For two days, journalists from the CIS countries discussed pressing issues of interaction between the media and society, as well as issues of building a career and professional development of journalists.

The event, organized by the North-South Political Science Center and the Siberian Institute of Management, a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in cooperation with the Siberia-Eurasia Expert Club, was held as a part of the multi-stage intergovernmental project “Greater Eurasia - Dialogue Without Borders ”, implemented with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States.

For two days, journalists and editors of leading national media, bloggers, media experts, specialists in the field of PR technologies, content managers and mass media marketers discussed current trends and the necessary competencies for effective media interaction with society, mechanisms for promoting media volunteering and social journalism, problems of professional training of journalists in the CIS countries; issues of professional ethics of a journalist.

The speakers, trainers and moderators of the media forum events were Vladimir Kuzmenkin, columnist for the Siberian editorial office of RIA FederalPress, head of the press service of the Novosibirsk metro, Yulia Zagitova, secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Alexey Kudinov, journalist for OTC, Alexey Dyukov, leading YouTube marketer Divico, a 4 silver YouTube buttons owner and other invited guests.