The competition was held from September 3, 2018 to March 14 2019 in order to ensure the implementation of the rights of citizens and organizations to access information on the activities of the Legislative Assembly of the Omsk region, further improving the work on information support for the activities of the regional parliament and representative bodies of municipalities, increasing their role in the formation and development of state, legal and public relationships.



The organizers were the Legislative Assembly of Omsk region together with the Omsk regional public organization "Union journalists of Russia." The competition was held in seven categories: "Parliamentary pool", "Reflection", "Agenda", "Deputy on district", "Un Certain Regard", "Reporter" and "PERSONALIA".



Competition participants became photojournalists, videographers, journalists from TV channels, electronic media, regional, city and regional newspapers. Individual publications, stories and programs were accepted for the competition, and a series of materials.



Competition Committee under the chairmanship of Alexander Artemov, Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Omsk Region, the depth of study was taken into account when summing up the results and analytical focus of materials on diverse activities Legislative Assembly of the Omsk Region, its committees and deputies, level journalistic skill, genre diversity of materials, relevance, originality of presentation, thematic and information richness of materials.


Opening the award ceremony, Vladimir Varnavsky, first of all, thanked the media representatives for their active participation in competition, noting that it was very difficult to choose winners. "We are glad that we have experienced, talented journalists working for us,” the speaker said. – We welcome pluralism of opinions, and it is present in your materials."



Vladimir Varnavsky drew attention to the fact that in hall, among the diploma recipients there are journalists who throughout 25 years of activity of the regional parliament illuminate its work. At the same time, the speaker is highly appreciated the role of the media in the development of parliamentarism in the Omsk region, popularization and clarification of adopted laws. Speaking about the interaction between the deputy corps and media, the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly emphasized that the media and the regional parliament are doing a common job aimed at developing and strengthening the Omsk Irtysh region and our country.



During his speech, Vladimir Varnavsky briefly spoke about the formation and activities of the regional parliament, saying that To date, more than 2,150 laws have been adopted. Some of them at one time became the basis for federal laws. Then the speaker presented the diplomas with great pleasure, thanking those gathered with all my heart for their hard work, for the prompt, comprehensive and professional coverage of the activities of the Legislative Meetings of the Omsk region and expressing hope for further fruitful cooperation. The winners of the competition in categories received prizes and diplomas winners, and the contestants who actively covered the activities of the regional Parliament, received diplomas from the competition participants. In addition, all diploma recipients were awarded commemorative badges for the 25th anniversary of the Legislative Assembly Omsk region.



In turn, the chairman of the Omsk regional organization "Union of Journalists of Russia" Tatyana Bessonova on behalf of journalistic community expressed gratitude to Vladimir Varnavsky for openness of the regional parliament and interaction with the media, presenting a welcome address in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Legislative Assembly of the Omsk Region.

Winners of the competition in the following categories: 1st prize – Tatyana Sergeevna Lelyakina, columnist for the newspaper editorial office "Omskaya Pravda";
2nd prize – Alexander Sergeevich Korshunov, newspaper columnist "Evening Omsk - Week";
3rd Prize - Lushchikov Evgeny Pavlovich, correspondent of the newspaper "Red Path". 1st prize – Fomina Maria Andreevna, deputy editor of IA "New Omsk";
2nd prize – Evdokimova Natalya Vladimirovna, correspondent News Agency "OMSKREGION";
3rd prize - Alexander Vladimirovich Zuev, editor-in-chief portal "Om 1. ru". 1st prize – Elena Igorevna Smirnova, special correspondent of Omsk JSC Media";
2nd prize – Grigoriev Alexey Alexandrovich, correspondent LLC "First City Channel";
3rd prize – Maxim Sergeevich Kabanenko, correspondent TV channel "Obkom TV". 1st prize – Tatyana Nikolaevna Ulanova, editor-in-chief of the Omsk Region Budgetary Institution "Editorial office of the newspaper "Voskhod" (Nizhneomsky municipal district Omsk region);
2nd prize – Olesya Nikolaevna Permyakova, BU correspondent Omsk region "Editorial office of the newspaper "Our Irtyshskaya Pravda" (Bolsherechensky municipal district of Omsk region);
3rd prize - Vataga Yuri Petrovich, editor-in-chief of BU Omsk region "Editorial office of the newspaper "Gorkovsky Vestnik" (Gorkovsky municipal district of Omsk region);
3rd prize - Elena Gennadievna Yagubtseva, correspondent of the Omsk region BU "Editorial newspaper "Luch" (Bolsheukovsky municipal district of Omsk region).
3rd prize - Natalya Dmitrievna Shatova, editor-in-chief BU of the Omsk region "Editorial office of the newspaper "Tarskoye Priirtyshye" (Tarsky municipal district of the Omsk region). 1st prize – Manzhos Pavel Borisovich, cameraman-producer of Omsk Media JSC;
2nd prize – Badyanov Grigory Yuryevich, videographer TV channel "Obkom TV";
3rd prize - Artyom Igorevich Kolesnikov, operator of RBC-Omsk. 1st prize – Evgeniy Petrovich Karmaev, BU photojournalist "Editorial office of the newspaper "Omskaya Pravda";
2nd prize – Rumyantsev Alexander Valerievich, photojournalist for the Novy news agency Omsk";
3rd prize – Tatyana Viktorovna Shakirova, RIA photojournalist "Omsk-inform". 1st prize – Galina Aleksandrovna Zhurova, correspondent of State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company “Irtysh”;
2nd Prize – Kovyryakin Vladislav Viktorovich, operator of State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Irtysh";
3rd Prize Epanchintsev Yuri Yurievich, Deputy Director RIA "Omsk-inform".