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there is a big problem in the national press.I agree that the level is extremely low. Forsome reason there is not a large number ofpeople, who constantly write on this subjectand whose articles we read. But apparently,they decided not to apply for the contest." –lamented Michael Dorofeev. It became clearthat among those represented at the contest,the standing out were the works by Analystof the Agency for ROI Research, Yuri Tsai,who sent to the jury as much as 19 articles.All noted that Yuri Tsai materials were themost complete. But the question was whetherconsider Yuri Tsai a journalist? Because,the author positioned himself as an expert...As for the regional press, the jury came tothe decision quickly. "I really liked the articleGas prospects in the region by IgorTitenuk ("Kyzylordinskie Vesti, 06/28/2011).We have known this journalist for long. Thisis a very precise and pernickety journalist.We write more about oil, but gas is comingto the fore. From this point of view, I wouldput forward this material. I think this isthe best material in the regional press inRussian," - Michael Dorofeev offered. Havingdiscussed the materials in the regionalmedia, the experts identified several problemsfaced by the journalists in the field. Accordingto a political scientist, Aidos Sarym,regions are more exposed to censorship. Hewas echoed by Michael Dorofeev, remindingthe jury: "We must understand that the regionalnewspaper is entirely a state order atthe local level."But in the nomination of The Best Materialon the History of Oil and Gas Industry theexperts took a unanimous decision. A seriesof essays on the oil industry written by thecorrespondent of Atyrau regional newspaperCaspian commune, Lyubov Monastyrskayawas declared the best. As the Chairman ofthe Committee of Information and Archivesof the Ministry of Communications and Information,Bolat Bersebaev noted, "nowadaysa lot of young guys finish schools andThe Energy ofWord, for thethird year, in orderto attract publicattention to theachievements ofthe national oiland gas industry,to promote theinterest of oil andgas companiesin transparencyand informationopenness.go to work on oil sites, and if they are morelikely to meet with the veterans of the oiland gas industry, more likely to read aboutthem, then the youth will have the right motivation."Summing up the contest, Director of PublicRelations JSC EP KazMunayGas, MichaelDorofeyev noted that according to the winnersit is possible to judge what articles,what topics, what style is popular today; ofcourse, in the opinion of the judges. "I amvery happy that the jury was unanimousin identifying the owner of the Grand Prix.This suggests that the Kazakh press stillhas the journalists ready to objectively approachthe problems in the industry, and atthe same time, present all these problems inthe understandable, high-quality language."– he said.KAZENERGY Association and the NationalCompany KazMunayGas have been conductingthe contest, The Energy of Word, forthe third year, in order to attract public attentionto the achievements of the nationaloil and gas industry, to promote the interestof oil and gas companies in transparencyand information openness. Accordingto Namazaly Omashev, this kind of contestplays an important role for the whole country,because the public needs to know aboutthe existing problems in the industry, aboutthe people committed to their work, aboutthe initiatives that should be proud of. Andonly journalist can inform the community… This year the total number of the materialsexceeded 200, and 8 of them were radioreports, 5 student works, 3 photo reportspublished in the national and regional mediafrom 1 January through 25 September,2011.Results of the III Republicancontest of journalistic mastery,The Energy of Word:The Grand Prix of the Energy of Wordwent to the correspondent of “Aykyn”,Atyrau regional newspaper, TursynKalimova.The Best Article in the RepublicanMedia was awarded to the analyst of theAgency on ROI Research, Yuri Tsai.The Best Article in the RepublicanMedia in the Kazakh Languagewas awarded to the correspondent of“Mangystau” newspaper, AbdygalymSarkenov.The Best Article in the RegionalMedia in the Russian Language wasawarded to the editor of the Economicsdepartment of “Kyzylordinskiye Novosti”newspaper, Igor Titenok.The Best Material on Oil and GasIndustry History was awarded tothe correspondent of “PrikaspiyskayaKommuna” Atyrau regional newspaper,Lubov Monastyrskaya.The Best Radio Program was awardedto the Chief Editor of “Shalkar” program,Kopen Amirbek .The Best Photo Report was awardedto the correspondent of “MunaylyAstana” newspaper, Alma Kalusarieva.The Best Student Work was awardedto the student of Atyrau Oil and GasInstitute, Fellow of KAZENERGYeducational program, DarkhanZhanshin.The recognition gifts were given to:photographer Vadim Soloviev for highprofessionalism and special focus,correspondent of KomsomolskayaPravda, Gulnar Kudebayeva for completedisclosure and style, correspondentof Yegemen Kazakhstan, Atyraunewspaper, Zholdasbek Shopegul fornarrative language.KAZENERGY99