... Editor-in-Chief
Vyacheslav Umanovsky, Director of The Central House of Journalists
Yury Cherny, Head, Centre for Informatics Problems, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences; Assistant Professor, Institute of Journalism, Communications and Media Education, Moscow State Pedagogical University
Alexei Firsov, Head of the Platform Research Centre
Roman Serebryany, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists, moderated the discussion.
Not only information consumers, but also the journalists ...
A recent report
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), “Propaganda and Freedom of the Media,” raises the question of whether there has been an erosion of journalism integrity both in Russia and the West. Implicitly, it highlights how the perception of what makes for good reporting has been changing since the start of the Ukrainian crisis and the Russia-West confrontation in 2013-2014.
Given that the West ...
... of radio station Echo of Moscow, about Internet technologies in radio, the latest Russian trends and combining expertise and journalism.
What are the latest trends in radio broadcasting? Does the Internet help or hinder its development?
Radio broadcasting ... ... the hunger for more info, while affluence prompts the desire for more fun, and so on. Many try to use the Internet and social media to create an animated media system. The most interactive platform by nature, radio sits closest to the Internet as a communication ...
... about the structure of the Russian parliament or current international conflicts other than Ukraine. I believe the issue is one of general education.
Second, many are lazy and often shirk the effort needed to gain the experience needed for professional journalism and quality writing. Many expect huge salaries immediately after getting a job and dream of trips abroad and fame. Fortunately – rather than unfortunately – journalism means a day-to-day grind of hard work and you can only succeed if your talent rests on solid foundations of this hard work,...
... to the reading public, without adopting an attitude towards the described events.
As things stand now, the role of the media in Russia has been mainly reduced to either imitating informing people or supplying propaganda.
Representatives of foreign media have repeatedly criticized Russian journalism, and the issue of freedom of speech has been raised more than once. Where, in your opinion, is the line drawn between robust criticism of the state's policies and open statements of opposition?
Criticism should not be the purpose of an article....
