ABOUT

My name is Nataly Maiboroda.

I am a travel journalist and award-winning photographer with 15 years of experience. I've been working for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, GEO, etc.

My pics were highlighted at The New York Times and The Guardian.

15 + years of experience in tourism. I consult travel businesses and organize tailor-made tours with hidden gems and unique experts.

7 years was filming travel documentaries with Spanish Media company. Position: Host and Producer. A season of "Traveline" (13 hour-long episodes) and "24 hours" have been broadcasted on two channels (Teleputeshestviya and Teleputeshestviya HD).

Visiting lecturer for Journalism Academy of Kommersant, Moscow State University and Tomsk State University.

Guest speaker at Multimedia Art Museum, Kaspersky Lab.

Ex-President of EGEA Kyiv (European Geography Association). Organized Eastern European Regional Congress (2007) and Black Sea Seminar (2008) for geographers from European universities.

My name is Nataly Maiboroda.

I am a travel journalist and award-winning photographer with 15 years of experience. I've been working for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, GEO, etc.

My pics were highlighted at The New York Times and The Guardian.

15 + years of experience in tourism. I consult travel businesses and organize tailor-made tours with hidden gems and unique experts.

7 years was filming travel documentaries with Spanish Media company. Position: Host and Producer. A season of "Traveline" (13 hour-long episodes) and "24 hours" have been broadcasted on two channels (Teleputeshestviya and Teleputeshestviya HD).

Visiting lecturer for Journalism Academy of Kommersant, Moscow State University and Tomsk State University.

Guest speaker at Multimedia Art Museum, Kaspersky Lab.

Ex-President of EGEA Kyiv (European Geography Association). Organized Eastern European Regional Congress (2007) and Black Sea Seminar (2008) for geographers from European universities.
BOOKS
CONTRIBUTED TO 8 BOOKS

CULTURAL VENUES
The book about villa Santo Sospir (Rizzoli publishing house)
In process

SCIENCE
Dark tourism (2 books by Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
Expeditions of 21st century (by the Russian Geographical Society)

BUSINESSES
Metal in architecture (Metalloinvest)
The story of one discovery (Otkritie bank)
Book for Gazprombank


Metal in architecture
2020

The book about the iconic architecture in Russia was made for 15th anniversary of Metalloinvest, a leading global producer of iron ore products. Company's metal was used to construct stadiums, skyscrapers and bridges, including the Moscow City, Skolkovo and Olympic objects.


This book won the nomination "Best Corporate Book" of the annual competition "Best Corporate Media in Russia"
Metal in architecture
2020

The book about the iconic architecture in Russia was made for 15th anniversary of Metalloinvest, a leading global producer of iron ore products. Company's metal was used to construct stadiums, skyscrapers and bridges, including the Moscow City, Skolkovo and Olympic objects.


This book won the nomination "Best Corporate Book" of the annual competition "Best Corporate Media in Russia"


The story of a big discovery
2021

The book tells a story of Otkritie bank, that during its 30+ years of history had merged many small and big banks to make of the most well-know financial group. Otkritie is "a discovery" in Russian, hence the name of the book. The bank operates through over 400 offices in 200 cities located in 73 regions of the country.



This book was published by "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber" Publishing house (МИФ)


The story of a big discovery
2021

The book tells a story of Otkritie bank, that during its 30+ years of history had merged many small and big banks to make of the most well-know financial group. Otkritie is "a discovery" in Russian, hence the name of the book. The bank operates through over 400 offices in 200 cities located in 73 regions of the country.



This book was published by "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber" Publishing house (МИФ)

The encyclopedia of expeditions of 21st century of Russian Geographical Society
2021

The book was made by Russian Geographical Society to highlight the importance of its discoveries, archeological and scientific work, and protection of endangered species.
What do archaeologists, geologists and geographers study today? What secrets does the Arctic hide? This book gives answers.

Published by Paulsen Publishing House, that specializes in popular-science literature on the Arctic and the Antarctic.

The encyclopedia of expeditions of 21st century of Russian Geographical Society
2021

The book was made by Russian Geographical Society to highlight the importance of its discoveries, archeological and scientific work, and protection of endangered species.
What do archaeologists, geologists and geographers study today? What secrets does the Arctic hide? This book gives answers.

Published by Paulsen Publishing House, that specializes in popular-science literature on the Arctic and the Antarctic.
MULTIMEDIA
PROJECTS FOR FORBES

Pirelli (reportage from Formula 1 in Baku)
EMS (European Medical Center)
Aeroflot
Nespresso


SIBERIA

10 regions
10,000 km
3 weeks of expedition
3 months of work
Read:
The land of shamans: the reportage from shaman clinic in the most dangerous Russian region, Tuva, and an exclusive bizarre interview with Supreme Shaman of Russia

Baikal seal, an endemic that lives in the world' deepest lake
Kommersant
Playing adults
2015
The project tells a story about the only dramatic theater in Russia, where all actors has genetic disorders (mostly Down syndrome). The project was time-consuming (5 months of work), but the result was impressive. The Federation Council (the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia) involved all heads of the Committee for Science, Culture, Education, Public Health and Ecology to help this theatre and its actors.

Important: it was the first time in the history of Kommersant when Government showed an interest to the story and initiated a solution to the problem.
GUIDES
DIGITAL
Total Energies:
The big guide to big Russia

AUDIO
4 audio guides on izi.TRAVEL storytelling platform:

Gastronomy tour from Moscow to Torzhok city
Audio guide for train Moscow-Tver
Guide for car ride from Tver to Torzhok
City guide to Torzhok

PRINT
National Geographic (2018):
The guide to World Cup' host cities
Moscow/ St. Petersburg/ Kazan/ Sochi/ Rostov-on-Don/ Samara/ Kaliningrad/ Nizhny Novgorod/ Ekaterinburg/ Volgograd/ Saransk

editorial
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Alrosa: Magazine and Website
ENG/ RUS

Awards
:
'Best Works/ infographics' by the annual competition "The Best Corporate Media of Russia", 2021
'The Best Corporate Media for Investors' by the annual contest "The Best Corporate Media of Russia", 2021


TEXTS (ENG)
Baltic Outlook, in-flight magazine of airBaltic (regular contributor)
In-flight magazine: Singapore Airlines/ German Wings/ Brussels Airlines
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society(6 feature stories)

IMPORTANT TEXTS (RUS)
Underground Paris:
the dangerous journey to catacombs and sewers of the French capital

Kumari: a way from a mortal to goddess and back to mortal
The story of ex and current Nepal's living goddesses

A deadly work:
the interview with Sherpa who broke record with 27th Mount Everest summit

Shrimp fishing on horseback:
a story about 500-year-old tradition that exists only in one place in the world

No country for predators:
why in New Zealand they kill carnivores?

The interview with the grandson of Norgay Tenzing,
the first person who reached Everest

Beekeeping in Paris:
why rooftops of Notre-Dame, the Palais Garnier, the École Militaire, the Musée d'Orsay, also of churches, railway stations and skyscrapers are home to bee hives

Hani Rice Terraces:
how Chinese indigenous peoples tamed weather, landscape, oxes, fish and ducks to grow rise

Traditional Chinese Medicine:
why Chinese eat placenta, insert needles into the skin and spit on streets to be healthy

The Veps:
Russian indigenous peoples who live in woods

A bewitched place:
a reportage from my hometown Dykanka, that have a mystical reputation due to pagan spirits, witches and Nikolai Gogol, a well-known writer, who pioneered the magical realism genre in literature