Awards were presented to the best journalists in Volgograd

Photo: “SJR VO” / Telegram channel

Today, April 25, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the Regional Journalism Competition “Information Genres” took place in Volgograd.

The grand jury had a difficult task – to select the winners of the competition from among the voting leaders in the shortlist. It was an epic battle. There is no other way to describe the jury members’ discussion of the contestants’ work. Each prize-winning entry was discussed with a level of detail that the authors may not have intended. As a result, all competitors can be sure that their work has received proper evaluation!

Let us remind you that the determination of the winners took place in several stages.

1. The shortlist was formed from works selected by each jury member from the general list of submitted works (almost 300 works were submitted) according to their professional criteria. In each nomination, the shortlist included 20-25 works.

2. General soft voting in the shortlist with the determination of candidates for prize-winners – 3-6 works per nomination.

3. In-person discussion and analysis of works by jury members, determination of winners.

This multi-level approach made it possible to seriously study and discuss all the submitted works and reasonably determine the winners in each of the four categories, which is what happened today.

The competition’s expert council includes well-known Volgograd journalists Efim Shusterman, Viktor Vinkov, deputy chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia Alexey Vishnevetsky and members of the board of the Volgograd branch of the SJR: Evgeny Knyazev, Elena Lomakina, Nikolay Korobov, Sergey Matantsev, Alexander Mlechko, Valery Melnikov, Natalya Spektorova, Gennady Bisenov, Roman Skoda.

At the beginning of the event, honored journalist Efim Mikhailovich Shusterman told the participants of the competition about its idea and results. Next, members of the competition’s expert council awarded the winners.

The winners in the “News” nomination were:

1st place – “Cinderella’s Dress”, newspaper “Voskhod”, Svetlana Peregudova.

2nd place – “Hands give up”: the Volgograd shelter “Dino” announced the cessation of accepting pets after the death of the wolf”, news agency “Oblvesti”, Ekaterina Albova.

3rd place – “Recognition gives confidence”, Vysota102, Anton Olkhovatsky.

The winners of the “Interview” nomination were:

4th place – “Hit me”: a fighter from “Immortal Stalingrad” spoke about participation in the Northern Military District,” Urban News, Natalia Gladkaya.

5th place – A frank interview with the mother of a 20-year-old Volgograd resident who died in the Northern Military District: “You learn to live with what you can’t change,” “Notebook-Volgograd,” Anna Fomichenko.

6th place – For a series of interviews on “Radio KP Volgograd”, Maxim Antiptsev.

The winners in the “Reporting” category were:

1st place was not awarded to anyone.

2nd place – “Dad is a legend”: front-line soldier Mikhail Tereshchenko celebrates his centenary in Volgograd,” Vysota102, Anton Olkhovatsky.

3rd place – In the rhythm of childhood: how the Ust-Khopersky kindergarten lives, Ust-Medveditskaya newspaper, Ksenia Popova.

The winners in the “Essay” nomination were:

1st place – “The guys have hope in me. how can I let you down?”, Struggle, Vera Glukhova.

2nd place – Gambit by Evgenia Volkova, Press Service of the Regional Court, Alexander Tyumentsev.

3rd place – “Probably love warms them”: frank stories about the life of Volgograd residents from a homeless shelter,” Vysota102, Victoria Chumakova.

Also, by the decision of the expert council, the following were awarded with diplomas for creative success from the regional branch of the SJR:

“You can’t write a song without a living destiny”, MTV-Online, Maxim Cherpak,

For the visualization of a series of reports in the publication Notebook Volgograd, Viktor Yastrebov,

“When villages were big”, “Sunrise”, Natalya Zhileznova,

“Volgograd residents found the kindest tram conductor,” MTV Online, Daria Kolomychenko.

All winners and diploma recipients will receive cash prizes.