Marichka Padalko

{{short description|Ukrainian television journalist (born 1976)}}

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Maria Volodymyrivna "Marichka" Padalko ({{langx|uk|Марія Володимирівна Падалко}}, born 26 February 1976) is a Ukrainian television journalist, well known for her feminist opinions.{{Cite web|url=http://ru.telekritika.ua/lyudi/2007-09-28/34124|title=Маричка Падалко: "Журналистика начала развиваться в сторону качества, а не правдивой информации"|website=ru.telekritika.ua|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822152103/http://ru.telekritika.ua/lyudi/2007-09-28/34124|archive-date=2016-08-22|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://1plus1.ua/tsn/novyny/maricka-padalko-ziznalasa-ak-ij-vdalosa-potrapiti-na-telebacenna|title=Марічка Падалко зізналася, як їй вдалося потрапити на телебачення|work=Офіційний сайт каналу 1+1 - 1plus1.ua|access-date=2018-06-20|language=uk}} She is married to Ukrainian politician Yehor Soboliev with whom she has three children.{{Cite news|url=http://wz.lviv.ua/interview/126109-marichka-padalko-zhinka-narodzhuie-koly-zustrichaie-cholovika-u-iakomu-bachyt-batka-svoiei-maibutnoi-dytyny|title=Марічка Падалко: "Жінка народжує, коли зустрічає чоловіка, у якому бачить батька своєї майбутньої дитини"|last=Замок|first=Високий|date=2014-03-08|work=Високий Замок|access-date=2018-06-20|language=uk-UA}}

Biography

She was born in Kyiv on February 26, 1976. Her father is an English translator and her mother is a foreign language teacher. Graduated from a specialized language school.{{Cite web|url=http://center-life.org/media-centr/interv-yu/marichka-padalko-ne-dozvolyayte-obkuryuvati-sebe-ta-svoyih-ditey|title=Марічка Падалко: «Не дозволяйте обкурювати себе та своїх дітей»|accessdate=21 January 2013|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810142131/http://center-life.org/media-centr/interv-yu/marichka-padalko-ne-dozvolyayte-obkuryuvati-sebe-ta-svoyih-ditey}}

She is a linguist by training.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pro-robotu.com.ua/articles.php?aID=1052&action=view_article|title=Маричка Падалко: «Жалею, что в школе плохо учила историю…»|accessdate=21 January 2013|archive-date=4 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304140728/http://www.pro-robotu.com.ua/articles.php?aID=1052&action=view_article}} In 1998, she graduated from Kyiv Linguistic University with a degree in English and German.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

As a student, she studied at the University of Florida's School of Journalism under the U.S. Government's Freedom Support Act exchange program.{{cn|date=August 2024}} It was there that she gained her first journalistic experience at a local newspaper. In 1999, she spent several months interning at the BBC Ukrainian Service in London. In October 1999, she made her first appearance on television.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

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