Ten months of intense work, unprecedented challenges, memorable encounters and heated discussions have passed in the blink of an eye. And at a festive ceremony on Thursday, June 29, eleven young people received their long-awaited certificates of completion of the School of Advanced Journalism for academic year 2016-2017. Enthusiastic and optimistic, students say they will not stop here and will make their way to a successful journalistic career.

SAJ trainers, who guided and taught our students for ten months, did not miss the event, either. Mentors congratulated their former trainees on the courage and perseverance they showed in this not at all simple attempt of exploring the media. They also urged them to do quality journalism, to build a good reputation in media and to translate into practice the things they learned at the School. Namely…

From Diana Railean and Elena Robu young people learned what questions a news story should answer; Nicolae Pojoga told them the secret of a successful photo. Together with Ludmila Andronic students created their own magazine, and Vitalie Dogaru explained what an informative, investigative, interpretative and analytical interview is. Alina Radu initiated them into long articles and explained, step by step, how to conduct a journalistic investigation. From Tatiana Puiu they learned what a subject of public interest is and when a child can be interviewed, and with Nadine Gogu young people discussed journalistic ethics and deontology.

Together with Liliana Nicolae, Diana Railean and Vasile Botnaru they discovered the specificity of radio journalism and learned how to “create” images in listeners’ minds. From Denis Rusu and Dumitru Marian they learned everything about the camera and mastered video editing software. Together with Dorin Scobioala, Oxana Iutes and Andrei Cibotaru they got a first-hand experience of being a TV reporter and made their own newscast. Liliana Barbarosie and Tatiana Etco talked about the peculiarities of online journalism, and Dumitru Ciorici taught them to combine original content with maximum speed.

Lucia Bacalu-Jardan, Adrian Petcu and Dorin Scobioala explained how to launch and manage a media business, and Ina Grejdeanu – how to develop and manage a media project. Ion Chislea taught them to “humanize” figures in economic journalism; with Anatolie Golea, Alina Turcanu and Sorina Stefarta they discussed the latest events on the domestic and European political arena. With Lilia Curchi students explored the environment; from Elena Cioina they learned how to correctly cover sensitive topics; Cristina Mogaldea taught them grammar; and with Petru Macovei young people made a newspaper about and for the inhabitants of Saiti village in Causeni district.

If you want to become a part of this big family called the School of Advanced Journalism, to learn from professionals and to enter the exciting world of the media, we remind you that admission for academic year 2017-2018 at the SAJ continues. But only the year is academic; the rest is a lot of practical work, field exercises, open discussions on the most diverse topics, because this is how journalism is learned and done.

Details about the procedure and criteria of admission can be found on www.scoaladejurnalism.md and on our Facebook page.