On October 24, foreign media specialists met with Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Media staff and bloggers from Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Qatar, China, Lebanon, Nepal, Peru, Serbia and Tunisia participate in the SputnikPro project under the “New Generation” program.
The delegates discussed with Zakharova the current relations of Russia with the listed countries and the ways of their development. They also talked about the situation in the Middle East. Maria Zakharova told young specialists how the Russian information agenda is being formed abroad, shared her experience of building foreign broadcasting on the example of Sputnik.
During the week, participants will get acquainted with the work of the international agency and radio, discuss with leading experts the evolution of the media, the rules of writing news and fact-checking, the role of modern technologies in journalism, the phenomenon of fake news, work in social networks, the production of audio and video content, and also take part in practical classes.