Sergey Parkhomenko: biography of a journalist

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:45

Sergey Parkhomenko was born in Moscow on March 13, 1964. His father was a journalist and his mother was a music teacher. Therefore, it is not surprising that the child's hobbies were connected with everything that surrounded the Russian language and art. At school, he studied French in depth, which in the future helped him a lot in his work.

Career start

In 1981, the young man entered the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. During the years of study, he found his first job in the profile. It was the Theater magazine, known for its reviews. One of his colleagues in the editorial office was Mikhail Shvydkoi, the future Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation (he was in 2000-2004).

As Sergei Parkhomenko himself said, he could have remained a reviewer at the Theater, if not for the beginning of perestroika. The declared glasnost, open archives, new media - all this stirred up journalism and the country.

Against this background, in 1990, Sergei Parkhomenko became a political columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta. It was a daily media, which was then headed by Vitaly Tretyakov. A team of young journalists set themselves the ambitious goal of creating a publication free from the influence of anyone's interests.

ThenFor a time, newspapers supported the views of Boris Yeltsin, the Soviet elite, or other political groups. When the putsch broke out in 1991, Nezavisimaya sided with the president, since if the putschists won, it was threatened with destruction. Years of upheaval could not but affect the editors. In 1993, it split. Some journalists (including Sergey Parkhomenko) left the newspaper due to the authoritarian management of the editor-in-chief.

Today

With the advent of capitalism, large business empires appeared in the country. The owner of one of them was businessman Vladimir Gusinsky. All his media were combined into the "Bridge" group. It also included the newspaper Segodnya, where Parkhomenko moved. It was a new project that debuted in February 1993.

When the government crisis began in the autumn with shootings in the capital, the journalist, as a political observer for Segodnya, was in the thick of things. Including he was in the White House in the most intense days of October. After Yeltsin's victory, there was an attempt to introduce censorship, which, however, was curtailed almost immediately. Against this background, in 1994 a group of Moscow reporters, including Parkhomenko, signed the Moscow Charter of Journalists. It was a list of principles that were considered fundamental in their work. Over the years, the paper has been praised.

Results

In 1996, within the framework of the media group "Most", a new magazine "Itogi" appeared, the editor-in-chief of which becameSergei Parkhomenko. His biography makes another round. The published edition is a fundamentally new experience in the young Russian free market. This was especially true of advertising on the pages of the magazine. The format and experience of Western professionals was taken as a basis. In particular, the American Newsweek took part in the release of the publication.

In the late 90s, Itogi received several prestigious awards. The Union of Journalists of Russia recognizes the media as the most influential weekly in the country. Of course, Sergei Parkhomenko made a huge contribution to this. Photos on the pages of the publication were recognized as “the best photos of the year.”

In 2001 there was a conflict between Gusinsky and the state. The tycoon emigrated to Israel, and his assets came under the control of Gazprom. The new owner fired all the newsrooms, including the Itogi team.

Working for Ekho Moskvy

Journalist Sergei Parkhomenko takes on a new project and becomes editor-in-chief of Ezhedelny Zhurnal. However, this edition could not achieve the previous success of Itogi. In 2003, Parkhomenko left him and began broadcasting on Ekho Moskvy. At first it was the cycle "Two Parkhomenki two", which he led with his son.

Then the format was born, with which Sergey Borisovich received the greatest fame already today. This is the program "The Essence of Events" on the same "Echo". It traditionally comes out every Friday night. The journalist analyzes the incidents that have happened in recent days. The Heart of the Event has been airing non-stop for 12 years.

Publishing house of books and "Around the World"

Then the journalist tries himself in a new business. It was book publishing. In the zero years, he led Inostranka, Hummingbird, Atticus Publishing, and also Corpus. In them, Parkhomenko served as editor-in-chief or director. First, publishing houses released non-fiction, and later other genres. All this was led by Sergei Parkhomenko. The family took part in the activities of the journalist. This time he was engaged in book publishing with his wife.

From 2009 to 2011 he was the chief editor of the legendary "Around the World". Under him, the magazine completely changed its format, and also received its own publishing house.

Political and social activities

In 2004, Parkhomenko became one of the co-chairs of the "Committee 2008". This structure was created by liberal politicians and journalists in order to control the free flow of voting in the next presidential elections. Garry Kasparov, a chess player, became the chairman of the committee. Despite the fact that the activities of the structure did not bring any practical benefit, the journalist himself assesses this experience as positive.

The development of the Internet prompted Parkhomenko to think that in the new media environment it is possible to easily and quickly create initiative communities of people driven by a common goal. The spontaneous "Society of Blue Buckets" became the first such project. It fought against the inadequate behavior of officials on the roads. Its members were motorists who put toy blue buckets on the roofs of their cars, whichimitated the "flashing lights" of the deputies.

The next initiatives created in the same way on the Internet are "Dissernet" and "Last Address". The first project fights officials who receive scientific degrees at the expense of fake and written off dissertations.

"The last address" gives anyone the opportunity to make a small contribution and install a commemorative plaque on the houses where the repressed lived during the years of Stalin's terror.

In 2011-2012 Parkhomenko was one of the initiators of thousands of rallies during the Duma and presidential elections, when a large number of Moscow residents protested against fraud during the voting.