MEDIA Intership in Russia

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Russian Federation Culture Education Culture Education +1 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner is a school of Russian language for foreign students. The school was founded in summer of 2015 and has been successfully accepting summer school students for 5 years as well as during the school year. The process of teaching at the school is conducted by highly qualified teachers (native speakers).

The school is developing intensively and there are some directions in its activity:

Summer school (studying Russian + activity program)
Internships (teaching, translation, media/filed research area)
Courses during the school year
Year around studying

💼 What the programme involves

Learning the basics of Journalism in Russian, in Russia and with a media professional is possible! The participants will realise a month-long journalistic project with a Russian teacher who is also their media-tutor.

The first part of the traineeship will be organised in a series of lectures and workshops to teach the trainees the basics of working in mass media. The activities have been scheduled to allow the participants the time to process the gained information.

After this learning period the trainees will have the opportunity to put their knowledge to practice by composing an article on the subject of their choice, depending on their interests.

This stage of the traineeship will be supervised by the Chief Editor of a web magazine about the city of Voronezh. The supervisor will be available to accompany the participants at key stages of the process such as choosing the right headline for the article, identifying what research methods will be the most suitable and to offer give advice on how to clearly express ideas.

The organizers will set up meetings with people of interest to allow the participants a real chance at conducting interviews that will allow them to develop their skills.

While writing the article the participants will meet a Russian language teacher who will help them to avoid language mistakes in their work. The participants will also participate in a seminary where a professional will share knowledge of urban photography.
At the end of the traineeship the Chief Editor will select the best articles and they will be published in one of the most popular online magazines in the city www.downtown.ru

🏠 Accommodation on site

A 3-star hotel is located in the heart of the city and is five minutes away from the school.

Accommodation is in a single room.

The hotel provides breakfast that is included in the price of the programme.

🍲 Food

Vegetarian food possible.

📍 About the location

Full language and cultural immersion programme is a great opportunity to immerse oneself in the language for a whole month. Voronezh, the city where the programme takes place, is not cosmopolitan at all and a lot of Russian traditions are still preserved there. Still, it is a city with 1 mio inhabitants and it has a diverse cultural life. Voronezh hosts a number of exciting festivals (the main cultural event of the region – Platonov International Art Festival – will take place during the proposed study term). Participants of the language course can enjoy best theatre plays of Russia and the world, visit concerts of classics preformed by famous musicians, observe exhibitions of modern visual art and enjoy street performances.

Voronezh is one of the major educational centers of Russia. Along with a wealth of fine architecture, cultural, and shopping opportunities, is the possibility to escape to one of the many green spaces around and just outside the city.
• 1,014 600 population (15th in Russia)
• 120,000 student population
• over 30 higher education establishments
• over 6,000 international students (every 20th student)
• pulsating economic and cultural capital of The Black Earth Region
• one of the biggest cultural and financial centres of the European part of Russia.

If you are a fun of boisterous nightlife, there is never a dull moment. After all, Voronezh is a student city. There are so many restaurants, cafe and nightclubs that you are sure to find one to your linking.

Why not Moscow and St.Peterburg?

-Voronezh was named a Cultural Capital of Russia in 2015
-accommodation and prices more affordable
-real Russian culture away from the cosmopolitan capital cities
-true provincial Russian hospitality

🎒 Leisure activities

We provide an interesting activity programme for the interns during their stay at the city. This programme includes visiting different museums and parks, a boat trip, a field trip and many other events.