Interfax. The Technology of News book added to library collections of major Russian higher educational establishments

MOSCOW. Oct 6 (Interfax) - The "Interfax. The Technology of News" book, which gives a deep insight into the professional news making process, has been formally added to library collections of major Russian higher educational establishments.

The second updated and expanded edition of the book published in 2022 has become available to the students of over ten major higher educational establishments, including Lomonosov Moscow State University, MGIMO University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Financial University under the Russian Government, St. Petersburg State University, People's Friendship University of Russia, and Siberian, Urals, Southern and Far Eastern federal universities.

Interfax. The Technology of News will help beginning journalists to look beyond the obvious, to see the news important to readers, avoid mistakes and report not just events, but also their meaning and implications.

The book has been recommended by the Federal Education Methodological Association as a manual for university students studying journalism and media communications. All of the aforesaid higher educational establishments have such courses.

Interfax. The Technology of News is a public version of the internal standards of a major Russian news agency, Interfax. It dwells on the general principles of work of the agency's journalists, the genres of information journalism, the rules for writing and editing news, and the technology for prompt coverage of specific topics and events.

The new edition is twice the size of the first one, which was published in 2010, so it is able to cover new types of news, changes in the way journalists work amid the digital transformation and increased demands for fast reporting, accuracy and analyticity of newswires. The section of the book dealing with the legal risks of the profession is far more in-depth.

The book is available on paper and in electronic format on marketplaces, at book stores, in electronic libraries, and on the website of a leading Russian business literature publisher, Alpina PRO.