Penza, 11 November 2011. PenzaNews. The diploma “For the contribution in creation of an attractive brand of the Penza region in the world information field” signed by the chairman of the regional government Andrey Andreev was presented to the head of the news agency PenzaNews Ivan Malikov during the official closing ceremony of an inter-regional specialized exhibition “Electronic Penza” which took place in CNTI on Friday, November, 11th.

The head of the news agency PenzaNews Ivan Malikov said: “It’s very pleasant for us that the work of our employees was appraised. There were a number of innovations in 2011 which are aimed not only at informing of the residents of the Penza region about the events in region, but also are focused on foreign audience as, for example, the English-speaking version of the site”.

He added that the visitors of the exhibition were interested in other agency projects.

Ivan Malikov said: “The representatives of the Penza companies were interested, first of all, in information cooperation with news agency PenzaNews. Our new project “Mobile reporter” was interesting for readers. Everyone can tell about the event which he eye-witnessed. It’s necessary just to send a photo or video to the news agency PenzaNews edition, answer some questions of journalists and get a reward for all published news”.

According to the head of the agency, the exhibition was successful, and the award will be one more stimulus for the further creative and productive activity of the staff.