Mariana Bahlai is a third-year student at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, Faculty of Journalism. Her area of interest includes research about disinformation, media literacy, observance and  violation of journalistic standards, as well as propaganda, both in its historical origins and nowadays ones, caused by the Russia-Ukraine War. Currently she is an Erasmus Exchange student at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. There she also studies Communication Sciences, Marketing and Management. Mariana enjoys writing journalistic materials and has experience in working in media.