Training courses on IT journalism have been completed in Almaty

Training courses on IT journalism have been completed in Almaty

Today the International Information Technology University presented certificates to participants of training courses in IT journalism, which were held at the initiative of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The training courses are aimed at the development of industry journalism in the IT sphere, improving the quality of published materials in the media, correct interpretation of specific terminology.

During five days the participants of the courses were explained topical issues on data journalism, features of digital storytelling, mobilography. The participants also had the opportunity to perform practical tasks under the guidance of the teachers of the IITU. The training courses were held in Kazakh, Russian and English.

The speakers were representatives of the teaching staff of the International Information Technology University: Associate Professor of the Department of "Media Communications and History of Kazakhstan", journalist S.Ashenova; senior lecturer of the Department of "Computer Engineering and Information Security", IT specialist Yergali Dauletbek; PhD in media, Associate Professor, screenwriter, journalist, S.Velitchenko, etc.

Courses in offline format covered 30 representatives of state and commercial media (JSC "RTRC "Kazakhstan", JSC "Agency" Khabar", newspaper "Evening Almaty", national portal "Adyrna", blog platform "Your Vision", etc.). More than 260 listeners participated in the online format. The course record is available on the official page of the International Information Technology University at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZpxXjbhiIu1vjLqduLsJ37HJP1czwGyM

Recall that in 2021 a Memorandum of Understanding and cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the International Information Technology University. The main purpose of the memorandum is to train industry journalists specializing in the IT field.