| April 2012 |
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RIA Novosti is proud to announce that five infographics produced by its design center have won the prestigious Award of Distinction at the 18th Annual Communicator Awards for Interactive Multimedia - Public Relations. The agency was the only participant from Russia to win an award.
Thirteen World War II veterans who used to work for RIA Novosti and its predecessor, APN, attended a concert organized by the news agency at its Moscow premises on Wednesday to celebrate the 67th anniversary of victory in World War II.
The move to a system of open government that uses the internet to gauge public support for a particular measure requires further development of verification technology because of its vulnerability to distortion by botnets, RIA Novosti’s Editor in Chief Svetlana Mironyuk said on Wednesday at a media technology conference.
The Russian language website of RIA Novosti’s International Multimedia Press Center, www.pressria.ru, will be officially launched on April 25.
Some of the world’s leading journalism associations, heads of media organizations and Russian state bodies are to take part in the second “Future Media” forum in Moscow on June 19.
Experts on bilingual education will meet at the Moldova office of the Russian Federal Agency for Humanitarian Cooperation on April 24 to discuss teaching in two languages at schools and kindergartens.
RIA Novosti and the R-Sport news agency will hold the first National Forum and Seminar for Sports Journalists on April 25-27 in Sochi. The event is being sponsored by the Joint Informational Center and the Russian Olympic Committee.
Svetlana Mironyuk, the head of RIA Novosti News and Information Agency, has won one of the prizes in the international business journalism contest PRESSzvanie, the contest’s committee announced on Friday.
RIA Novosti infographic works have won two bronze awards at the Malofiej international annual contest.