Atyrau hosted the republican seminar "Features of industry journalism in the oil and gas, environmental spheres", organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the Akimat of Atyrau region and Atyrau University named after H. Dosmukhamedov.
The seminar is aimed at improving the skills of journalists in covering topical issues of the region (oil and gas sector, environmental protection, infrastructure, etc.), improving communications between the media and local executive bodies.
The journalists got acquainted with the basics and history of the formation of the oil and gas industry, the specifics of working with energy statistics, and mastered skills in analyzing events in the oil and gas industry.
At the opening of the event, the Director of the Department of State Policy in the field of Mass Media of the Ministry Kainar Akhetov, Chairman of the Board-Rector of Atyrau University named after H. Dosmukhamedova Salamat Idrisov.
Kainar Akhetov explained the main provisions of the law "On Mass Media" on the new rules for accreditation of journalists, deadlines for providing answers to written requests from the media, grant funding.
The seminar was held as part of the Roadmap for the development of industry journalism for 2024.
Press Service of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mam/press/news/details/894801