Mass Media

Support for independent media and teaching programmes for regional culture reporters Training courses for School and University Teachers Support for Gifted Children Academic Mobility travel grants for regional undergraduates and post-graduate students.

Competition in cultural journalism

To the end of November materials are being accepted for the competition in cultural journalism. Consideration will be given to submissions by an author or group of authors of articles (in printed and electronic media), and TV and radio programmes and reporting which were published or broadcast from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010. Each winner will receive a prize of 30 000 rubles.

School of Cultural Journalism

Thanks to a joint project by the Prokhorov Foundation and the PRO ARTE Institute, the Petersburg Fund for Culture and the Arts, young journalists who write on cultural matters were enabled to focus better on cinema, painting, dance, music, the theatre and architecture.