TRANSLATING WORLDS Explorations on Foreign Reporting in Times of Crisis n-ost media conference in Berlin 19-21 November 2015 #tw_15 >> LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

// Adil Nurmakov Lecturer and freelance journalism, Almaty Adil Nurmakov is teaching journalism at the Department of media and communications in KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan), and also working as a regional editor for Central Asia with the Digital. Report, a website about ICT policies in Eurasia.

// Adrian Plesca Blogger and Project Manager, Chișinău Adrian Plesca is a young blogger from Chișinău, Moldova and the general coordinator of the biggest urban project there. He is the vice president of the European Pupil's Association, working in the Municipality and Ministry of Youth and Sport.

// Aija Bley Photographer, Aija Bley is a creative photographer with seven years of professional experience in documentary photography. Storytelling on women’s lives in the world is her most important professional calling and dedication.

// Alena Baltrukevich Blogger and lawyer, Minsk Alena Baltrukevich is a practitioner lawyer. She raised controversial and significant topics of Belarusian legislation in her blog. Its materials are dedicated mostly to questions of Labour and Civil law. The aim of her work is increasing awareness of legislation in Belarusian society and making people discuss problems and think about alternative ways to solve it. Motto of her blog is – “Think, speak and argue”.

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// Alexandra Reinig Intern |topics, n-ost, Berlin Alexandra Reinig is an intern at euro|topics since September 2015. She studies Sociology in Bielefeld. During her studies she spent time in and Finland.

// Amalia Oganjanyan Lecturer and freelance journalist (Deutsche Welle), Amalia Oganjanyan works as lecturer at the Mass Communication Department of the Tbilisi State University (TSU), as correspondent for the Deutsche Welle- Russian, and as Georgian project manager for the Deutsche Welle Academy. Since September 2014, a PhD student (Mass Communication Department, TSU). She has a MA in International Media Studies from the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University. Since 2003 she has been working for Georgian, German, Russian, and Armenian media. She authored the book "The August War in Georgia: Foreign Media Coverage" (Diplomica: , 2012). // Anastasiia Magazova Freelance correspondent (DW, Die Tageszeitung), Anastasiia Magazova works as correspondent for Deutsche Welle covering Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus and is correspondent for Die Tageszeitung.

// Andrea Dernbach Political reporter, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin Andrea Dernbach studied German language and literature studies and history in Mainz and Freiburg. After attending Henri- Nannen-School in Hamburg she was correspondent in Bonn, senior news editor of Badische Zeitung and Stuttgarter Zeitung and senior politics editor of Der Tagesspiegel. Since 2012 she is political reporter at Der Tagesspiegel. Her main interests are migragtion, civil rights, gender policy and diversity.

// Andreas Bock Head of euro|topics editorial desk, n-ost, Berlin Andreas Bock is senior editor for the euro|topics press review. Before coming to n-ost, Andreas spent three years working as a cultural manager at the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) and as a project manager for MitOst in . He studied cultural studies and social studies at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin's Free University and the University of California, Berkeley, and believes that Europe's future lies in the regions.

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// Andrew Connelly Freelance correspondent (The Independent, Vice News), Andrew Connelly is a freelance journalist covering politics in Europe and its neighbours for various international print, online and radio media with a special focus on the UK, Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and the current refugees exodus into Europe. @connellyandrew

// Angela Phillips Professor in Journalism, Goldsmiths, University of London, London Angela Phillips is a Professor in Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London. She ran the journalism courses at Goldsmiths for a number of years and now researches and lectures on the subject of journalism. Her most recent book is “Journalism in Context” (Routledge) which was written for students of journalism practice. Currently she is involved in research into audience behaviour, particularly the way in which young people find and use news today.

// Ani Hovhannisyan Editor, Hetq, Yerewan Ani Hovhannisyan is a multimedia journalist at "Investigative Journalists of Armenia" NGO, which publishes Hetq Online Newspaper. She works at Hetq since 2009 firstly as blogger and later as investigative multimedia skilled journalist. She is very interested in data journalism, data visualization and cross-border investigations.

