The acceptance of applications for the «Zhiger» award named after Beisen Kuranbek has been announced

The acceptance of applications for the «Zhiger» award named after Beisen Kuranbek has been announced

The Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan announces the start of accepting applications for the «Zhiger» Award named after the famous Kazakh TV journalist Beisen Kuranbek. The award is held in cooperation with the Corporate Fund «Media Damytu Kory». 

Applications for participation in the «Zhiger» Award are accepted on the official website of the Corporate Fund «Media Damytu Kory» mdq.kz from August 20 to September 20, 2021. 

«Zhiger» is a professional award granted in the field of journalistic skills for covering socially significant topics. The main goal of the Award is to preserve the name and legacy of Beisen Kuranbek, a talented journalist, public figure, winner of the prize of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During his relatively short life he managed to make a great contribution to the development of Kazakh television, to gain the recognition of colleagues and the love of viewers thanks to hard work and selfless service to the profession. 

Terms of participation:

 - TV programs of the republican and regional television of the Republic of Kazakhstan can take part in the competition; 

- materials presented on competition must be broadcast on television from January 1 to September 19, 2021; 

- the competition is open for works in kazakh and russian languages; 

- TV programs that raise current issues to society and affect social topics can take part in the competition. 

The awards will be granted for the works that most fully reflect the principles of Beisen Kuranbek in journalistic activity. The best TV programs will be determined by the  votes of members of a special jury consisting of media industry professionals, public figures and associates of Beisen Kuranbek. 

The winners of the competition will become the owners of a diploma, a commemorative statuette «Zhiger» and a monetary reward: for the first place – 1 000 000 tenge, for the second place-500 000 tenge and for the third place-300 000 tenge. 

The results of the competition and the names of the Award winners will be announced on September 27, 2021.

For the first time the «Zhiger» Award was established in 2020 by the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with the Corporate Fund «Media Damytu Kory». The winners of the Award were 4 representatives of the domestic media.