Science journalism has not yet come to a consensus on whether the column is a full-fledged genre, but it unanimously states one thing: to write in an opinion column, you need to be an educated, creative and multifaceted person. Such is the Russian journalist and columnist of the Vzglyad newspaper.
Andrey Arkhangelsky: biography
To have a more complete opinion about a journalist, you need to know about him as a person. Let's start with the history of life. Arkhangelsky Andrei Alexandrovich was born on June 21, 1974 in Sevastopol. He received two higher educations: one - journalism, the second - music. Many future journalists start writing texts long before entering the faculty of journalism, at a time when they are still thinking about their future profession. This is what happened to our hero. For the first time, Andrey's materials saw the light when the young man was 17 years old. It is this age that can be considered the starting point in journalistic activity.
Career
Since 2001 Andrey Arkhangelsky has been working for the Ogonyok magazine. There was in the life of Andrei and experience in television. Someonce took part in the radio broadcasts of "Echo of Moscow". So, on December 6, 2009, on air dedicated to the memory of Vyacheslav Tikhonov, he was a representative of the younger generation of the artist's fans. In Ogonyok, the career of a journalist developed quite successfully. Andrei became the laureate of the magazine's award. At that time, the journalist worked in Ogonyok for only 2 years. He currently holds the position of editor of the culture department. Andrey's materials were published in various publications, both Russian and foreign. Andrey's articles have also appeared in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moskovskiye Novosti, FUZZ, Toronto Slavic Annual.
Through the prism of the "View"
On the Internet, the Vzglyad newspaper, which has been published since 2005, is attracting more and more interest. This publication specializing in breaking news covers politics, business, finance, sports and culture. In this online newspaper, Andrey Arkhangelsky writes an author's column. The publication has a feature next to the publication to place a photo of the author with a small text fragment containing a short reference about the journalist. "Vzglyad" reports that Andrei "maniacally loves journalism, while at the same time hating literary editors and literary editors, advertisers, managers, PR people, mediocrity and opportunists of all ages, as well as those who do not like to read "long texts" in it.
Political opinions
Andrey has always been a freethinker by nature. It is knownthat he is a convinced liberal, and remains so. The journalist feels longing for the perestroika years of 1985-1991, and Mikhail Gorbachev is a heroic person for him. The question is ambiguous and controversial, but this is the opinion of the journalist.
Point of view
Public postulates, books and experts unanimously say that a journalist must be objective. Andrei Arkhangelsky does not recognize this and even considers it completely the opposite. Feelings - that's what, according to the journalist, you need to rely on in life. But really, where to find absolute objectivity, if everyone has their own? Perhaps, relying just on this rhetorical question, Andrei built his convictions. Or maybe life experience led the journalist to certain conclusions. In general, the essence remains the same: a journalist prefers to trust only emotions.
Objectivity
On the topic of objectivity, in particular, in journalism, Andrey's article was published on the Vzglyad website. The text, called "Two myths about journalism", is quite long, but so fascinating and interesting that the time of reading it passes unnoticed. By the way, the author is not at all a supporter of short articles of an informational nature. Currently, there is a tendency to write short texts, long ones are less popular, it is believed that no one reads them due to lack of time. But Andrey Arkhangelsky does not recognize monitoring news headlines and skimming a couple of paragraphs for reading. In an article about objectivity on the example of cars, theaterproductions and the work of public services, the journalist conveys his thoughts in a colorful and accessible way, opening up to the audience. Such clarity, simplicity, openness of deep thought can basically characterize all the articles of the journalist.
What the author writes about
About everything, like a true journalist. Diversified, well-read and educated Andrey Arkhangelsky will not hesitate to take any topic for his text material. There are many materials in the journalist's piggy bank on political topics, for example, about propaganda, Navalny and the reasons for his political popularity. What to hide, Andrei is rather hostile to the authorities. But he expresses his hostility quite peacefully, within acceptable limits. Not only the articles are interesting, but also the author's interviews with other media. In them, he talks interestingly on pressing topics and gives more information about himself.
On the concept of "professionalism"
Andrey Arkhangelsky believes that a professional journalist must necessarily reckon with another, someone else's point of view. More philosophically, the journalist must "recognize the other." If he doesn't, it's about pushing his own or, more often, someone else's ideas aggressively. At the same time, inhumanity cannot be another point of view. Things like chauvinism and lack of tolerance cannot be recognized under any pretext.
As a conclusion
A person with his own opinion, which he defends and defends, is always interesting to a wide audience. People need a point of viewit is interesting to recognize it, so that later you agree or dispute, put up or rebel, but in the end think and develop your own. This is the role played by the Russian journalist Andrey Arkhangelsky.