// Anna Romandash Freelance journalist and blogger, Kyiv Anna Romandash is a freelance journalist who writes for a media watch platform Mediasapiens as well as for the variety of Ukrainian and international media. Besides, she is member of the editorial team of the Orange Magazine, funded by the Council of Europe. She studies Corporate Communications at the Danish School of Media and Journalism and works on her M.A. in Media Communications at Ukrainian Catholic University.

// Anna Zekria Producer and agent, Anna Zerika is a producer and agent. In 2005 she joined Photographer.ru representing Russian artists worldwide and international agencies including Magnum Photos within Russia, becoming its managing director in 2008. In 2011 she founded Salt Images agency. She joined Screen Projects in 2014. She curated a number exhibitions (selected) Stories of Life:Best of multimedia journalism 2013, Russian contemporary photography at Dali International festival 2013. Anna served as a nominator and jury member worldwide, including the World Press Photo Multimedia contest 2012.

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// Annette Streicher Reporter and editor (ZDF), Berlin Annette Streicher is a Berlin-based editor and reporter. She works with public broadcaster ZDF, Deutsche Welle and print media. Annette has a M.A. International Journalism, with focus on documentary. Studies in political science, sociology and dramatic art at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Stockholm University, University of Westminster. She worked for Süddeutsche Zeitung, dpa, N24 and ZDF London and did field research in Eastern European countries such as Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Bosnia. She received a travel writer’s grant for Israel/Palestinian territories in 2010/2015 and was trained picture editor at Berlin- based photo agency school Ostkreuz. // Annika Gläser Project coordinator, n-vestigate, n-ost, Berlin Annika Gläser joined n-ost in August 2015 as a project coordinator for the investigative network “n-vestigate”. From 2008 to 2012 she was project manager and member of the board at the German Youthpress. Until 2015 she studied cultural sciences at Viadrina University in Frankfurt.

// Arthur Bondar Photographer, Moscow Arthur Bondar is a freelance photographer and shoots his personal documentary projects. He studied photography at New York University and was a participant of the Eddie Adams Workshop and NOOR-Nikon Masterclass. Arthur was awarded and granted with Magnum Emergency Fund, The Documentary Project Fund, National Geographic Grant and the Best Photographer of the Year in Ukraine. His projects were widely exhibited as installations, exhibitions and screenings. He is author of the books “Signatures of War” and “Barricade”. Nowadays Arthur is a participant of VII Photo Agency Mentor Program. // Arzu Geybullayeva Freelance correspondent, Istanbul Arzu Geybullayeva is a freelance writer born and raised in Azerbaijan. Since 2008, she has been writing as a blogger, correspondent and also doing some analyst work on the side with her main focus on Azerbaijan. Currently she is based in Istanbul where she continues focusing on Azerbaijan exposing human rights violations and stories that often don't get attention in international media. In the past seven years, she has written numerous articles, contributed to a number of international reports and continues to speak at international events on Azerbaijan policies. // Bektour Iskender Co-founder kloop.kg, Bishkek Bektour Iskender is one of the founders of Kloop.kg news website and Kloop Journalism School. Kloop.kg is one of the leading news outlets in Kyrgyzstan today, famous for its coverage of politics, human rights, and civil society, and also for introducing innovative methods of telling news by using live streaming and effectively exploiting social media.It is also one of the few websites in the country that has started doing exclusive reporting about events happening outside Kyrgyzstan, with the war in Ukraine being the most famous example of such coverage.

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// Carmen Eller Freelance journalist (Zeit Online, Cicero, NZZ), Berlin Carmen Eller works as an author and journalist in Berlin for Zeit Online, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Welt, Spiegel Geschichte and others. Her main focus is culture, especially literature from Russia, Eastern Europe, Israel and the United States. Before moving to Berlin she worked several years as editor and reporter in Moscow and spent two years as Robert Bosch Fellow in Romania. 2010 Herder published her book “Ein Jahr in Moskau. Reise in den Alltag“.

