Professional Media Training in the CIS and Russian Far East.

This article focuses on professional media training. Journalism training programs in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are numerous, and are not monitored by any one body internationally or even nationally. The Journalism and Broadcasting Department at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks received $82,220 for a project for journalism and media management training in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic. The project began in June 1993, included a 30-day training visit by eight Russian journalists to Fairbanks. Through the Freedom Support Act, United States Information Agency offers funds for assistance to independent media in the CIS.