Alexey Poltoranin Journalist Biography

Today we publish a conversation with the journalist of the Jurgan television channel Alexei Poltoranin. Photo by Kirill Kerutin briefly: 23 years, of which for almost 6 years have been working on the Komi Republican TV channel Yurgan: first a correspondent, and then an editor. The last year has been a producer for working with federal channels: in other words, preparing stories about events in the Komi Republic for Channel One, the Russia 1, NTV, the Fifth Canal and others.

Colleagues call him a “stand-up man” for great love to appear in the frame, and, as Alexei himself admits, sometimes without reason. Review for the week. " I refused. But I have a year and a half left before the diploma, I am studying at our Academy of Civil Service, and if I agreed, I would not have been allowed to finish my studies. It seems stupid that I refused. But I weighed everything.

The second time I have already refused to work in another city, I was offered to stay on the Fifth Channel in St. Petersburg. But I agreed with the editors of the PE program that I will prepare full -fledged materials for them and appear in the frame in the plots themselves. Typically, the plots of local correspondents are processed by Moscow journalists. But on the "Jourgan" I try to go to various incidents.

For example, for two days he worked at the place of a fire in a nursing home in Podelsk. I turned on the recorder, and Alexei Poltoranin turned from a simple guy into a global star. Just television changes a person. Do you feel the pressure from officials? What is connected with, I understand: after all, federal channels form the image of the region. The scheme is this: the central channels often order stories to the regions about a problem.

Local journalists make these reports and send them to the feds. So, almost all materials from Komi first go through the filter of her government. I have where to go. I will not be left without money. Why do you violate the rules of the game? In principle, I can not coordinate them. The plot was released in the evening news of Russia 1. There was a quick reaction from the prosecutor of the Komi Republic.

In July, we shot a plot about a man in Vorkuta, who kicked a stroller with a child. This report was released within two days first in the release on the Channel One. I did not think that there would be such a reaction after this plot. Investigators from Vorkuta called me and said: “Lesha, what have you done? Because of you, we are now looking for this person all night. ” They found it already in the first half of the next day.

You shoot one and the same annually. I do not have enough frantic rhythm. You shoot ordinary news, sometimes small town problems. Yes, all these problems are solved at the district level. But for the federals you prepare problems of a larger scale, and the topics are not similar to the previous ones, and the reaction from the authorities is completely different.

How do your stories differ from the plots of colleagues? The text, of course, is important. But I have a completely different filming format. More "ntvshny". This is the use of passers in the frame, and not only mine - I ask you to walk the heroes, they to do something in the frame wash the dishes, are driving a car and talking to me. I do not like template plots. However, okay. Are you often criticized?

The main critic is the viewer. Now they criticize you - colleagues, friends, bosses? Yes, sometimes I abuse them, but I prove that they are needed to revive the picture, a static plan. I do not strive to be in the frame. For example, stand -up on federal television channels should be recorded in any case.

There is no justification: there was no time to record. If you have not recorded, then you have incorrectly built work on the set. But I perceive the criticism of my Moscow colleagues more. The chief editor “PE” calls and asks to rebuild the plot, pointing to my mistakes. Sometimes they criticize, not understanding my idea. And if they criticize, then they look. I can leave to work as an ordinary producer, operator, pick up the camera and take off the plots without thinking about fame.

I do not need fame. I'm trying to come up with something that the plot is interesting for our viewer. Many people say here: "As they pay me, I will work." Or stars. Usually these are young journalists without experience who need to kick. I picked up this infection, but quickly cured. I went to take off the plot about the ballet school, and the heroine reproached me for not knowing anything about our ballet.

I arrived unprepared. The first six months, everyone has a star disease. You go along the street, and it seems to you that they will recognize you, and sometimes they are generally asked to give an autograph. The main thing is to kick a person on time, then he will be in his place. What does this reward mean to you? I was glad of the reward. This is wrong. In sight, there are special foam things that protect the microphone from the wind during filming wind protection with the logo of federal television channels.

Recently, a lot of friends have appeared among me among the journalists of Moscow and St. Petersburg. I just don't notice them.When the plot comes out at the federal level, then sometimes you feel fear for, for example, when I made a plot about the “astronomical” accounts that came to the residents of Syktyvkar from the GUEK management company. The leader probably knew who had prepared the plot.

It was really scary, and there was a fear for my life. I am not embarrassed to say that I am from Syktyvkar. But I realized that I would be bored in four walls. Many journalists go to work in the press service. It's too early for me to think about it. Maybe, so, at 35 - five years ago, when I entered the History Faculty of SyktSU, I had to quit my studies because of my work. I was invited, that is, I was called to the news on the Jurgan.

Roman Istomin decided to show the telekukhny and proposed to go through the practice. I agreed. So, Istomin started me into the office, where the editor Anna Medvedeva was sitting. She asked: “You know how to read, write? And she took me to work. Describe Alexei Poltoranin in 20 years? I am a correspondent of the federal television channel. He already traveled around the country and visited many countries where he found interesting stories.

If I stay in Komi, you can grow here to a high -ranking official. Now I go to Moscow on my own. There I go through the practice on federal channels, making certain efforts. The weekly of the Youth of the North, with the support of the news agencies, BNDCHOM and Kominform, continues the cycle of interviews with the journalists “New Media-Lyceum of the Republic”. Photo by Cyril Zerutin.