RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES
RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES
Multimedia journalism and modern media technologies
Multimedia journalism and modern media technologies

Multimedia journalism and modern media technologies

The universalization of the journalistic profession is based on the convergence of all types of information process, where the visual is combined with the auditory and the textual. All this leads to new approaches in teaching: a journalist must be able to work simultaneously for all types of media.

The program is aimed at training specialists with knowledge of humanities and providing them with the technical tools necessary for working in the modern multimedia. The universalization of the work of a journalist and the challenges of the labor market has determined a creation of the new educational program on multimedia journalism and modern media technologies. This program is designed to form the competencies that can be employed in various segments and platforms of the media market.

Student Internet publication at the Faculty of Journalism allows the students to go through the complete cycles of creating journalistic content and promoting it. Types of occupation: author, editor, project-related, technology-related and marketing-related positions.

Key disciplines of the program: “Multimedia journalism”, “Creating a multimedia resource”, “Theory and practice of new media”, “Technology for working with social media”, “Technology for interviewing in a multimedia space”, “Video blogging”, “Media design”, “Reporting for the multimedia”, “Global corporate communications”.

Areas of occupation: online media, convergent editorial offices, SMM editions, multimedia departments of TV-channels and radio stations.