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The Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia hosted a study tour program from November 16th to 24th, 2023 for international master's enrollees of media-related programs. The tour offered two subjects in English - "Culture, Media and Research" from the Critical Media Studies education program and "Introduction to Alternative Media" from the Contemporary Journalism syllabus (the International News Production track). This allowed students to gain exposure to these topics through both online and in-person lectures and discussions.

On July 8, students of the Bachelor's degree program "Journalism" and Master's degree programs: "Critical Media Studies", "Data Journalism", "Media Management in Mass Media", "International News Production", "Transmedia Production in Digital Industries," and "Film Production in a Multi-Platform Environment" celebrated the successful completion of their studies. On the next day, July 9, the Graduation Ceremony was held for the graduates of the Bachelor's degree program "Media Communications".

Recently, Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Tatyana Vasilyeva presented Alexander Milkus, a lecturer at the Media Institute and Head of the Project and Educational Laboratory of Media Communications in Education at the Faculty of Creative Industries of HSE, with a Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation "for many years of conscientious work and significant services in the field of education".

In February, the annual Media Institute Winter School came to an end. Applicants could choose from four master's degree programs: "Media Management", "Transmedia Production in Digital Industries", "Critical Media Studies" and "Contemporary Journalism". On successful completion of the Winter School, participants receive a certificate and an additional five points in the portfolio competition for admission to the chosen profile.

On March 9, Oleg Dmitriev, creative director of the "International News Production" track of the "Modern Journalism" Master's Programme, the Deputy Director of the Institute of Media at HSE, the Advisor of the Media Group "Rossiya Segodnya", Candidate of Philological Sciences, conducted a master-class on "The Art of Copywriting: How to Create Popular Texts and Interesting Headlines".

The Media Institute editorial team has launched a creative special project, "Media Institute in Faces," in which students tell the stories of people who have not only made a significant contribution to its development but have also achieved great heights in the media industry.

At the end of last year, the media institute's university-wide elective "Popularising Science on TEDx" ended. The course resulted in a speech-concert in which the student speakers worked out how to "get out of the mazes of the brain".

International participants of the IV International Scientific-practical Conference “Media Education, Media Ecology, Media Literacy: Digital Media for the Future” that was held in HSE on 7-10 February gave lectures to the students of “Mediacommunications” program. They told them about influence of copyright law on the work of platforms, fight against misinformation and media ecology.

Dear students and colleagues,We invite you to the lecture of David Kaye, Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, and UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, held on 27 April at 19:00 at the School of Communications, Media and Design, HSE (Moscow). At the lecture, “fake news” will be considered in the context of the international human rights law.