100 journalists arrive to North Ossetia to cover mourning events in Beslan

About one hundred Russian and foreign journalists came to North Ossetia to cover the actions held in memory of the victims of the terror act committed on September 1-3, 2004, in Beslan.

Most of the media people came here during the last weekend; among them - video teams and correspondents of printed media from Great Britain, Germany, USA, Italy and Qatar. Russian federal TV channels and papers also sent their correspondents to Beslan. Local newspapers, TV and radio channels will also cover the events.

Yana Voitova, a representative of the Union of Journalists of Russia, said in her conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the events on September 1-3, 2004, are still in the focus of attention. Foreign and Russian journalists are helped in preparing their materials on a regular basis.

"At the Australian TV, in the programme 'Four Corners', they showed the film 'What Children Said' with participation of the children and adults who had lived through those tragic," said Ms Voitova. "Reports were made for Swedish television, and for foreign and Russian newspapers: journalists visited families, spoke to people; and quite a lot then became public."

Experienced journalists from the North-Ossetian Radio Irina Gugkaeva and Zarina Cherchesova have been covering the events in Beslan for the last five years. Ms Gugkaeva ran her programme named "Theme", and Ms Cherchesova is still running her programme "In the Focus of Attention".

The bloggers of the "Caucasian Knot" are also touching the topic of the Beslan tragedy. "I know two journalists who quitted journalism after the terror act in Beslan," writes blogger Alan Tskhurbaev.