ANO INTERNEWS / EDUCATED MEDIA FOUNDATION Independent Television in Russia USAID Grant Nо 118-G-00-04-00054 FINAL REPORT June 2004 – May 2008 Moscow 2008 June 2004 – May 2008 FINAL REPORT Table of Content TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 5 INDEPENDENT EXPERT ANALYSIS ......................................................................... 9 FOUR YEARS IN THE MEDIA .................................................................................. 25 ISSUES JOURNALISM ............................................................................................. 37 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 37 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...................................................................................................... 37 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 39 1.1. Personal Account Weekly Socio-Economic Program .......................................................... 39 1.2. See You in Court Project ..................................................................................................... 40 1.3. Provintsia Feature Exchange Project .................................................................................. 41 1.4. Social Campaigns ............................................................................................................... 44 1.5. Supporting Documentary Filmmaking .................................................................................. 51 POSTSCRIPTUM .............................................................................................................. 52 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING .................................................................................... 55 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 55 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...................................................................................................... 56 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 57 Management Training ................................................................................................................ 57 Journalism Training .................................................................................................................... 61 Media Law Training .................................................................................................................... 67 Promoting media self-regulation ................................................................................................. 68 Fostering good cooperation between media and law-enforcement ............................................. 68 Capacity building of professional media associations ................................................................. 69 Partnership with Journalism Schools .......................................................................................... 70 Publication and distribution of Training Manuals ........................................................................ 71 E-learning ................................................................................................................................... 72 POSTSCRIPTUM .............................................................................................................. 74 MEDIA RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CENTER ...................................................... 75 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 75 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ...................................................................................................... 75 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 76 Ordinary TV Critics Project ......................................................................................................... 77 Content Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 79 Digital TV in Russia .................................................................................................................... 81 INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER ...................................................................... 83 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 83 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: ..................................................................................................... 83 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 84 INTERNEWS RUSSIA / EMF Independent Television in Russia / Grant # 118-G-00-04-00054 3 June 2004 – May 2008 FINAL REPORT Table of Contents Media Portal www.internews.ru .................................................................................................. 85 Website www.atlastv.ru .............................................................................................................. 91 Website www.rustv.ru ................................................................................................................. 92 Website www.vkluchaisya.ru ...................................................................................................... 93 Web-site www.newsfactory.ru .................................................................................................... 93 News Factory ............................................................................................................................. 93 POSTSCRIPTUM .............................................................................................................. 96 INDUSTRY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES .......................................................................... 97 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ................................................................................... 97 The National Association of TV and Radio broadcasters (NAT) ................................................. 97 TEFI-Region: .............................................................................................................................. 98 Advertising Federation of the Regions (RFR): ............................................................................ 98 Eurasian Guild of Television Designers and Promoters: ............................................................ 99 Media Lawyers Collegium: ......................................................................................................... 99 Press Club:................................................................................................................................. 99 Media Laboratory: ...................................................................................................................... 99 Alliance of Head Managers of Regional Mass Media of Russia (ARS-Press): .......................... 100 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ..................................................................................... 100 Pozner School: ......................................................................................................................... 100 Partnerships with Schools of Journalism: ................................................................................. 100 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS .............................................................................................. 101 SMALL GRANTS ............................................................................................................. 101 Support for professional associations and organizations advocating freedom of expression:... 102 Support for social activism of regional broadcasters through production and distribution of special programs, PSAs and other materials, on competitive basis: ..................................................... 103 Competitions ............................................................................................................................ 103 ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................... 105 INTERNAL COOPERATION ............................................................................................ 105 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 106 FINANCE ......................................................................................................................... 107 STAFF .............................................................................................................................. 108 STRATEGIC CHANGES AND INTERNEWS RUSSIA/EDUCATED MEDIA FOUNDATION MERGER ......................................................................................................................... 111 FINAL REMARKS .................................................................................................... 117 APPENDICES: ......................................................................................................... 119 INTERNEWS RUSSIA / EMF Independent Television in Russia / Grant # 118-G-00-04-00054 4 June 2004 – May 2008 FINAL REPORT Introduction INTRODUCTION This report on USAID grant number 118-G-00-04-005