π Tender Overview
On October 20 in St. Petersburg in the press center of the regional information center TASS an event was held as part of the XX Anniversary Forum of the North-West Media. Taking into account the current situation the organizers of the forum decided to hold a business part of the forum this year and the presentation events and the solemn awarding of the winners of the SESAM journalistic competition were decided to be postponed to next year.The media planning meeting with the participation of the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West Federal District Lyubov Sovershayeva and the Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia Vladimir Solovyov was attended both in person and via video link by journalists - winners of SESAM competitions coordinators of the Association of Media of the North-West of the subjects of the Associations.During the conversation an exchange of views took place on the achievements and changes in the industry over the past 20 years special attention was paid to the current agenda and the possibilities of traditional journalism at the present stage.In her opening speech Lyubov Sovershaeva assessed the results of the activities of the North-West Media Association and noted its importance in shaping the districts information space Twenty years for a public organization is a long and serious journey. We were the first to organize such an organization in the federal district. When we started holding large forums raising and discussing various sometimes sensitive topics the whole country found out about us.