The F. Skaryna and "Vityaz" prizes have been established for mass media in the Vitebsk region

March 29, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee has established special awards for the region's print and electronic media. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ideological Work Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. Print publications and their journalists recognized as the best will be awarded the Francysk Skaryna Prize, and representatives of electronic media will be honored with the "Vityaz" Prize. The main goal of the competition is to further promote the development of the region's media, increase their information content, deepen their ideological and thematic content, ensure the criticality and effectiveness of materials, and improve the professional level of journalists. Print and electronic media of the region, journalists, including special correspondents of republican media in the Vitebsk region, are eligible to participate in the competition. Winners will be determined in 6 nominations: "Best Regional, Joint, City Newspaper"; "Best District Newspaper"; "Best Television (Radio Broadcasting) Studio"; "Best Author's TV and Radio Program"; "Best Newspaper Report"; "Best Columnist". The main criteria for selecting winners among newspaper teams will be comprehensive, objective, and prompt coverage of the implementation of state programs, solutions to pressing issues of the region's economic and social life; introduction of new technologies and best practices in economic and social spheres, management activities; coverage of issues of patriotic, civic, and moral education, implementation of youth policy; popularization of the historical heritage of the Belarusian people, its national traditions; pressing issues of forming a healthy lifestyle and family values; issues of environmental protection and conservation. The prize amounts will range from 20 basic units in personal nominations to 200 basic units for the best regional, joint, city newspaper (currently one basic unit is Br35 thousand). More than 60 newspapers are published in the Vitebsk region, including 25 state-owned ones, and special correspondents of all state republican newspapers and TV companies work there. -0-