Crimeans are invited to compete for the prize fund in the TopBLOG project

The All-Russian educational project «TopBLOG» helps participants build a career in the media industry and learn how to effectively work with an audience on social networks. Over three seasons, it has united more than 150 thousand bloggers from 89 regions of Russia.

Residents of Crimea have been actively participating in the TopBLOG project of the presidential platform Russia – the Land of Opportunities since 2020: in the first three seasons, 2,591 residents of the region took part, 26 of them were declared finalists and five were among the winners of the competition for authors of useful content. In 2024, 296 residents of the region have already applied to the educational program Media Laboratory of the TopBLOG project. Now all residents of Crimea also have the opportunity to participate in the Special Nominations 2.0 competition.

Contestants will have to complete media tasks on thematic special nominations from science and education to sustainable development of the country and the world, each of which will be presented by a large partner organization. Authors of content with a blog of 500 subscribers on various topics and industries can participate. It is important that the social networks in which the blog is maintained must be permitted in Russia. Participation in all stages of the competition is free of charge, with no age restrictions.

Each blogger will be able to choose a special nomination that is close to their content, including: “Science and Education”, “Travel”, “Management, Economy and Society”, “Family and Generation”, “Culture and Creativity”, “Sports and Active Lifestyle”, “Modern Technologies”, “Sustainable Development”, “Media and Marketing”, “Cooking”, “Russia – a Country of Opportunities”, “Territory of New Opportunities”.

The partners and holders of special nominations were: ANO Russia – Country of Opportunities, Rosatom State Corporation, Presidential Academy, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Multi-format scientific and educational project Poisk, Insight People production center, Soyuzmultfilm film studio, Skillbox educational platform, K2 Agency for Strategic Consulting in the Sphere of Communications.

Each partner has prepared a case task for the participants related to the organization’s industry. The brightest participants will receive useful prizes and career opportunities in the media.

The prize fund of the «Special Nominations 2.0» competition is more than 15 million rubles: this includes producing blogs worth up to a million rubles and signing resident contracts, participation in filming shows on federal TV channels, TV series and advertising campaigns, internships, a trip to visit the construction site of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, online courses for the purpose of improving qualifications, own columns on media platforms and major print publications, invitations to closed events, consultations on media promotion, meetings with the management of partner companies and much more.

Over the course of two months, participants must complete media tasks set by the partner. It is important that in order to successfully complete case tasks at the competition stages, the TopBLOG project has prepared educational blocks for participants that will help analyze their target audience, create catchy and interesting content, and correctly promote posts on social networks, gaining the greatest reach and positive feedback.

The winners of the «Special Nominations 2.0» track will be invited to the All-Russian Media Forum, where they will personally meet the project experts, media industry leaders and popular bloggers, find like-minded people, promote their blog on the federal platform and receive an award and the official status of the winner of the fourth season of the All-Russian project «TopBLOG» of the presidential platform «Russia — the Land of Opportunities».

source: according to information from the press service of the ANO «Russia — the Land of Opportunities»