Sergey Parkhomenko was born in Moscow on March 13, 1964. His father was a journalist, and his mother was a music teacher. Therefore, it is not surprising that the child's hobbies were associated with everything that surrounded the Russian language and art. At school, he studied French in depth, which in the future greatly helped him in his work.
Carier start
In 1981, the young man entered the journalism department at Moscow State University. During his studies, he found his first job in the field. It was the magazine Theater, known for its reviews. One of his colleagues in the editorial board was Mikhail Shvydkoi, the future Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation (he was he in 2000-2004).
As Sergei Parkhomenko himself said, he could have remained a reviewer at the Theater, if perestroika had not begun. Announced publicity, open archives, new media - all this stirred up journalism and the country.
Against this background, in 1990, Sergei Parkhomenko became a political columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta. This was the daily media, which was then headed by Vitaly Tretyakov. A team of young journalists set themselves the ambitious goal of creating a publication free from the influence of anyone's interests.
At that time, newspapers supported the point of view of Boris Yeltsin, the Soviet elite or other political groups. When a coup broke out in 1991, Nezavisimaya sided with the president, since if the coup won, she was threatened with destruction. Years of upheaval could not but affect the editors. In 1993, a split occurred in it. Some journalists (including Sergey Parkhomenko) left the newspaper because of the authoritarian management of the editor-in-chief.
"Today"
With the advent of capitalism, large business empires appeared in the country. The owner of one of them was businessman Vladimir Gusinsky. All of his media were merged into the Bridge group. It included the newspaper "Today", which went to Parkhomenko. This was a new project, which debuted in February 1993.
When the government crisis with shooting in the capital began in the fall, the journalist, as the political observer for Today, was in the thick of things. Including he was in the White House on the most stressful days of October. After Yeltsin’s victory, there was an attempt to introduce censorship, which, however, was almost immediately curtailed. Against this background, in 1994 a group of Moscow reporters, including Parkhomenko, signed the Moscow Charter for Journalists. This was a list of principles that were considered fundamental in their work. Over the years, the document has been praised.
"Results"
In 1996, a new Itogi magazine appeared within the framework of the Most media group, with Sergei Parkhomenko becoming its chief editor. His biography makes another round. The appeared publication is a fundamentally new experience in the young Russian free market. This was especially true of advertising on the pages of the magazine. The format and experience of Western professionals was taken as a basis. In particular, the American Newsweek participated in the publication.
In the late 90s, Itogi received several prestigious awards. The Union of Russian Journalists recognizes the media as the country's most influential weekly. Of course, Sergey Parkhomenko made a huge contribution to this. Photos on the pages of the publication were recognized as "the best photos of the year."
In 2001, there was a conflict between Gusinsky and the state. The tycoon emigrated to Israel, and his assets came under the control of Gazprom. The new owner fired all editorial offices, including the Itogi team.
Work on the Echo of Moscow
Journalist Sergei Parkhomenko takes on a new project and becomes the editor-in-chief of the Weekly Magazine. However, this publication failed to achieve the previous success of The Outcomes. In 2003, Parkhomenko leaves him and begins to broadcast on Ekho Moskvy. At first it was the cycle “Two Parkhomenki two,” which he led with his son.
At the same time, the format is born, with which Sergey Borisovich gained the greatest fame in today's days. This is the “Essence of Events” program for the same “Echo”. She traditionally goes out every Friday night. The journalist analyzes the incidents that have occurred in recent days. “The essence of events” has been published without interruption for the past 12 years.
Book Publishing House and Around the World
Then the journalist tries himself in a new business. It was a book publishing. In the zero years, he led the "Foreigner", "Hummingbird", "Atticus Publishing", as well as Corpus. In them, Parkhomenko served as chief editor or director. At first, publishers released non-fiction, and later other genres. All this was led by Sergei Parkhomenko. The family took part in the activities of a journalist. This time he was publishing books with his wife.
From 2009 to 2011, he was the editor-in-chief of the legendary Around the World. Under him, the magazine completely changed its format, and also received its own publishing house.
Political and social activities
In 2004, Parkhomenko became one of the co-chairs of the 2008 Committee. This structure was created by liberal politicians and journalists in order to control the free flow of voting in the next presidential election. The chairman of the committee was the chess player Garry Kasparov. Despite the fact that the activities of the structure did not bring practical benefits, the journalist himself assesses this experience as positive.
The development of the Internet pushed Parkhomenko to the idea that in a new media environment one can easily and quickly create initiative communities of people driven by a common goal. The first such project was the spontaneous “Blue Bucket Society”. It struggled with inappropriate behavior of officials on the roads. Its members became motorists who put toy blue buckets on the roofs of their cars, which imitated the "flashers" of deputies.
The following initiatives, created in the same way on the Internet, are Dissernet and Last Address. The first project fights officials who earn academic degrees through fake and written-off dissertations.
The “Last Address” allows any person to make a small contribution and install a commemorative plaque on the houses where the repressed lived during the years of Stalinist terror.
In 2011 - 2012 Parkhomenko was one of the initiators of rallies of thousands during the Duma and presidential elections, when a large number of Moscow residents protested against fraud during the vote.