Schoolboy Alexander is a well-known journalist and public figure in Russia. Since 2017, he has become the head of the Central Capital Museum dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. For a long time he was the press secretary of a pioneer organization, and then a producer on Channel One of various youth and children's programs. Thanks to him, many journalistic organizations were created: UNPRESS, Mediakratia, the League of Young Journalists and others. He is also a member of the Public Russian Chamber in two convocations and was even an adviser to the Minister of Culture in Russia.
Childhood
Shkolnik Alexander Yakovlevich, whose biography is full of events, was born at the end of March 1964. The most beautiful Nizhny Tagil, which is currently also a large industrial center, became his hometown. The future famous journalist was greatly influenced by his father, YakovShmulevich, who was a chemical engineer and doctor of technical sciences.
Education
Alexander Yakovlevich went to first grade in Nizhny Tagil, and then studied at a school in Yekaterinburg. After graduating from Lyceum No. 130, he immediately goes to the armed forces to do military service. When the future journalist returned from the army and went to work, he realized that he needed to get a higher education.
School student Alexander in 1985 enters the Gorky Ural University, choosing the faculty of journalism. But the young man was so busy with his work that he preferred the correspondence department. In 1990 he successfully completed his university studies.
Career start
Schoolboy Alexander decided to stay in the armed forces after military service and worked there for some time as an instructor. But then he returned home and became interested in cultural activities. In Sverdlovsk, he worked for a long time in the regional committee of the Komsomol, heading the department of cultural and mass leisure.
His activity and desire to work were noticed, and in 1989 he became chairman of the council of the organization of pioneers in Sverdlovsk and throughout the region. Within a year, he successfully combined this work with the work of a television presenter.
Professional activities
But still, great prospects opened up for the well-known journalist Alexander Yakovlevich after he moved to the capital. At firsthe is offered to host a children's program on the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and then offers of work on well-known television channels follow: both from ORT and Channel One. Since 1991, he has been the host of such programs for children as "News for the Young", "Crib" and others. He was asked to become the chief coordinator of the administration of one morning television channel.
In the spring of 1995, Alexander Shkolnik, whose biography is closely connected with children's development and creativity, was nominated to the State Duma. His candidacy was proposed in the by-elections in the Ordzhonikidze constituency. But this first convocation, where a well-known journalist and TV presenter participated, was declared invalid, as there was a small turnout of voters.
In 1999, he decides to defend his dissertation in the field of pedagogy and soon becomes a candidate of pedagogical sciences. Since 2003, he has been the director and producer of children's and youth programs on Channel One. He has been carrying out this activity for four years.
In 2006 Shkolnik Alexander Yakovlevich also became a member of the Russian Public Chamber. But the next year, he not only initiated the creation of a new journalistic association, Mediakratia, but was also appointed general director of the well-known news agency RSN.
But a year later, Alexander Yakovlevich independently leaves the Russian News Service, and two months later he is a member of the Federation Council and receives the appointment of a representative of the governor of his native land. Incidentally, the GovernorSverdlovsk and the region at that time was Rossel. But this is not the only way a well-known journalist in the Council of Federations showed himself. It is known that at various times he successfully worked as deputy chairman of the commission that de alt with the development of civil society.
After that, in the Council of Federations, Shkolnik Alexander was a member of the commission that de alt with issues of physical education, sports development and education, as well as how the Olympic movement develops and passes. Also, a well-known journalist was a member of the committee that considered issues of science and education. But in the fall of 2009, Rossel, the former governor of the Sverdlovsk province, was appointed to his place in the Federation Council, and the powers of a well-known journalist and TV presenter were terminated.
In 2010, Shkolnik Alexander received a new appointment - assistant to the presidential representative, first in the Volga District, and two years later, deputy chairman of the Irkutsk government. He was again responsible for issues related to journalism and television, as well as for the humanitarian and cultural spheres.
In the same year, studying at the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, he also receives a master's degree. In the summer of the same 2012, a well-known journalist was a member of the Public Catering Council. In the spring of 2017, a new appointment followed, and a well-known journalist, public figure and television presenter was appointed director of the Central Capital Museum dedicated to the most terrible and severe Great Patriotic War.
In the journalistic environment Shkolnik Alexander Yakovlevich (biography, awardsalways interested in the audience) is known not only as a professional in his field, but also as the creator of many communities in journalism.
Journalist Awards
Alexander Yakovlevich was awarded orders, medals and prizes for his successful work. So, several times he was a laureate of the prestigious Russian and metropolitan award of the Union of Journalists.
It is known that in 1996, for her contribution to the successful development of children's and youth policy, TV presenter and journalist Shkolnik was awarded the Order of the second degree. By the way, he sacredly keeps “For Merit to the Fatherland”. In 2014, he also received the Order of Honor.
Private life
The well-known journalist Alexander Shkolnik is married. There is practically no information about his family and wife. But it is known that children are brought up in this marriage: Lisa and Philip.
