Nataliya Gumenyuk is a well-known Ukrainian journalist and author specializing in foreign affairs and conflict reporting. She is the founder and CEO of the Public Interest Journalism Lab. She is the author of several documentaries and books, including The Lost Island: Tales From The Occupied Crimea and Maidan Tahrir. Since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she has regularly written for The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Rolling Stone, Die Zeit. She also provides commentaries for CNN, MSNBC, Sky News, etc. Gumenyuk was the co-founder, and for 5 years Head of Independent Hromadske TV and Hromadske International. She is a Member of the Council for Freedom of Speech Under the President of Ukraine, as well as the Independent Media Council