High calling

Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism, KazNU. Al-Farabi, Member of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Nurtore Zhusup, gave a live lecture on Instagram (@journalism_kaznu).

Recall that Nurtore Zhusup has been the head of the department and deputy chief editor of the newspaper Egemen Kazakhstan since 1990. Since 1996 - chief editor of the newspaper "Zhas Alash". Since 2002 - chief editor of the newspaper "Ak Zhol, Kazakhstan". Since 2005 - General Director of Republican Newspaper Egemen Kazakhstan. Since 2007 - the chief editor of the newspaper "Astana Khabary". awarded the Kurmet orders (2009), the medals 10 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2001), 10 Years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan (2000). Winner of the Prize of the B. Bulkishev Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan (1995), the Presidential Prize in the field of mass media (1998), the prize “Altyn Adam” (2000).

During the live broadcast, he answered several questions of young journalists: “Why are there so few young people who read magazines, newspapers and books?”, “Why did you become a journalist?”, “What is missing in Kazakh journalism?”.

To advise future journalists, he first of all talked about who a journalist should be like: “That is, a journalist must first of all be competent and versatile. In addition, literature is a vocation, and being a journalist is a vocation. Because a journalist must be honest and fair. A true journalist is a person who loves his nation, loves his nation and serves his nation. They are like soldiers at the front, no matter what happens in our country! As our grandfather Abai said: "People can surpass other people only in intelligence, science, conscience and behavior." A journalist must possess all these qualities,” he said.

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