Reference by Dr Svetlana S. Bodrunova for Aglaia Rakityanskaya, Global Communication and International Journalism, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St.Petersburg State University Aglaia Rakityanskaya has entered the Global Communication and International Journalism Double-Degree Master Program in 2014 as an emerging writer, and aspiring student and a young mom. Today, she is graduating as a more experienced journalist and writer. Aglaia has published a book during her Bachelor studies, and within her stay at our program she has participated in a variety of media projects. She has had various interests within international journalism studies, but gradually she moved to public affairs and research upon them. Aglaia worked on her thesis for several months and got consulting and advice from the supervisor. She has completed her work on time and has followed the rules of St.Petersburg State University. The percentage of the non-original text is 4%, which is very low. All the non-original text comes from legitimate quotes of academic literature and the analyzed media texts.