An online training platform for media professionals has been launched

With the support of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Corporate Fund "Media Damytu Kory" has launched a multimedia educational and information platform for specialists in the field of mass media. The platform contains the best webinars and online courses developed by domestic and international trainers (Great Britain, Russia) and are available absolutely free of charge in translation and in the original language through the internal corporate website of the Foundation at the link https://mdq.kz/ru/education/online/ . The video materials are relevant and in demand taking into account the current trends of the global media market and include such key topics as" Mobile journalism"," Social Media and verification"," DATA journalism"," Fundamentals of critical thinking", "Fundamentals of practical journalism "and "The Art of Interviews". It should be noted that training courses, practical and test tasks for them, feedback from curators, an additional list of references are available to everyone. The successful passing of the final task and completion of the courses, participants will receive certificates. Webinars are held directly in your personal account through the ZOOM application integrated into the platform. In addition, you can register for offline courses through your personal account on the platform. The main task of the platform is to organize and conduct training, as well as professional development of representatives of the media sphere in the format of mass and offline courses. The same time, in this year, it is planned to develop and place two mass online courses on the platform (long-term online courses "Storytelling" and "Gender-sensitive Journalism") and hold one webinar (for representatives of the press services of regional akimats). It should be reminded that the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in a systematic way provides training courses aimed at improving the skills of journalists.