Yesengul Kapkyzy

Yessengul Kap is an Assistant professor at Suleyman Demirel University, candidate of philology sciences, (KazNU, Kazakhstan), MA (International and Multimedia Journalism, Newcastle University).

Yessengul Kap is a professional journalist who has worked for about 20 years formany print media outlets, such as Kazakh Yeli, Shalkar, and Turkistan. She organized the firstKazakh online news website, www.tarlan.kz, then managed two news websites (turkystan.kz;minber.kz). She continues to manage her “Minber” Center for Journalism Excellence, organizing around 50 workshops among Kazakh journalists to thrive their professionalism. She is a media trainer and has experience mentoring in the last five years.