OREANDA-NEWS. June 28, 2011. The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a prize-giving ceremony for the corporate contest among the Public Relations (PR) services of Gazprom's subsidiary companies.

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee was awarding the winners of the contest that had become traditional.

Sergey Marfitsyn from Gazprom dobycha Irkutsk became the winner in the Best PR Manager nomination. The II class award was granted to Irina Chernyavskaya from Gazprom transgaz Tomsk, the III class award went to Natalia Galkina from Gazprom transgaz Saratov.

Gazprom in Kuban: Traditions and Modern Age (joint project of Gazprom dobycha Krasnodar and Gazprom transgaz Kuban) became the best social/sectorial project. The II class award was granted to the project entitled from Moscow to Berlin (Gazprom VNIIGAZ) and the III class award – to the Children's Hockey Teams Tournament project (Gazprom neft).

The Trassa (Route) newspaper (Gazprom transgaz Ekaterinburg) won the Best Corporate Print Media nomination. The II class award was presented to the Gazovy Forpost (Gas Outpost) newspaper (Gazprom transgaz Stavropol), the III class awards – to the Golubaya Magistral (Blue Trunkline) and the Gazovy Vektor (Gas Vector) newspapers (Gazprom transgaz Saratov and Gazprom transgaz Tomsk respectively).

Gazprom dobycha Urengoy won the Best Information Coverage of Gazprom's Annual General Shareholders Meeting nomination. The II and III class awards were presented to Gazprom dobycha Nadym and Gazprom dobycha Yamburg.

Kirill Kleimenov, Deputy Director General of Channel One, Director of the News Programs Directorate shared his professional skills with the guests and participants of the contest during the workshop called Information is Our Profession.
Background

The corporate contest among the PR services of Gazprom's subsidiary companies has been held since 2009. The contest is aimed at advancing the professional skills in the corporate print media and developing the creativity and initiative of PR specialists from the subsidiary companies.

The winners are elected by the jury composed of the independent experts – journalists, publishers, PR specialists, as well as employees from the Gazprom Information and Communications Department and the Gazprom Magazine.