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Members of Press Council from Republic of Moldova elected
The recently-summoned Committee for selecting members of the Press Council from Republic of Moldova revealed the results of the open contest and appointed the composition of the Press Council. Eleven representatives of the journalistic environment (put forward by the boards of publications/agencies, portals, journalists’ professional organizations and other media NGOs) and 10 representatives of mass-media consumers (suggested by groups of readers, NGOs from other fields, including trade unions, patronage and religious organizations, political parties etc.) enrolled in the competition for the position of Press Council members. After summing up all scores gained by each candidate in accordance with the publicly-announced selection criteria, nine members of the Press Council were elected, including four members of the journalistic environment (out of which - two representatives of regional publications, including one – from territorial administrative unit Gagauz Yeri) and five members standing for mass-media consumers. The nominal composition of R. Moldova’s Press Council is as follows: Members of Press Council, representing the journalistic environment: 1. Ludmila Andronic – Editor-in-chief of the economic magazine „Business Class”, lecturer at the Faculty of journalism and communication sciences, Moldova State University; 2. Dmitrii Kalak – Deputy Editor-in-chief of the national newspaper „Ekonomiceskoe obozrenie/Logos-press”; 3. Oleg Hitalschi –...
Four Press Council members elected
On November 30 this year, the first sitting of the Committee for selecting members of the Press Council from Republic of Moldova took place.
The main issue on the Committee’s agenda constituted the selection of Press Council members. Six representatives of the journalistic environment and ten representatives of press consumers enrolled in the competition for obtaining Press Council membership. Due to the small number of applicants, the Selection Committee unanimously voted for the extension of the deadline for submitting folders to the open contest for electing Press Council members tillDecember 10, 2009of Chisinau municipality media consumers. The next sitting of the Selection Committee was convened for December 14, 2009.
Open contest for selecting the members of Press Council from Republic of Moldova (ATTENTION! The deadline for submitting folders was extended!)
The Selection Committee announces the extension of the deadline for submitting folders to the open contest for electing Press Council members till December 10, 2009, both for journalistic environment candidates and rural media consumers’ representatives (outside Chisinau municipality).
The candidates should meet the following criteria: