Opinion Today: Volunteering in Ukraine, one drone at a time

A journalist recounts her involvement in the war effort. 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Wakin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvZGFuaWVsLWotd2FraW4_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzEwMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA0MzU2Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NjQ0NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZRRoVB1lqlsE31IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) Senior Staff Editor, Opinion For all the discussion in journalism circles about objectivity, the fundamental nature of reporting remains observation. Journalists watch, listen, ask questions and recount. In an effort to maintain impartiality, they generally avoid jumping into the fray. However, as a certain old-timey journalist from the days of telexes and typewriters once told a young newsman early in his career, “What clarity we get from noncommitment is paid for by putting us on the sidelines.” (Good line, [Dad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy5mb3JkaGFtLmVkdS91bml2ZXJzaXR5LW5ld3MvdW5pdmVyc2l0eS1tb3VybnMtZWR3YXJkLXdha2luLWZvcm1lci1jb21tdW5pY2F0aW9ucy1wcm9mZXNzb3IvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMxMDA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNDM1NiZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDY0NDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUUaFQdZapbBN9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~).) But some journalists hop past those sidelines and into the game. George Orwell is a famous example. Intending to write articles about the Spanish Civil War, he ended up joining a Communist militia fighting the fascists. “At that time and in that atmosphere, it seemed the only conceivable thing to do,” he wrote at the outset of “[Homage to Catalonia](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP0TMaHR0cHM6Ly9ndXRlbmJlcmcubmV0LmF1L2Vib29rczAyLzAyMDExMTFoLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzEwMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA0MzU2Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NjQ0NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcjY2gxVwNueXRCCmUUaFQdZapbBN9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~).” The Franco-Polish journalist Anna Husarska, whose [guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMC8wMS9vcGluaW9uL3ZvbHVudGVlcmluZy1zdXBwbGllcy11a3JhaW5lLW1pbGl0YXJ5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzEwMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA0MzU2Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NjQ0NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZRRoVB1lqlsE31IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) this week recounts her volunteer efforts in the Ukraine war, is in that Orwellian (in the positive sense) mode. Ms. Husarska, a longtime chronicler of conflict, recounts her leap into the ad-hoc volunteer supply chain for Ukrainians on the front lines. With some whimsy, she finds a metaphor in Amazon — put in your order to the “everything store” for drones, batteries, underwear and pickup trucks and somebody will deliver it. It was the only conceivable thing to do. Make no mistake, Ms. Husarska was always a journalist with a point of view. She staffed the Paris information bureau of Poland’s Solidarity union movement and worked at the pro-Solidarity newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. She has brought strongly stated convictions about right and wrong to her coverage of numerous wars and has worked as a consultant and analyst for humanitarian organizations. “I don’t believe in detachment,” [she told](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_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) an interviewer in the 2001 [book](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucm91dGxlZGdlLmNvbS9SZXBvcnRpbmctdGhlLVBvc3QtY29tbXVuaXN0LVJldm9sdXRpb24vU255ZGVyL3AvYm9vay85NzgwNzY1ODA3MzgwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMxMDA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNDM1NiZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDY0NDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUUaFQdZapbBN9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) “Reporting the Post-Communist Revolution.” Ms. Husarska has also been a translator, and one of her projects, not surprisingly, was rendering Orwell’s [essays in Polish.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJlcm5ldHRwZW5rYS5jb20vcGFnZXMvYm9va3MvNTExMTAvZ2VvcmdlLW9yd2VsbC1hbm5hLWh1c2Fyc2thL2VzZWplLXd5Ym9yLWVzc2F5cy1zZWxlY3Rpb25zP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMxMDA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNDM1NiZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDY0NDUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUUaFQdZapbBN9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) “I try to imitate him, and before turning in any piece I have written, I give it an ‘Orwell read’ and eliminate all the pretentious or boring words,” [she said](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_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~) in the book interview. “I check my pieces for political decency, if you see what I mean.” [Read the essay here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm_9loP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMC8wMS9vcGluaW9uL3ZvbHVudGVlcmluZy1zdXBwbGllcy11a3JhaW5lLW1pbGl0YXJ5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzEwMDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA0MzU2Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NjQ0NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZRRoVB1lqlsE31IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). 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