{"id":1478,"date":"2008-05-14T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T10:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2023-01-25T19:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:22:22","slug":"work-as-a-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/work-as-a-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Work as a Journalist in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was working as a journalist for the leading Russian newspaper, wrote about road trips,    test drives of the latest models of cars, driving techniques, and lifestyle columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides the other media the most amazing part of my job was in the Motoring Department of the huge and famous MK <\/a>newspaper. My columns and photo stories were popular so were released as books by the Russian biggest Publishing House AST<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo album<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It looks like they just payed me for the lifestyle I was living in Moscow in the middle of 00’s.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\"photo<\/a>
Making Photo Stories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"different<\/a>
About driving and diving, mountain skiing and surfing, local museums and folks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"trying<\/a>
Always tried everything myself while writing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"filming<\/a>
Filming my stories for TV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The MK newspaper<\/a> (Moskovsky Komsomolets)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My main project was The Track, where I built a great relationship with motor car brands (they loved my stories!) was given the freedom by the editors board (they loved my stories!) to drive wherever I wanted in a 100 km radius around Moscow. I was given the latest models of vehicles for the multi days test drives. I never had any plans, just stopped when something attracted my attention, but local museums always were the solid part of my trips. A lady from Ministry of Culture pointed me in the right directions (she loved my stories!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met the best experts in driving and learned a lot from them. I myself was one of the best drivers among motoring journalists so they enjoyed interacting with me. I interpreted this experience with my own stories and anecdotes in the  column – a series about the driving techniques and the test drives. Zebra<\/em> was my weekly column, 7 paragraphs on a very short and aphoristic way about every day mood and dreams while driving trough Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009 the MK’s website was destroyed during the hacker’s attack. My  name at the time, Elena Novikova,<\/strong> was erased all together with the entire MK’s digital archive, on that reason And for that reason Google lost my journalist’s footprint. My name change brought more mess. I try my best to restore the most interesting stuff here on my website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n