Turkmen journalists and experts participate in the Central Asian media conference in Bishkek

The 26th Central Asian Media Conference, organized by the OSCE, is taking place in Bishkek on July 6-7. The topic of the media forum is “At the crossroads. Defending Media Freedom in the Name of Democracy. The discussions are also attended by representatives of the media and the expert community of Turkmenistan.
A high-level welcoming panel with the participation of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro, the Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan Altynbek Maksutov, the Head of the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek Alexei Rogov and others presented the agenda and main tasks to be considered professionals of the Central Asian media market during a collective brainstorming session.

Director of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Shiri Shiriyev also addressed the audience. He generally characterized the development of the country's media sphere, including multimedia journalism. Traditional, print media have gone through a transformation stage, the purpose of which was to adapt them to the modern digital media environment.

Today, dozens of electronic publications operate in the country, which play an important role in the development of democratic processes, increasing the political and civil activity of the population, its active participation in all the transformations taking place in Turkmenistan.

Now users have the opportunity to participate in the creation of content, the blogosphere and social networks are developing, which creates high competition between professional journalists and writing users.

Shiriyev stressed that the state at the legislative level guarantees the freedom of the media to express their opinions and noted the importance of cooperation with organizations such as the OSCE, which is also involved in the development of the media, conducting training events for editors and ordinary journalists and providing them with expert support.

“Today, there is a need for more active promotion in the global digital space of up-to-date and reliable information about Turkmenistan, news reports about the transformations and achievements taking place in the country, studying the best world experience, the emergence of new formats and standards for broadcasting, printing, and electronic press,” said the head of the Center for Strategic research.

source: orient news