Weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine and sought to “liberate” the port of Mariupol by bombing it into the ground, the words of the video journalist Mstyslav Chernov of the Associated Press are a powerful reminder of why journalism matters.
After 20 days of documenting the city’s agony, Chernov wrote: “About a quarter of Mariupol’s 430,000 residents left in those first days, while they still could. But few people believed a war was coming, and by the time most realized their mistake, it was too late.
