Society and Media: Exhibition “Russian we have preserved”, timed to the 90th anniversary of information cooperation with ITAR-TASS, in New York

The 90th anniversary of information cooperation with ITAR-TASS is celebrated in the USA. Solemn events with participation of representatives of American political and business elite, the public and accredited in the country diplomas are held in New York on March 7, 2013, and on March 8, 2013 – in Washington.

In 1923, in New York was opened the office of oldest Russian news agency. Before the World War II, it included only a few employees – the U.S. citizens. In Soviet Russia, they passed information about the events in North and South America.

In the United States before the World War II there was not a single reporter of Soviet newspapers. TASS fully provided news for them from America. When in 1939 a fire broke out in Europe of the World War, the U.S. Bureau TASS switched to non-stop schedule. It was entrusted with the duty to transmit to Moscow news from around the world. It was necessary to significantly expand the staff.

By the end of 1941 in New York worked 20 reporters and editors, in Washington - two. Also in New York appeared were first TASS reporters from Moscow. The American TASS team worked closely with the major U.S. Information Agency - Associated Press (AP).

ITAR-TASS has been successfully working in the information field of the U.S. and its cooperation with the U.S. media, the first vice-president and chief editor of the AP Kathleen Carroll is sure. “ITAR-TASS, being in an information maelstrom of events of the last 90s, reports the most important information - she said. - Foreign partners are interested, first of all, in the exclusive agency reportes on events in Russia and neighboring countries”.

The Central Public Library in New York on March 7 opens the exhibition timed to the anniversary of TASS from the collections of the Russian State Library. It is named “Russia we have preserved”. These are 160 unique exhibits from the history of Russian foreign media. Visitors, in particular, become familiar with the first edition of the magazine “The Bell” by Russian writer, philosopher and publicist Alexander Herzen. The exhibition also presents beyond the boundaries modern diverse Russian-language newspapers and magazines.