A forum for young journalists was held in Murmansk

A regional media forum for schoolchildren interested in journalism was held in Murmansk. The participants were more than 100 children and teachers from nine municipalities of the Murmansk region.

The meeting brought together participants of the All-Russian project “Media Attraction” and the polar program “Media Mayak”. For young journalists held lectures and meetings with experts from different fields of media.

Participants discussed the future of media, how to recognize and counter fake news, and why journalists have to compete with bloggers for audience attention.

The Minister of Information Policy of the Murmansk region Irina Brinkova spoke at the forum. She noted that the media influence the public mood, so truth, care, respect, love and creation are important in journalistic work.

Separately, the minister drew attention to the presentation of regional news. According to her, bright negative headlines often attract attention faster, but there are many more good events happening in the Murmansk region.

Earlier we wrote that Lebedev congratulated Murmansk residents on the Day of reunification of the DPR and LPR with Russia.