Marichka Padalko

started her career with news about sports, then hosted "Breakfast" with Yury Gorbunov, the children's program "Marichchyn Kinozal", was the host of TSN for 16 years, and from the end of February she started working as the host of the marathon "Edyny Novyny" from 1+1.

On the morning of February 24, it was Marichka Padalko and Yehor Gordeev who were the first to announce from the screens that a full-scale war had begun.

Marichka Padalko shared two of her photos on social networks - 20 years ago and the present.

Subscribers congratulated the presenter and noted that she has hardly changed during this time.

For example, Oleksandr Ponomaryov jokingly commented: "I think it's the temperature of the room during sleep. I didn't notice the change, except for the hairstyle! Marichko, what's the temperature in the room when you sleep?".

Marichka Padalko / Photo: instagram.com/marichkapadalko

In contrast to these photos, television itself has changed during this time, as Padalko says:

"At that moment, 20 years ago, television had a monopoly on information and entertainment (I mean movies and TV series). It was then that I started and hosted a program about sports. Why did so many people watch this program then, because immediately there was one a very popular series. The whole country watched it. Back then, the whole country got its news mainly from television. But in the last 20 years there has been such a diversification of sources of information that now television has to make an effort to stay relevant, especially for young people."

During this time, not only television has changed, but also the role of the news anchor.

"Presenters now need to work not only for the hour allotted to them on the air, but to work 24/7, to be that person who will inspire trust, attract attention and who will be a source of information not only on the air of their TV channel, their program, but in general ".

Marichka Padalko emphasizes that the presenter's work does not end when the broadcast on TV ends.

Now the presenter lives in this role all the time.

"The way you live behind the scenes and what you do outside the studio is no less important, and sometimes more important, than what you do in the frame. All your actions are absolutely known to people, you cannot hide them. "The modern world needs maximum openness. But not everyone is ready for it," says Marichka.

By the way, since the first days of the war, Marichka Padalko has been making a selection of important news daily on her Instagram page for seven months.

He says he will stop doing this when we win.

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