President Vladimir Putin is not unknown in media circles behind the scenes, yet what many don’t know is that he’s extremely adept at the business itself.
I’ve spoken to a few news media executives that said they’ve met the Russian President and say how clever he is at understanding their business, and their concerns. They didn’t necessarily say that they know Putin is himself well-versed in the Journalism industry inside and out.
In fact, according to a source, one of the key points of his Presidency is to “reform, reshape, and renew” the Russian media landscape for a new era. It involves retraining Russians on how to present the State in political terms, and what it means to depict a President in the modern era.
Apart from this, he’s also a self-taught expert in Western media, and in particular the UK examples of it. He knows a lot about how newspapers developed their craft here, and of what it means to work in Journalism in this country.