// Cecilia Andrea Bacci Blogger, Milan Cecilia Andrea Bacci is a 25-year-old journalist based in Milan. Ten years ago someone put a camera in her hand so she is currently working as a videomaker deeply in love with multimedia storytelling. She likes to report on social movement and social issues.

// Christian Spahr Director, Media Program South East Europe, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sofia Studied at Dresden University of Technology (M.A. in linguistics and communication studies). Alumnus of the KAS School of Journalism. Afterwards business editor at Sächsische Zeitung daily. 2006-12 Spokesperson at the German high-tech association BITKOM and editor of studies on digital society. Since 2012 Director of the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung (KAS); focus of work: support of quality journalism and modern political communication. Co-founder and board member of the South East Europe Public Sector Communication Association (SEECOM). Co-host of the South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF). Speaker at Club of Venice plenary meetings, Medientreffpunkt Mitteldeutschland (Leipzig) and other media conferences in Germany and abroad.

// Christiane Käsgen Program officer, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart Christiane Käsgen has been program officer at the Robert Bosch Stiftung since 2011. Her responsibilities in the program area “International Relations Europe and its Neighbours” include media and journalism programs involving particulary Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. She previously worked in Berlin at InWEnt's International Institute for Journalism, where she developed and organized dialogue and further training programs for journalists from Asia, Africa and the Middle East with a focus upon online journalism and media ethics. From

2005 to 2008, she developed and implemented numerous culture and education projects in Morocco supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Goethe- Institut.

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// Chrsitina Hebel Political editor, Spiegel Online, Hamburg

// Dario Bosio Photographer, Sulaymaniyah Dario Bosio is an independent photography professional. He co-founded the PanAut Collective in 2012 to promote dialogue and exploration around visual storytelling. He worked at NOOR Images and 10b Photography before starting freelancing. Darios work as a photographer focuses on international social issues while questioning the medium of photography itself and the ways in which it affects our lives. Since March 2015 he has been based in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, where he was working as photo-editor and project manager at the Metrography photo agency. He is one of the two curators of the project “Map of Displacement”.

// Daya Thussu Professor of International Communication, University of Westmisnter, London Daya Thussu is Professor of International Communication at the University of Westminster in London. Author or editor of 17 books, among his key publications are: “Mapping BRICS Media”; “Communicating India’s Soft Power”; “Media and Terrorism”; “Internationalizing Media Studies”; “News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment”; “Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow”; “International Communication - Continuity and Change”, third edition; and “Electronic Empires”. He is the Managing Editor of the journal Global Media and Communication.

// Dimiter Muftieff Freelance correspondent, Sofia Dimiter Muftieff lives and works in Bulgaria and Macedonia as freelancing author and producer for several German media.

// Dirk Auer Freelance correspondent (Deutschlandfunk), Dirk Auer has been living and working in Southeastern Europe since 2005. He is a freelance correspondent for German media – first based in Sofia, now in Belgrade. His main fields of interest are: politics, society, migration and minorities.

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// Dmytro Korol Editor (Insider), Kyiv Dmytro Korol is a journalist from Ukraine. He works in the economic department of the Ukrainian online-media Insider and his main task is to prepare anti- corruption investigations. Prior to joining Insider he was correspondent for the UNIAN and wrote investigations for Corruptua. Furthermore, he writes analytical and political articles about revolutions, reforms, war and all significant events Ukraine passed through for the last two years.

// Donald Weber Photographer and author, Amsterdam Donald Weber is the author of three photography books. Interrogations, about post-Soviet authority in Ukraine and Russia, has gone on to much acclaim; it was selected to be included in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s seminal “The Photobook: A History, Volume III.” He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lange-Taylor Prize and two World Press Photo Awards. Currently Don is working on his next project, War Sand, about historic sacrifice, and the meaning of war in our modern world. He is a member of the acclaimed VII Photo.

