Winners of the Finkor Prize in Financial and Economic Journalism have been announced

Journalists of the Izvestia newspaper Milana Gadzhieva and Evgeny Grachev received the award of the Finkor National Award in the field of financial and economic journalism. They were awarded in the "Newspapers and Magazines" nomination for the best material on economics.

The award ceremony took place on September 18 at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall as part of the jubilee Moscow Financial Forum. The awards were given to representatives of traditional media (newspapers, magazines, television, radio, online publications), as well as podcast hosts, telegram channel authors, and students. The expert jury assessed the relevance and depth of the coverage of the topics, as well as the accessibility of the presentation of the material to a wide audience.

Sergey Bolotov (Rossiyskaya Gazeta) received the award for the best material on finance. Nikita Makarov was awarded the RBC Investments project for a video about economics, and Anna Imeretinskaya, Alexey Ovchinnikov, and Andrey Ponomarev from the channel were awarded for a video about finance. Cbonds.ru .

Other laureates include Dmitry Prokofiev. He was awarded for the best podcast about finance. Feodor Ivanova, Artyom Govorun, Pavel Gutsenko from InvestFuture and Vladimir Tsegoev from RT won in the Online Media category.

"Awarding the Fincore Award winners at the IFF site has become our good tradition. We note not only the professional skills of the laureates, but also their contribution to the development of dialogue between the government, business and society on key issues of economic policy. Today, a journalist must not only promptly report news, but also explain complex financial and economic processes in simple language. The winners of the award are brilliantly coping with this task," said Irina Okladnikova, First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

She stressed that it is especially pleasant to see the interest in financial topics among the younger generation. "This year's student papers demonstrate a deep analysis and a fresh look at modern economic challenges," the First Deputy minister added.

Anna Egorova (Lomonosov Moscow State University) received the award in the nomination "Student work". She was awarded for the best project about economics. And the prize for the best project on finance was awarded to Evgeny Yudin (Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation).

"Over the four years of the award, we have come a long way: almost 1.6 thousand applications have been received for the award, the regional geography of the work is expanding, and, most importantly, the quality of the submitted work is constantly growing. Today, we can confidently say that Finkor is deservedly one of the country's most prestigious awards in the field of specialized journalism," said Maria Bagreeva, Deputy Mayor of Moscow and Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the city.

Olga Kopytina from the RBC Investments project became the winner in the special nomination "Economics of Life", and Inessa Savinova from the Center for Financial Literacy of the Chuvash Republic became the winner in the special nomination "Improving Financial Literacy".

The Finkor National Award for Financial and Economic Journalism was established in 2022. The organizer is the Moscow Economic Policy Complex and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the award is to increase interest in finance and economics among journalists and attract young professionals to the profession. The strategic partner of the award was the Union of Journalists of Russia, the analytical partners were the Financial Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of Russia, the Free Economic Society of Russia and the project "Together Media".

The Finkor National Award for Financial and Economic Journalism was established in 2022. The organizer is the Moscow Economic Policy Complex and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the award is to increase interest in finance and economics among journalists and attract young professionals to the profession.

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