approach, with its articles highlighted by the global Solutions Journalism aggregator Solutions Story Tracker. In 2021, Rubryka launched its signature format for solutions stories.
In Ukraine, Rubryka is recognized as a publication with high journalistic standards and a focus on media literacy.
The publication is internationally acclaimed as a solutions media outlet and has cooperated with such organizations and global promoters of Solutions Journalism as Transitions and Solutions Journalism Network.
The main focus of Rubryka's content is on solutions from Ukraine in the key fields: environmental protection, urban development and reconstruction of Ukraine, gender and social equality, investments, community development, and the responses to social challenges. Rubryka also covers the news from Ukraine and provides analytics to the breaking developments there.
Media work during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the publication has continued covering the stories of solutions responding to the problems caused by the war. The publication has also launched an English-language podcast about solutions by Ukrainians to cope with the war challenges. Rubryka keeps updating its readers about the current developments and news from Ukraine.