"ANTI-CORRUPTION MEDIA SCHOOL" PROJECT STARTED AT YSU

At the start of the program, 20 students who passed the competitive threshold listened to the lecture of Anahit Hovakimyan, specialist of the Anti-corruption Education Program of the organization, on the topic "Changes in the behavior of society as a guarantee of fighting corruption". Within the framework of the four-week course, students will also meet Mikayel Hovhannisyan, the YSU Vice-Rector for Development and Innovation, Arpine Hovhannisyan, Associate Professor of the YSU Faculty of Law, and Sasun Khachatryan, Chair of Anti-Corruption Committee.

Naghash Martirosyan, dean of the faculty, pointing out the importance of the initiative and the direct role of journalists in the anti-corruption fight, noted that the YSU Journalism Faculty always moves aligned with the times and this initiative is vivid proof of that.

According to Mariam Hoveyan, head of the TIAC center educational program, the role of journalists in the prevention of corruption is important through not only awareness, transparency, and accountability, but also by actively participating in the process and making effective discoveries thanks to investigative journalism. The head of the project expressed her confidence that the students, having acquired new knowledge about the field, will engage in active activities.

Note that at the end of the course, the participants will receive certificates and incentive prizes.