By Jensen McKey
Epic Charter Schools
After her high school journalism class was canceled due to COVID-19, Kate Kitova wanted nothing more than to study journalism, particularly video production.
Kitova, who is 18 and lives in Taganrog, Russia, is one of two Russian students participating this year virtually in the Oklahoma Institute of Diversity in Journalism. While she calls Russia home, her interest is in media production and she wants to study journalism abroad in America.
“I’m very interested in how (students study) in another country.”
Kitova has traveled around her country in southwestern Russia and to St. Petersburg, in the west on the Baltic Sea. She often travels by train. She aspires to produce her own TV show on travel, see different places and meet new people.
“If you do more traveling you can find friends in other countries and in your city, and you can know more about the world,” Kitova said.
Kitova’s love of travel and video production was influenced by a Russian TV show called “Heads or Tails Shopping.”
She enjoys gaming online with her brother and friends and enjoys going to the park with her friends. Kitova also enjoys talking with her online friends, with apps like Telegram.
“I guess I (will) have a bigger distance with my friends on the internet,” Kitova said. “But I think it’s not (going) to influence our relationship… because if it’s a true friend(ship) they stay with you, whatever happens.”
