The III Forum for Young Journalists for Electronic Mass-media of Eurasia "Dialogue of Cultures"

On 11-12 November 2008 the III Forum for Young Journalists for Electronic Mass-media of Eurasia "Dialogue of Cultures" took place in St. Petersburg in the State Hermitage.

At the Euro-Asia Forum for young journalists the following themes were discussed: “Challenges of global problems for Russia and for the world, responsibility of journalists”, “The old dogmas and stereotypes in mass media. The new generation of journalists and the new Europe”, “The continuity of European process and development of Russia”, “Does the CIS have a future?”, “Historical and cultural preconditions of Eurasian dialogue in Hermitage‘s halls” , “XXI-st century TV: culture or anticulture”, “Multimedia: a new format - new forms of dialogue”, “Culture, as unity of art and knowledge in dialogue development”, “Russian and modern mass-media”, “Russian: language of international dialogue in Eurasia, possibilities of overcoming of translation’s difficulties”.

About 150 young journalists working on TV channels, radio stations and in Internet-editions of Russia and the countries of Eurasia have participated in the conference. Within the context of the Forum presentation of an award “For the Real Contribution to “Dialogue of Cultures” took place on behalf of the International journalistic community and the State Hermitage.

Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum

At the conference in the Hermitage Theatre

Ashot Jazoyan the General Director of the Eurasia Media Centre