"Real Journalists." The staff of the "district newspaper" quit after a failed attempt to cover a protest against a landfill.
The staff of the Shatsky District newspaper Ryazan region "On Shatsky Land" resigned after being fired from his position as a correspondent Nadezhda KharitonovaShe previously wrote a report about the public hearings at which Shatka residents spoke out against the landfill. It was not published in the newspaper.
"Residents of Shatsk came to the hearing armed with posters reading, 'No to the landfill near Shatsk!' and 'We don't want to live on a dump!' Many came in delegations from villages around the district. Everyone was determined to fight back against the 'garbage monster.'" - excerpt from text Kharitonova, which was published on social media instead of the "district newspaper".
A landfill at the entrance to the regional center could become an environmental disaster for the area, which is home to 20,5 people.
Local residents assumed the hearings were planned to be held "quietly, with the right people" to ensure a positive outcome. People learned about the event. from social networks and in a short time they consolidated. They came to the hearings more xnumx people, despite the time it takes place - 15:00 on a working day.
"Almost everyone 'rebelled' against the landfill in our ecologically clean region, with its pine forests and developed agriculture. 'Rayonka' couldn't stay silent: it's clear that journalists from the official press are under pressure, but they're also local residents. Everyone here knows how to write a lie. Kharitonova was insistently 'asked to leave,' but other employees left with her—that's a truly remarkable act, I'm proud of my fellow countrywomen! These are real journalists." рассказал Source: Regional Aspect.
The editor and Kharitonova resigned from the editorial office. Galina Gromova and deputy editor Nadezhda Plaksina.
The newspaper "On Shatsky Land" is part of the Press Publishing House, founder which is the Committee for Information and Mass Communications of the Ryazan Region.
Previously, village residents defended land from the placement of a landfill in Ryazan region.
Photo: "Shatsk 18+" (at the public hearings), Publishing House "Pressa" (Nadezhda Kharitonova with Governor Pavel Malkov)
