Gulnura Toralieva
I'm a freelance journalist, blogger, multimedia Science Journalism MA student at City University London, EUCAM expert, media expert of the Institute for Public Policy and Bishkek Press Club, Kyrgyzstan. I have been published on IWPR.net, EUCENTRALASIA.eu, NEWINT.org, IPP.kg, BPC.kg. I have a wide experience in project management, worked in different international and local media development organisations. I'm also an author of books “Parliamentary journalism in Kyrgyzstan” and “International standards of on-line journalism”, and other handbooks and training materials for journalists.Kyrgyz journalism training is too ‘Soviet’ claims AUCA department chair
According to Gurkin, Kyrgyz journalism still contains a lot of details borrowed from the Soviet school of journalism because it mostly copies the Russian way of doing journalism. “It is not appropriate at all. We are lagging behind current tendencies of journalism”.
Read MoreScience fraud in Kyrgyzstan
Science in Kyrgyzstan will soon die, because of a corruptive system, lack of financial support and poor coverage of science, says Dmitry Milko, a scientist and member of the Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan.
Read MoreLack of climate change media coverage in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz journalists don’t cover climate change because of Russian propaganda, general disinterest and prohibitive expenses.
Read MoreMarat Tokoev: “There are hidden efforts not to let the environment appear in the media”
An unstable political situation caused by two revolutions, one of which took place in 2005 and the other one just several weeks ago is one of the reasons why environment is not on the agenda.
Read MoreEnvironmental coverage not priority, says leading Kyrgyz journalist
There is no environmental journalism in Kyrgyzstan, said Almaz Ismanov, an independent journalist based in the Kyrgyz town of Osh in the south of the country. According to him, there are only occasional publications about environment, which usually occur within contests or “green” projects funded by international donors.
Read MoreIndira Zhakipova on the environment: it is up to journalists to make things happen
Indira Zhakipova, co-ordinator of EKOIS, described local journalists’ knowledge as ‘primitive’ and said that they were failing to build contacts with experts in the field. She added that a lack both of analysis and regular coverage of environmental issues had led to reporting that was both ‘boring’ and poorly informed.
Read MoreThe role of Kazakhstan as the OSCE`s chair
On 1 January, Kazakhstan became the first ex-Soviet state to chair the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, or OSCE. Annette Bohr, associate fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House spoke to Gulnura Toralieva about Kazakhstan’s role as the OSCE chair.
Read MoreKyrgyzstan seeks help to tackle toxic waste
The prime minister of Kyrgyzstan has asked for international help to tackle toxic waste as a local ecologist warned that the country faces “a radioactive catastrophe”.
Read MoreAttitudes to Climate Change in Central Asia
Central Asia’s governments and civil society did not encourage climate-change discussions ahead of the Copenhagen summit in December, argues Cleo Paskal, associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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