Students of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno took part in the "Winter School" of the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University

The International educational project "Winter School" took place at the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University from January 16 to 27, 2023. Among its participants were students of the specialty "Journalism" of the Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Alexander Stepanenko, Tagir Mammadov and Ilona Kostyuk.

The participation of students of the specialty "Journalism" became possible thanks to the cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, which was concluded in October 2022.

The winter school was held in a distance format. Undergraduates from universities in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia were trained. The educational program was focused on getting acquainted with the media system of Russia, the existing trends in the Russian media market, and implied obtaining practical skills in working in Russian-language media.

The first week included a course of lectures. Among the main topics that the students considered were the topics of journalistic culture, digital inequality and digital capital, the role of the media in Eurasian integration. The lectures also dealt with the development of television journalism, photojournalism and digital media in Russia. Virtual tours of Russia's leading media companies and meetings with their employees with the opportunity to ask questions were organized (TASS, VK, Russia Today). Online tours of the Faculty of Journalism and the main building of the Lomonosov Moscow State University were held.

The second week of the "Winter School" was a practical module. He assumed the development, implementation and protection of multimedia projects. The participants were divided into 10 international groups of 3 people. The works were evaluated by teachers of the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The project of Alexander Stepanenko's team dedicated to integration processes in the post-Soviet space within the CIS was recognized as the best according to the results of the "Winter School". The authors of the project had the opportunity to undergo free of charge included training at the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the autumn semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

All students who successfully mastered the school's program were awarded certificates of Lomonosov Moscow State University.