The Faculty of Journalism annually holds a short course for international students, who wish to get knowledge in the field of Russian journalism.
The programme includes a practical and a theoretical module, industry visits and meetings with journalists.
The course runs four consecutive years and has proved to be efficient and inspiring for young people eager to explore the world of Russian media.

Duration:
Two-week course
Language of instruction:
English
Target group:
undergraduate, graduate and media professionals
Credit weighing:
at the end of the course students receive a certificate (5 credits ECTS)
Contents:
Provides students with a general understanding of the way mass media work in Russia
including the work of foreign correspondents in the country
Theoretical module:
lectures on a wide range of topics including Media and Politics in Russia, Russian Media Economics, Print Media: Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Radio in Today’s Russia, Modern Russian TV, Internet Media in Russia, Modern Business Media in Russia etc.
Practical module:
producing an English-language magazine, radio or TV programme
Tuition fee:
18 000 rubles
Accommodation:
from 890 to 1300 rubles per night (single occupancy rooms in University dormitories)

To apply for the Russian Media and Journalism international programme 2014 please download the application form from our site www.journ.msu.ru, fill it in and email it to: Russian.journalism.school@gmail.com
Please address all your queries to the programme coordinator


Application deadline: January 31, 2014.
Contacts: Diana Kulchitskaya
Email: Diana.kulchitskaya@gmail.com
Tel: +7 (495) 629 43 56

Faculty of Journalism Moscow State University 125009 Моscow, Mokhovaya, 9, room 106.







Prof., Dr. Yassen Zassoursky
President of the Faculty of Journalism, MSU Chair in foreign journalism and literature







Dr. Mikhail Makeenko
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University, Head of International Relations department, Deputy Dean for Research. Graduated from MSU, Faculty of Journalism,
PhD since 2002. Published more than 20 articles
and 2 monographs on media business trends in Russia and the USA, on media management and economics issues.


Dr. Olga Smirnova
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University, Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies and mid-career programmes, Director of Centre for Gender and Media Studies. Her academic interests include Internet and new media, digital divide and mass media, gender studies in mass media.




Dr. Oleg Bakoulin
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University. Graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical University (2000), PhD since 2003. His academic interests are connected with history and topical problems of photojournalism, IT-technologies and source study.




Dr. Maria Lukina
Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for curriculum at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University. She teaches basic journal- ism, news reporting and writing. Her methodic of intensive news production has been included in the curricula. Maria Lukina is an expert in interview techniques; her course in journalism interview is very popular among students. She published a book
“Interview Techniques” in 2005.


Dr. Anastassia Grusha
Associate Professor and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University where she completed her doctorate in political communication in 1999. She teaches courses on Media & Politics and Political Design of Mass Media. She published in the area of political journalism and political communication and participated in international conferences and workshops all over the world. Her main fields of inter- est and research are political communication, political journalism, media in election campaigns, international communication, Russian-Italian rela- tions, image of a country in foreign media, national branding.


Dr. Andrei Vyrkovsky
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University. Graduated from MSU Faculty of Journalism in 2004, PhD since 2007. Published more than 20 articles and a few mono-
graphs on business journalism in Russia and abroad, media business and economics issues.




Alexander Zolotarev
Lecturer in multimedia journalism at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University and SochiReporter.ru Founder and CEO. He teaches to Russian and international students, and is a regular attendee of the world’s leading conferences on new media, such
as Interactive Editor & Publisher conference in the USA, the Russian Internet Forum in Moscow, AND Festival in Manchester, UK, etc.



Dr. Ivan Zassoursky
PhD in philology, Associate Professor and head of the chair of new media and theory of communication. His academic interests include media theory and communication, Russian media system in transfor- mation. He is the founder of the online publication “Chastnuy corre- spondent”. Besides, he works on other journalistic projects.




Dr. Vera Tkachenko
PhD in philology, Senior lecturer at the chair of advertising and PR. Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism, MSU. She teaches courses in basic PR and copywriting to undergraduate and Master degree students. Her academic interests include corporate PR, theory of communication, creative techniques in PR and advertising.




Dr. Viktoria Sukhareva
PhD in philology, Senior Lecturer at the chair of TV and radio broad- casting. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism, MSU.
She teaches basic radio journalism. Her research interests include the development of radio broadcasting in Russia.




Dr. Anna Gladkova
PhD in philology, Researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Journal- ism, Moscow State University, Coordinator of the Department of International Relations. Graduated from Pskov State Pedagogical University in 2009, defended her PhD thesis on transformation
of the Dutch press in the 20th-21st centuries in 2012. Her academic interests include international journalism, theory of communication, media psychology.



Dr. Diana Kulchitskaya
Lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University, coordinator of the British Journalism Centre and Mobility Centre. She teaches journalism basics and runs news production projects with 1st and 2nd year students. Her academic interests include mul- timedia journalism, foreign mass media, development of newspa- pers in a convergent environment.



During the practical module students produce an English language publication.







The programme includes visits to different Russian media outlets.