Pandemic and Putin turn UBC student into war correspondent

UBC political science student turned journalist Anastasiia Lapatina at work in t
UBC political science student turned journalist Anastasiia Lapatina at work in the field. Credit: Courtesy of Anastasiia Lapatina
UBC political science student turned journalist Anastasiia Lapatina at work in the field. Credit: Courtesy of Anastasiia Lapatina - Arts & Humanities - Erik Rolfsen Anastasiia Lapatina knows that war correspondent is not a typical side hustle for a student. Right now, she ought to be thinking about which fourth-year courses to take. Maybe talking with friends about her latest date. Whatever it is that 20-year-olds do, she isn't that sure anymore. "I probably shouldn't be doing this," she admits. "No one in their twenties should be covering the exhumation of a mass grave near their hometown.
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