Writing

Martynas Ruseckas

I am a multimedia journalist and video producer with strong skills in digital storytelling and video editing using Adobe Creative Cloud. Have hands-on experience creating diverse multimedia content while working for global news networks like CNN and freelancing for sports media organisations like Bleacher Report. I thrive under pressure, adapt quickly to dynamic work environments, am dedicated, and focus on high quality and audience engagement.

Written News Stories/Long Form

CNN •

Shakhtar Donetsk: Serhii Palkin was running the biggest soccer club in Ukraine. After war broke out, his life changed forever

The noise of fighter jets zipping overhead is a sound that Serhii Palkin finds difficult to forget – even two years on.

Like every Ukrainian, the 49-year-old lived through the “nightmare” that unfolded as Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

While he scrambled to keep his young family safe amid the near constant bombardment, Palkin also had the responsibility of looking after Ukraine’s most successful soccer club, Shakhtar Donetsk.

You would never guess Palkin
CNN •

Molly Carlson was in a ‘dark place’ prior to Rio Olympics. Now she is inspiring millions to talk about mental health

For most people, jumping off a platform which hangs 66-feet in the air from a cliff with just deep open water below is a terrifying prospect, but for high diver and influencer Molly Carlson it is a chance to be free. It is her time to fly.

For the self-described “professional athlete with anxiety,” these dizzying heights are where she feels most at peace. Cliff diving helped the 25-year-old recover from what she calls a “year from hell,” overcoming loneliness and a binge eating disorder. It is,
CNN •

Meet the skydiver who flew in a wingsuit past the castle which inspired Walt Disney

An inspiration for Walt Disney’s imagination for the Sleeping Beauty castle, Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle is a go-to tourist destination for around 1.4 million people per year.

But for professional skydiver Max Manow, it’s a landmark that has been ever-present in his life since childhood and a sight he remembers fondly growing up.

However, in September, Manow’s two worlds collided as the 34-year-old became the first person to detach from a paraglider mid-air and fly past Neuschwanstein Cast
CNN •

Meet Dominika Banevič, teenage breaking superstar who wants to ‘write history’ in the Olympics’ newest sport | CNN

Breaking’s rising star Dominika Banevič knows all too well about believing in yourself and success from a young age; she was exposed to the newest Olympic sport while watching cartoons online, and now the Lithuanian prepares for her debut at the Paris Games as the defending world champion after beating more than 90 other B-girls in Belgium in 2023.
Delfi sportas •

Nuo globos namų, psichologinės duobės iki šlovės Paryžiuje: kaip Simone Biles tapo tituluočiausia visų laikų gimnaste

Gimnastikos superžvaigždė Simone Biles ne be priežasties tituluočiausia pasaulio gimnastė: 27-erių amerikietės garbei pavadinti penki unikalūs gimnastikos judesiai, o jos pasirodymai net ir visko mačiusius sporto entuziastus priverčia stotis ant kojų. Jos karjeroje buvo nemažai pakilimų ir nuosmukių, kurie ją padarė tik stipresnę.
CNN •

Shakhtar Donetsk: Serhii Palkin was running the biggest soccer club in Ukraine. After war broke out, his life changed forever

The noise of fighter jets zipping overhead is a sound that Serhii Palkin finds difficult to forget – even two years on.

Like every Ukrainian, the 49-year-old lived through the “nightmare” that unfolded as Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

While he scrambled to keep his young family safe amid the near constant bombardment, Palkin also had the responsibility of looking after Ukraine’s most successful soccer club, Shakhtar Donetsk.

You would never guess Palkin
CNN •

Molly Carlson was in a ‘dark place’ prior to Rio Olympics. Now she is inspiring millions to talk about mental health

For most people, jumping off a platform which hangs 66-feet in the air from a cliff with just deep open water below is a terrifying prospect, but for high diver and influencer Molly Carlson it is a chance to be free. It is her time to fly.

For the self-described “professional athlete with anxiety,” these dizzying heights are where she feels most at peace. Cliff diving helped the 25-year-old recover from what she calls a “year from hell,” overcoming loneliness and a binge eating disorder. It is,
CNN •

Meet the skydiver who flew in a wingsuit past the castle which inspired Walt Disney

An inspiration for Walt Disney’s imagination for the Sleeping Beauty castle, Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle is a go-to tourist destination for around 1.4 million people per year.

But for professional skydiver Max Manow, it’s a landmark that has been ever-present in his life since childhood and a sight he remembers fondly growing up.

However, in September, Manow’s two worlds collided as the 34-year-old became the first person to detach from a paraglider mid-air and fly past Neuschwanstein Cast
CNN •

Meet Dominika Banevič, teenage breaking superstar who wants to ‘write history’ in the Olympics’ newest sport | CNN

Breaking’s rising star Dominika Banevič knows all too well about believing in yourself and success from a young age; she was exposed to the newest Olympic sport while watching cartoons online, and now the Lithuanian prepares for her debut at the Paris Games as the defending world champion after beating more than 90 other B-girls in Belgium in 2023.
Delfi sportas •

Nuo globos namų, psichologinės duobės iki šlovės Paryžiuje: kaip Simone Biles tapo tituluočiausia visų laikų gimnaste

Gimnastikos superžvaigždė Simone Biles ne be priežasties tituluočiausia pasaulio gimnastė: 27-erių amerikietės garbei pavadinti penki unikalūs gimnastikos judesiai, o jos pasirodymai net ir visko mačiusius sporto entuziastus priverčia stotis ant kojų. Jos karjeroje buvo nemažai pakilimų ir nuosmukių, kurie ją padarė tik stipresnę.

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