The problems of the Arctic region in modern international journalism: examples and features

• Published in: Arctic and North
• Main Authors: Natalia S. Avdonina, Olga I. Vodyannikova, Anna A. Zhukova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2019
• Subjects: the Arctic; print journalism; television journalism; Alaska; infotainment; international journalism; indigenous people; litt; lang; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2019.34.159; http://www.arcticandnorth.ru/upload/iblock/daa/09_Avdonina_et_al.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/361f4886229c4baaa6affaca7a8802cc

The article is devoted to the review of problems of the Arctic region presented in modern international journalism on the example of the travel essay by the international journalist S. Pashkevich “Letters from the Edge of the World. Traveling to Russian America” and the TV program “30 days in the Arctic with Ville Haapasalo”. These works are selected as examples of international journalists covering the problems of the Arctic region in different formats (print and tv) and the longterm perspective. As a result of the analysis, we can conclude on the general topic of chosen journalism works — the way of life of residents. The choice of problems is determined by the genre features of the texts presented: if Pashkevich's letters are more of a lyrical journalism work whose purpose is to show the life of “Russian” Alaskans with an emphasis on general Russian-American history; Ville Haapasalo's TV program combines entertainment and information components, and to a certain extent entertaining component (stories about hunting, fishing, participation of the facilitator in these classes) is balanced by the presentation of various problems from which residents of the Arctic region of Russia.