Representatives of the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) visited Lent.az and Vesti.az within the frame of implementing project on media.<br /> Is it was informed the IEPF started launching of a new project on media. The aims of the project are getting acquaintance with the real working situation at the editorials and conducting inquiry on journalists’ foreign language knowledge abilities.
At the completion not only journalists with the knowledge of foreign languages at mass media bodies but the students at journalists departments of high educational institutions will also be distinguished; and they will be supported with improvement of their foreign language abilities and access to publication in foreign press. On August 3rd, 2010 Siyab Mammadli and Rey Kerimoglu, collaborators of the IEPF visited the Azeri Press Information Agency (APA), Lent.az and Vesti.az within the frame of the project.
They discussed the problems of media and role of press in bringing the objective information on Azerbaijan realities to the attention of world community with Vusala Mahirgizi, APA’s Editor in-Chief during the meeting. Ms.V. Mahirgızı estimated the new project, talked about the problems in related sphere and about the ways of how to resolve them.
Representatives of the IEPF visited Lent.az and Vesti.az as well.
First they met with Gabil Abbasoglu, Editor-in-Chief of Lent.az and then with Araz Zeynalov, Editor-in-Chief of Vesti.az. IEPF representatives got closely acquainted with working situation at editorials and informed the staff on the aims of the project.
IEPF Information Department