Association of Christian Journalists, Publishers and Broadcasters "Novomedia"
The Journalists Association “Novomedia”
"The transformation of media returns the transformation of nation"
The Novomedia Association is the all-Ukrainian non-governmental journalistic organization. It was founded in 2004 on the initiative of journalist Ruslan Kukharchuk. The Association unites Christian journalists and other creative stuff of different media in two common ways: spiritual unity and professional interests.
For today, Novomedia Association includes about 200 members from secular and Christian media and has representatives in the majority of regions of Ukraine. There are also members of the community in Russian Federation, USA and Canada.
Novomedia Association presents a new format of trainings:
- EIGHT topics that you want to hear in ONE day;
- EIGHT speakers whom you want to get know in ONE day. If you want to receive the most useful knowledge from the field of mass communication in ONE DAY- “Carousel of Novomedia"- is the best format for you.
We have invited new speakers, so they will give you a new knowledge!
According to the data of international organization "Reporters Without Borders", Ukraine ranked 131st out of 178 countries in the 2010 World ranking of press freedom. However, the authorities say that the introductions of censorship in Ukraine are no more than unfounded phobias of journalists.
Friday, April 1st, at the office of the Novomedia Association had an expanded meeting for directors. That was the first meeting in that kind of format: besides permanent members of the board of directors, there were invited other leaders who are responsible for different areas in the organization.
The annual competition among of Christian websites started on April 20th. The competition itself conducts Christian webmasters Club with support of Internet Department of Novomedia Association. The goal of the competition is to determine the best Christian web-sites in their special nominations and motivate other web recourses develop and grow even more.
The contest runs for the fifth years already. Every year the competition involves hundreds of Christian websites, and the best once receives Certificate of the winner.
On Saturday, March 6th, Ruslan Kukharchuk held an educational media course at the invitation of Slavic Pentecostal Church in Rochester (New York). The program for the day included following topics: PR for churches and religious organizations, the information department of the church, journalism in different kinds of media and civil journalism.
International conference of National Religious Broadcasters was held in American city Nashville (Tennessee), from February 26th to March 1st held. This is the largest in the world religious media forum. There were about two thousand people who came to the conference from all over the United States and other countries.
"Is that possible for new media people to create a full-fledged newspaper for two days?"- might say or think professionals once. "Even two newspapers are quite possible!"- The Novomedia Association said. They announced the second admission for 4 day tanning. Extreme course from Novomedia was held February 2nd -5th in Kiev. The course was about "Creating newspapers and magazines from A to Z”. There were 26 enthusiasts from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia who attendant this event.
Ruslan Kuharchuk, president of Novomedia Assosiation, visited National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' on February 15th. About 60 students from different departments of the Editorial Publishing Faculty gathered to listen to the experienced journalist.
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Novomedia Association presents a new format of trainings: