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Allan Alaküla
Allan Alaküla (born 11 September 1968 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian journalist. Alaküla graduated from the history department at Tartu University in 1993, and then received degrees from Birmingham University in 1996 and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication in 2000. He was the president of Estonian Union of Journalists from 2001 to 2004 and a member of Estonian Press Council from 1999 to 2003. He was the chairman of supervisory board of Tallinn Television from July 2012 to January 2017. He worked as an editorial writer for the Estonian daily ''Postimees is an Estonian daily newspaper established on 5 June 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In 1891, it became the first daily newspaper in Estonia. Its current editor-in-chief is Priit Hõbemägi. The paper has approximately 250 employees. ''P ...'', as head of the opinion department for the daily '' Sõnumileht'', and as editor-in-chief of the weekly '' Kesknädal''. He previously held the position of public rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve () is a city and Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, large numbers of immigrant workers from Russia and other parts of the Soviet Union, former USSR were brought in to populate the rapidly growing city. The population in the Kohtla-Järve area which had been, as of 1934 census, over 90% ethnic Estonian, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data (as of 2006) 21% of the city's population are ethnic Estonians; most of the rest are Russians. Kohtla-Järve is the fifth-largest city in Estonia in terms of population. Kohtla-Järve is unusual among the municipalities of Estonia due to its territory being made of several discontiguous parts. The two main parts, Jä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu University
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.About the University University of Tartu The university was founded under the name of ''Academia Gustaviana'' in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the Swedish Governors-General, Governor-General of Swedish Livonia, Swedish Ingria, Ingria, and Karelia (historical province of Finland), Karelia, with the required ratification provided by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, shortly before the king's death on 6 November in the Battle of Lützen (1632). 15,206 students study at the university, of whom over 1,500 are foreigners (10%). Most of the curriculum is instructed in Estonian. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham University
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as the William Sands Cox, Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English red brick university, civic or 'red brick' university to receive its own royal charter, and the first English Collegiate university, unitary university. It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21. The student population includes undergraduate and postgraduate students (), which is the List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment, largest in the UK (out of ). The annual income of the university for 2023–24 was £926 million of which £205.2 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Institute Of Mass Communication
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is a deemed-to-be-university, established on 17 August 1965, Delhi. Considered as the best media education institute of the country, it has five regional centers across India. The IIMC is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The institute offers PG Diploma courses in media subjects like Journalism (Hindi, English, Odia, Urdu, Marathi and Malayalam), Radio and Television, Advertising & Public Relations, Digital Media, and Corporate Communication & Brand Management. It also offers Master of Arts programs in Media Business Studies, Strategic Communications, and New Media Communications. Additionally, the institute provides a Doctor of Philosophy program in Mass Communication and Journalism. Institutes The institute has its headquarters in New Delhi and five regional campuses at Aizawl (Mizoram), Amravati (Maharashtra), Dhenkanal (Odisha), Jammu (J&K), and Kottayam (Kerala). History The India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn Television
Tallinna TV was a television channel in Estonia, formerly called Tallinn Eesti Televisioon. It had transmitters in Tallinn, Pärnu, Valgjärve, Kohtla-Nõmme, and Orissaare prior to its diffusion. Supervisory Board Members * Allan Alaküla (chairman) * Leonid Mihhailov * Aini Härm * Andres Kollist * Kaja Laanmäe * Toivo Tootsen Executive Board Members * Toomas Lepp * Mart Ummelas Mart Ummelas (20 August 1953 – 13 March 2020) was an Estonian journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This ... World Radio TV Handbook 1993 page 384. References External links * Television channels in Estonia Defunct television channels in Estonia Mass media in Tallinn Television channels and stations established in 2011 2011 establishments in Estonia {{Estonia-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postimees
is an Estonian daily newspaper established on 5 June 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In 1891, it became the first daily newspaper in Estonia. Its current editor-in-chief is Priit Hõbemägi. The paper has approximately 250 employees. ''Postimees'' is currently published five days a week and has the largest circulation and readership in Estonia with 55,000 copies sold during the workweek and over 72,000 on weekends. Ninety-seven per cent of the paper's circulation is subscription-based with only three per cent sold individually. The weekend edition of ''Postimees'', published on Saturdays, includes several separate sections: ''AK'' (), ''Arter'', and a television-guide. The paper is owned by namesake media company Postimees Group (formerly known as Eesti Meedia), which a company owned by entrepreneur Margus Linnamäe has a full control since 2015. History ''Postimees'' is considered to be the oldest newspaper in Estonia. ''Perno Postimees ehk Näddalaleht'' (now '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sõnumileht
''Sõnumileht'' was an Estonian tabloid newspaper between 1995 and 2000. The newspaper was published in Estonian, and it was one of the country's most popular tabloid-style productions. It was first published in 1995. At first it was a quality newspaper. In 1998, after the Norwegian media group Schibsted Schibsted ASA is an international media group. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The ... purchased a stake, it moved to being a tabloid. In 1999, ''Sõnumileht'' had a daily circulation of around 30,000, making it Estonia's sixth-largest circulation at the time. Sõnumileht maintained a serious press imago until 1998 while being run by editor-in-chief Mark Luik. Under the pressure of new owners, it turned to yellow media in October 1998 with a successful launch campaign. Around the same time Mart Luik resigned, the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesknädal
''Kesknädal'' (Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also ... for 'Midweek') is a weekly newspaper issued every Wednesday. The paper was started in 1999. It is the organ of the Centre Party, a left-leaning Estonian party. The paper has been criticized for hiring notable Soviet-era journalists such as Ralf R. Parve, and sometimes accused of harbouring Soviet-like journalistic culture. References External links * 1999 establishments in Estonia Estonian-language newspapers Mass media in Tallinn Newspapers published in Estonia Newspapers established in 1999 Weekly newspapers {{Estonia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahemaa National Park
Lahemaa National Park is a park in northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from the capital Tallinn. The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) to the south. Its area covers 747 km2 (including 274.9 km2 of sea).EstonicaLahemaa National Park: from coastal drumlins to Kõrvemaa, Estonica, Encyclopedia About Estonia It was the first area to be designated a national park of the former Soviet Union. It is the largest park in Estonia and one of Europe's biggest national parks. Its charter calls for the preservation, research and promotion of North-Estonian landscapes, ecosystems, biodiversity and national heritage. History The name Lahemaa originates from the most thoroughly studied and visited part of the North Estonian coast, where four large peninsulas ( Juminda, Pärispea, Käsmu and Vergi) are separated from each other by four bays ( Kolga, Hara, Eru and Käsmu). Lahemaa translates roughly as "Land of Bays". The national park, est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgejõe
Valgejõe is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia. It is located on the crossing of the Tallinn–Narva road (part of the E20) and the Valgejõgi River. Valgejõe (''white river'') dates from the 13th century, located initially in today's Vanaküla (''old village''). In the early 17th century the centre of the village shifted some kilometers south to the area of Tallinn-Narva road river crossing and the tavern. In north from Vanaküla split Parksi and Nõmmeveski Nõmmeveski is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia, in Lahemaa National Park. It lies on the Valgejõgi Valgejõgi (lit. ''White River'') is a river in Northern Estonia. Its source is in Lake Porkuni in Pandivere (L .... Situated on the historic division line of Harju and Viru counties the local administrative borders have constantly changed here. Since the 1939 reform however, when the county border skipped a few kilometers eastward, Valgejõe, Vanaküla an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Births
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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