Colleagues of Dmitry Gordon believe that in his interviews the journalist tries to avoid unpleasant and uncomfortable questions for the interlocutors. It is neutral to guest comments that require clarification or confirmation. Despite all this, his programs are unusually vibrant and are very popular with viewers.
Childhood and youth
The native Kiev citizen Dmitry Gordon was born in 1967. At first, Dima lived in a communal apartment on Lev Tolstoy Square, until the family received a separate apartment. Parents of the boy owned engineering specialties: father - builder, mother - economist. The only child in the family was curious. He quickly learned to read and mastered the geographic atlas. Dima went to school from the age of 6 and received a certificate 2 years earlier than his peers - he passed exams for grade 5-6 as an external student. The teenager's range of interests was very broad: history, music, cinema, theater, football.
After graduation, Gordon decided to continue the family dynasty and entered the construction institute. It was not necessary to dream about the career of a journalist - Jewish roots interfered. After the second year there was a break in studies, a student was drafted into the army. Dmitry served in the missile forces, received the rank of sergeant and became a candidate member of the CPSU. During the training, he finally made sure that he had chosen the wrong vector of education.
Journalism
The first steps of the journalistic biography of Gordon coincided with the study at the 2nd year of high school. For the first time, his essays and photographs appeared in the publications Komsomolskoye Znamya, Evening Kiev, and Sports Newspaper. This was followed by work in Komsomolskaya Pravda, with a circulation of 22 million copies.
After receiving the diploma, Dmitry went not to the construction site, but to the editorial office of the newspaper “Evening Kiev”. Since 1992, the career of a journalist continued in the All-Ukrainian general political newspaper "Kiev Vedomosti". After 3 years, Gordon began publishing his own newspaper, Boulevard. The newspaper covered the secular chronicle over the past week. In 2005, the publication received a new name "Gordon Boulevard" and was distributed in a circulation of 570 thousand copies not only in Ukraine but also in the United States.
TV
In parallel with the print edition, the journalist launched the television project “Visiting Dmitry Gordon”. The program was based on a frank conversation with the invited participants. The studio’s guests over the years of the program’s existence were well-known public and political figures, cultural representatives, and athletes.
In 2004, Dmitry began to cooperate with Channel 5, urging residents of the capital to participate in the Maidan and provide support to Viktor Yushchenko.
In 2013, the journalist became the founder and investor of the GORDON project on the Internet. The publication of a socio-political orientation appeared on the 2nd day of Euromaidan. The project is one of the most widely read news publications in the country and continues to hold this position. Every day, the site is visited by about 500, 000 people, since 2014 it has been published in three languages: Russian, Ukrainian and English. In addition, Dmitry leads the channel on You Tube and the author’s channel on Twitter.
Writer and musician
Numerous meetings with interesting interlocutors prompted Dmitry to create collections of interviews. The first book was published in 1999 and was dedicated to psychic Anatoly Kashpirovsky. To date, 51 collections have been published, their heroes are the famous faces of Ukraine and Russia.
Gordon did not pass pop art. In his piggy bank more than 60 songs and clips of solo performance, as well as in duets with Alexander Rosenbaum, Valery Leontyev, Natalia Mogilevskaya. The discography of the artist totals 7 music albums.
Politician
In 2014, the journalist ran as a self-nominated deputy in the Kiev City Council and won. A year later, he was re-elected in the same district, but in 2016, he resigned. At one of the meetings of the City Council, Dmitry was the only one who did not agree with the opinion of his colleagues to give the name of Stepan Bandera to Moscow Avenue.
