Winners of the National Prize "URKER - 2020" announced

On November 13, Nur-Sultan hosted an award ceremony for the winners of the Urker-2020 National Prize in print, radio, and online journalism. In a solemn atmosphere, the winners of the prestigious Journalism Prize were announced in 11 nominations: Best Photo of the Year Sәken Dildakhmet, Independent Environmental Observer Best Report of the Year: Nursultan Myktybaev, Kyzylorda-news.kz portal Best analytical material of the year: Kairat Zhandybaev, Strategy2050.kz portal Best Investigative Journalism of the Year Mikhail Kozachkov, Vremya newspaper Best Interview of the Year: Gulbarshyn Sabaeva, "Egemen Qazaqstan" newspaper Best educational material of the year: Timur Nitaliev, Sputnik Kazakhstan news agency Best project at a radio station: "Efirde 102 FM" program of "Atyray" radio station Best News Portal of the Year: TengriNews portal Best Newspaper of the Year: AQ JOL newspaper Best magazine of the year: Zhuldyz magazine Nomination to them. Sherkhan Murtaza: Kaynar Olzhai, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, publicist All finalists are awarded the title of Winner with a certificate, a commemorative Urker statuette and a cash prize of one million tenge. Spectators could watch the presentation of awards live on the official website of the Award - urker-awards.kz The Urker National Award was founded in 2017 and is being held for the fourth time this year. Applications for participation were accepted from October 2 to November 5, 2020. In total, the organizers received 470 applications from participants. The best works were selected by members of the jury, which included authoritative persons, representatives of the creative intelligentsia and eminent Kazakhstani journalists. The organizer of the Prize is the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was sponsored by RTRK "Kazakhstan" and JSC "Agency" Khabar ".