KHACHATUR ABOVYAN ARMENIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

The Media Initiatives Center today held an event at the Armenian State Pedagogical University during which Croatian researcher, editor Lela Vujanic was hosted at the University and conducted a course within the scope of the Armenian Media Development Program.

Vujanic is author of several non-profit media projects and initiatives in print and on digital platforms which are targeted at social movements, social rights and modern culture.

During the course on “Combining Business Models with Editorial Independence”, she talked about non-profit media, presented to the 2nd-4th-year students of the Department of TV Journalism the history, need and goals of non-commercial media and provided information about non-profit media which are developing in Armenia and other countries and are not pursuing commercial goals.

After the interesting and substantive discussion, Lela Vujanic suggested that the students think about topics that interest them, but are not encountered in media or are not talked about a lot. She emphasized the importance of these initiatives and recommended that they take advantage of their years of study and start carrying out publicly beneficial media programs.