On social media, a video of a journalist reporting the Russia-Ukraine issue has gone viral. Philip Crowther, a reporter, is shown speaking in six languages on the newest developments in the case.
Crowther was covering the story from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. He works for The Associated Press as an international affiliate journalist.
Crowther spoke to several news organizations on the border problem, providing facts in English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
The journalist himself shared a montage of his work on Twitter, which received over 1.8 million views in a single day. The video has been seen by 3.7 million people thus far.
The journalist has a YouTube account where he often uploads recordings of his multilingual coverage of different worldwide news events.
Crowther’s LinkedIn page also mentions his linguistic skills, stating, “US political specialist, proficient in world affairs, sports, and six languages: English, Spanish, French, Luxembourgish, German, and Portuguese.”
Crowther earned a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the University of Arts in London in 2008, according to his LinkedIn page. He graduated from King’s College London with a bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Studies.
Crowther claims in the experience part that his journalism career began in 2006 as a Sports Reporter for El Pais Uruguay.
Crowther also has a website on which he claims to be the son of a British father and a German mother, and that he was born in Luxembourg. He is presently stationed in Washington, DC, where he writes about US diplomacy, foreign policy, politics, and current events, as well as breaking international news items from across
