I'm a Ukrainian TV journalist from Kyiv. I worked for one of the biggest Ukrainian media holdings ‘1+1 media’ for 4 years. Now I take a gap in my work and doing my Master's degree in Sustainable Communications in Sweden (Jonkoping).

Before, I lived and worked in Kyiv for 6 years. For television, I made more than 300 different stories and lives. Most stories were on social topics, also I shoot stories about business startups, history, and urbanism.

Before COVID I traveled a lot in Europe with my girlfriend. We use CS because sometimes want to know more about locals.

My social networks:
https://instagram.com/karl_volk
https://www.facebook.com/karl.volkogon

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I adore communication and due to the chosen occupation I have to interview a lot of people and get to know something new about them. So I do love meeting new people.

Interests

I am curious about everything. It is like fuel that helps me to develop and meet new challenges.

• arts
• architecture
• photography
• yoga
• traveling
• food
• cinema
• storytelling
• television
• urban studies
• urbanism
• video production

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite music : Muse, Coldplay, The Killers, RHCP, MGMT, Moby, Bonobo, Gorillaz, 5'nizza, Imagine Dragons, Röyksopp, Twenty One Pilots. Also I love Jazz, Bill Evans most.

Directors: Tarantino, Nolan.
Actors: Tom Hanks, Collin Farreli, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Charlie Chaplin.

Books: Erich Maria Remarque, Orwell, Chuck Palahniuk, Dovlatov, "Shantaram", self-improvement books sometimes like books of Stephen Covey, Richard Brenson or Dale Carnegie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

By the way, I got unforgettable emotions after visiting an orphanage in Kyiv together with my colleagues. We presented a lot of useful things to the kids for them to develop their skills.

Teach, Learn, Share

Being a journalist makes you know a little bit of everything. Therefore I like speaking and especially listening to people absorbing new information and sharing their knowledge.

I can tell a lot about television and film production.
I can teach you Ukrainian or Russian if you wish.
I can train your diction and voice through funny exercises if you get bored somehow.
My girlfriend is a yoga master. She can teach you amazing things! (I hope you get better than me:))

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine