The finalists of Innovation in Russia Through the Eyes of Journalists – 2012

The final Media All-Russian competition Innovation through the eyes of journalists in Russia - 2012 jury meeting took place in April 27, 2012. It summed up the competition and generated lists of finalists and winners, the press service of the RVC reports. The winners of major nominations will share 1.3 M RUR prize fund, receive awards, honorary diplomas and gifts.

The National Competition is held by RVC OJSC for the second time in order to promote and encourage journalists and media covering the issues of innovation development of the country, as well as to attract the attention of the wider community to this issue.

The jury and the competition council that includes chief editors of leading business and news media, academic commentators and newspaper columns, as well as development institutes of the Russian Federation representatives, heads of the ministries of the Russian Federation press services, as well as the winners of the Innovation in Russia through the eyes of journalists - 2011 competition, noted the high level of the submitted works. There are 520 registered bids from 48 regions of Russia, and that is 3.6 times as many the number of papers submitted in 2011. The total number of participants was 250 people and that is 2.1 times many than in 2011.

It was difficult to choose the best project, the difference was sometimes a few tenths of points between the finalists and winners in some categories - Denis Viktorov, chairman of the jury, the chief-editor of Business Magazine said. - Young people actively cover innovative topics, which is a good indicator of the media development.

The finalists of the Innovation in Russia through the eyes of journalists - 2012 competition are:

The best federal published media covering innovation:

- Business Journal
- The Age of Innovation
- Kommersant, Trade Secret

The best regional published media covering innovation:

- Agroforum, Tyumen
- Innovation + Publicity, Saratov
- Technological University, Kazan

The best Internet media covering innovation:

- HPIP.info
- Interfax-Siberia
- Science and Life

Internet TV: The best television program or series of programs on innovation:

- Levanenkov Sergey – RIA TV
- Tomilin Inna - Biokozha Giamatriks
- Eleanor Black - RIA TV

Television: The best television program or series of programs on innovation:

- Voprosova Daria - TV Centre
- Khomich Michael - Rain
- Julia Shust - STV (Stavropol Krai TV)

Radio: The best program or series of programs on innovation:

- Kadnikov Olga - Radio of Russia, Kuzbass
- Yuri Mitin - Kommersant FM
- Khomich Michael - Kommersant FM

The best article about innovation in online media:

- Vladimir Gromkovsky - Ekspert.ru, Moscow
- Samahova Irina - Sib.fm, Novosibirsk
- Helen Timokhina - Forbes.ru, Moscow

The best article about innovation in the federal public policy and business media:

- Geroyev Anna - Kommersant (Appendix BG Innovation)
- Gorchakov Anna - News
- Daniel Ilchenko - Russian Reporter

Best article on innovation in regional socio-political and business media:

- Ermak Sergey - Expert-Ural, Ekaterinburg
- Stefanovic Olga - Trans-Baikal worker, Youth Newspaper, Chita
- Dmitry Tolmachev - Expert-Ural, Ekaterinburg

The following media representatives highlighted in the special awards:

The best article about nanotechnology:

- Bazarbaeva Assia - Business Review, the Volga region
- Kolbina Ludmila - Expert-Ural, Ekaterinburg
- Andrei Konstantinov - Russian Reporter, Moscow

Best Publication on medicine and pharmacy:

- Denis Gavrilov - Kommersant, St. Petersburg
- Dmitry Zhelvitsky - Computerworld Russia, Moscow
- Nifantova Natalia - Machines and Mechanisms, St. Petersburg

Best Publication in high school, student and educational media:

- Kiseleva, Elena - UniverCITY, Tomsk,
- Pamurzina Elena - Flight, Samara State Aerospace University, Samara
- Tomilin Ina - Orenburg University, OSU, Orenburg

The winner of the Best Weblog covering innovation category, according to the Competition Council and organizer of the contest, will be determined by the online community. Express your opinion and vote for a decent blogger can anyone on the www.facebook.com website. The voting deadline is May 15, 24:00 GMT. The winner will be announced on the website of the competition.

All finalists in each category are invited to attend a solemn ceremony to be held in May 18, 2012 from 10.30 a.m. to 15.00 p.m. in the international multi-media press center of RIA Novosti (Moscow).

The winners of the major nominations will share the prize fund of 1.3 M RUR, and receive awards, honorary diplomas and gifts. Winners of Special nominations will become the owners of valuable prizes from the partners of the competition. The results and information about the winners can also be found on the official site at www.rvc-contest.ru after May 18, 2012.
In comparison with the first competition, completed last year, the total number of papers cast for the 2012 competition increased by three and a half and the number of participants – twice more, the number of partners – a half more, - Roman Kosyachkov, Head of Public Relations of RVC OJSC said.