In the modern world, being a journalist is prestigious, but achieving some heights in this profession is not so easy. The article will be dedicated to a well-known journalist who began his professional career in the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Kondratiev - journalist, biography: beginning
Vladimir was born on December 25, 1947 in Moscow. From 1966 to 1967 he was a student at the Faculty of Translation at the Morris Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. Vladimir Kondratiev was one of the Soviet students who were sent for a full course of study in the GDR. In 1972 he received a degree in journalism from the University. Karl Marx. Married, has a daughter.
Career advancement
Kondratyev Vladimir Petrovich began his work as a journalist with television back in 1972. His first job was the State Radio and Television of the USSR, he immediately worked as an editor, then became a senior editor in the main editorial office of radio broadcasting in Western Europe. In 1983, Vladimir Kondratiev worked as a commentator in the Main Editorial Office for informing television of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and Vladimir was also a journalist inprogram "Time". He worked like this for 3 years.
In 1986 he became the head of the bureau in the Soviet State Radio and Television in Bonn, Germany. He stayed in this position for 6 years. After that, Vladimir Kondratiev began working at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Ostankino" as the head of the department responsible for television broadcasting in Germany. This happened between 1992 and 1994. In August 1994, he began his career growth on the NTV channel. Vladimir Kondratiev, a journalist, switched to this TV channel because he was invited by Oleg Dobrodeev.
Vladimir Petrovich did not stop there, he achieved heights - he became the director of the NTV representative office in Berlin. Vladimir Kondratiev was also Deputy Chief Producer, served as director in the NTV Program Directorate from 1997 to 1998. Vladimir worked for 5 months at the news agency RIA Novosti as Deputy Chairman of the Board.
In August 1998, he returned to the NTV channel again and has been working there ever since. He is a browser in the channel information service. He is also an excellent specialist in cases related to political events in Russia, widely versed in the activities of political parties, in events related to the Kremlin and the State Duma of the Russian Federation. And even when the channel was under the control of Gazprom, Vladimir still continued to work.
Vladimir Kondratiev actively takes part in press conferences held by the President of Russia. His career includes reporting forprograms "Today", "Results", "The other day", "Country and world", "Personal contribution", "Today is the final program", "Today. Results", "Anatomy of the day", etc.
Vladimir Petrovich and Andrey Cherkasov together broadcast live from the farewell ceremony for the first president, Boris Yeltsin, on the NTV channel on April 25, 2007. Vladimir also acted as a commentator at the parade in honor of the Victory on May 9, 2015, worked together with Vladimir Chernyshev.
Films about Vladimir Kondratiev
Very often they make films about journalists, so there are also several films about Vladimir Petrovich:
- The Wall movie, filmed in 2009;
- "NTV Vision. Faberge Mystery" - the film was shot in 2016 in honor of the 170th anniversary of Carl Faberge.
Facts about the life of Vladimir Kondratiev
From the time of the 1990s to the present, Vladimir Kondratiev is the most, so to speak, adult NTV correspondent who works on the air. Many journalists and correspondents respect Vladimir Petrovich, they always treat him politely, because it is customary to consider him a great man of television.
Ranks
Many journalists are given titles and awards for certain merits. Vladimir Kondratyev has the Order For Services to the Fatherland, 4th class (was awarded in 2011), and For Friendship (2006). There is an award of the Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation,which he was awarded in 1994. Also, Vladimir Petrovich is a member of the Academy of Russian Television, laureate of the Prize. Peter Benish. He was also awarded the TEFI award in 2015 for his contribution to the development of Russian television.
How did you manage to get from radio to TV
Wladimir once gave an interview and was asked how he managed to move from radio to TV. He certainly shared his story. It turns out that he was simply recommended by one of his friends, and they took him. Although the editors of the Vremya program believed that Vladimir Petrovich had good connections with someone from high society.
Everything happened in the life of Vladimir Petrovich. Once, back in 1994, after working in Germany, a friend Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev, with whom Vladimir began working in the international project of the Vremya program, received an offer to work on the NTV channel. Oleg Borisovich invited him to the post of director of the representative office in Germany. Vladimir, of course, accepted this offer immediately. However, at the same time, he received an offer from Boris Berezovsky to work on the ORT channel, and the position was leading. Kondratiev refused Berezovsky, explaining that he had already agreed to work for NTV.
Despite the fact that he turned down Berezovsky's lucrative offer, it turned out that he managed to rise to incredible heights on his own, having worked as a senior editor and commentator.
Vladimir was offered the position of head of the ORT TV channel, but he could not refuse Oleg Dobrodeev, a man he had known for a long time, he was confident in his friend. But Boris Berezovsky caused him doubts. The most important thing in this story is that Vladimir Petrovich does not regret it a bit. After all, he soon had a position as an information service columnist and traveled all over the world.
Vladimir has seen a lot over the years of his professional activity, achieved fame and glory. Such people deserve respect. And most importantly, Vladimir Kondratiev, a wonderful journalist and TV presenter, did not change such popularity, he did not "catch a star", but remained a good, kind, sympathetic and sincere person.
