Having been famously kidnapped by separatists in eastern Ukraine where he was blind-folded and beaten by pro-Russia separatists for his reporting Simon was already accustomed to a harsh working environment and therefore was not intimidated by the prospect of working for a media start-up when Coda asked him to join the team in early 2018.
Life Before Coda: CNN, VICE, BBC, AFP
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