Oleh Dereniuha
Was born on April 30, 1989 in the village of Chornomoske, Crimea region, Ukrainian SSR. Since the same year, he lives in Mykolaiv. Studied at Mykolaiv Gymnasium No. 3 and Mykolaiv Evening School №1. He received his higher education at the Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University, majoring in History and Public Administration (local self-government). Participated in educational programs of the Council of Europe (Oxford, Great Britain), the Stockholm School of Economics (Stockholm, Sweden), and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Berlin, Germany).
During his student years, during 2010-2013, he was actively involved in public activities, in particular, he implemented the student internship program for the Mykolaiv City Council, together with like-minded people, he launched the MuseumCamp initiative to create a city history museum in Mykolaiv, organized the Student Republic program, participated in the work of student self-government authorities, municipal advisory authorities on youth policy issues.
Since 2012, he has been a correspondent of the online-media NikVesti, since 2013 he has been the editor-in-chief. In his work, he specializes in the work of local self-government authorities. In 2016, he organized the studio NikVesti Production, which is engaged in the production of television programs, films, journalistic investigations, and other video productions. Recorded more than 100 interviews with local and all-Ukrainian politicians. Since 2019, it has implemented regular live broadcasts of socially important events in Mykolaiv, including meetings of authorities, rallies, public hearings, and other events. During the presidential elections in 2019, together with the NikVesti team and the MART and NIS-TV TV channels, he held a telethon Elections-2019 with the participation of representatives of the candidates' headquarters, local deputies, the city mayor and the regional leadership, where for 5 hours in the consequences of the results of the presidential elections of Ukraine were discussed live. During the 2020 local elections, he started the political talk show «Battle for the City», which became the main platform of the election campaign for candidates for deputies and mayors of Mykolaiv, journalists and active citizens. During the talk show, issues of development of Mykolaiv, problems and prospects of the city were discussed. It was during this talk show that for the first time in Mykolaiv there was a debate of candidates for city mayors in the first round of elections, where politicians presented their programs and answered the questions of their opponents, Mykolaiv and well-known Ukrainian journalists, as well as residents of Mykolaiv. The programs were broadcast on the MART and NIS-TV channels and received more than 200,000 views on YouTube.
Received the Citizen of the Year 2020 award in the Mass Media category.
How to contact:
Address: NikVesti editorial office, 24-B Falieievska Street, Mykolaiv, 54001, Ukraine.
Contact phone: +380932838912
E-mail: oleg@nikvesti.com