Aelita Ponomaryova, a first-year master’s degree student of the Institute of Philology and Journalism and a correspondent of the Office of Media Communications, SSU, has won the MEDIACODE All-Russian competition for students and media centres of universities.
The results of the competition have been summed up in Orel during the 5th International Scientific Conference and the 8th All-Russian Youth Scientific Forum entitled The Science of the Future – the Science of the Young, which took place from September 20 to 23. There were held the meetings of scientists, panel discussions, master classes, and sections at the venues of the Grinn Congress Centre and Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev.
The forum was attended by well-known scientists of the country, heads of scientific laboratories, and centres funded by mega-grants. In addition, researchers from China, Malaysia, Japan, Italy, and France arrived at one of the largest events of the year.
As part of The Science of the Future – the Science of the Young, two competitions were organised – the MEDIACODE research papers and student media projects.
From Saratov State University, Damir Nizamov, a third-year student of the Faculty of Law (The peculiarities of the ideological and value attitudes of the provincial youth of Russia), Ivan Kirnosov, a postgraduate of the same faculty (The protection of historical memory in the of Constitutional Law of Russia), as well as Ksenia Shipyonok (The formation, structure, and properties of aspartic acid chitosan and nanoparticles based on it), a second-year master’s degree student of the Institute of Chemistry, took part in the competition of research papers.
Three students of the Institute of Philology and Journalism – Aelita Ponomaryova, Polina Gromova, and Victoria Kuznetsova – made it to the finals of the MEDIACODE contest. For four days, they interned at the forum's media centre, covering the events using a variety of genres and forms – news articles, photos, and podcasts. The results of their work were published in the official group and on the forum website, the Universities of the Russian Federation Telegram channel and on the Indicator source for scientists.
On September 23, the closing ceremony of The Science of the Future – the Science of the Young took place, where there were announced the names of the prize-winners of the competition of research papers and student media projects, and Aelita Ponomaryova was among the winners. By the decision of the expert jury, she became the best in the Clear category (popular-scientific projects).
‘Since the first day of the forum entitled The Science of the Future – the Science of the Young, I have been actively involved in the work. Once in the literature capital of Russia – in Orel, I was caught up by a wave of journalistic excitement and desire for knowledge. I was interested in everything – the speeches of foreign scientists at the plenary sessions, lectures, and master classes. But most of all, I remember the literature evening dedicated to the work of Ivan Turgenev. I am grateful to the organisers of the forum and the competition, the programme committee for interesting events, the Director of Communications of the National Centre for Physics and Mathematics Raifa Bitkova for editorial work, and the Orel for a warm welcome,’ Aelita Ponomaryova shared her impressions.
The MEDIACODE contest was held as part of the programme of the Popularisation of Science and Technology federal project and the Decade of Science and Technology supported by the Russian Ministry of Higher Education and Science. 175 applications were submitted for the competition of students and media centres of universities. 22 participants from different Russian regions participated in the finals. Working in the media centre of the forum, the contestants competed for the title of winner in seven categories – Clear, Flash, Discourse, Star of Science, Synthesis, Topic, and Digit.