// Dóra Diseri Freelance journalist (Hungarian Public Service), Berlin Dóra Diseri is a Hungarian freelance journalist based in Berlin and EJF-fellow at the International Center for Journalism of the Freie Universität Berlin. She received her M.A. degree at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest in 2011 in cultural and media studies. Between 2008 and 2015 Dóra worked as a reporter for the Hungarian Public Television in the news department. Currently she is working on her research project "The Hungarian Exodus: Fleeing Orbán's country. Or: What has become of Europe's 'happiest barack'?" // Dörthe Ziemer Freelance journalist (euro|topics, Lausitzer Rundschau, Märkische Allgemeine, Berliner Zeitung), Groß Köris Dörthe Ziemer studied Russian studies, German studies and East European history in Berlin and Moscow. After a traineeship at the Lausitzer Rundschau and an IJP scholarship in Russia, she worked for three years as a journalist in Lusatia. This was followed by two years working as an editor and project manager at n-ost in Berlin. She now works as a freelance project editor and author. She is euro|topics correspondent in Germany. // Ekaterina Garnik Blogger, Yekaterinburg Ekaterina Garnik has been working in the field of cultural affairs as an arts manager, PR consultant, new media adviser, cultural journalist and curator for 10 years. She has participated in more that 50 projects during these years. She is convinced that during period of social and economical challenges, a human being still needs culture to cope with troubles, to communicate and understand people of other cultures. She runs her blog (www.cultpr.ru), puts on the air online video program, and participates in different social activities.

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// Elena Vasileva Blogger and trainer, Moscow Elena Vasileva is a journalist and creativity coach from Moscow (Russia). Her project Woman on Top (www.womanontop.ru) is about women changing the world for the better. She is focused on positive things like self-growth, developing creativity, finding opportunities and helping people make their dreams come true. Furthermore she conducts workshops and trainings for writers, bloggers and creative people of all kinds.

// Fabian Weiss Photographer, Fabian Weiss is a photographer and visual storyteller based in Estonia and member of the German photo agency LAIF. His projects explore cultural changes in personal structures within a broader assessment of the surrounding culture. Fabian‘s work has been honoured by several international awards and his photographic essays have been exhibited internationally and published in numerous media including GEO, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and The New York Times amongst others. Weiss works in Germany, the Baltics and further East.

// Florian Bachmeier Photographer, Munich Florian Bachmeier studied photography in Pamplona, Spain, and History at LMU of Munich. He is working as a freelance photographer, represented by n-ost. In 2013 and 2014 he has been working on the book “The White Death. Tuberculosis in Moldova” and on his project about “The Black Sea”.

// Franziska Hild Assistant at Fink and Fuchs, Wiesbaden Franziska Hild works for the PR agency Fink and Fuchs in Wiesbaden. She supports the organizers in the Blogger Workshop Shift_Shape_Mobilze (who will do the Live Blogging of TRANSLATING WORLDS) and coordinates especially registration, catering and accommodation. So you can focus on the workshop and have a relaxed time.

// Fruzsina Katona Blogger at Átlátszó, Budapest Fruzsina Katona works for Hungary's leading investigative journalism portal, Átlátszó, where she contributes to the data journalism and the foreign affairs blog. She is doing her M.A in media and communication. As a hobby, she particiaptes in various projects in connection with human rights, but mostly about media freedom.

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// Gemma Pörzgen Freelance journalist, Berlin Gemma Pörzgen is a freelancing journalist in Berlin, specialized in Foreign policy and Eastern Europe. She studied political science and Slavic studies in Munich, worked as news editor for the daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau and as a foreign correspondent in Belgrade, Israel and the Palestinian territories. She serves as a board member of the German section of Reporters Without Borders in Berlin. More information: www.gemma-poerzgen.de

// George Damian Mocanu Blogger, Chișinău George Damian Mocanu is a journalist from Romania working in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, which he finds a challenging thing to do. He fell in love with Chișinău, his adoptive city, and blogs about it, beside some other issues in which he is interrested – like history, spirituality and politics.

// Hannes Jung Photographer, Berlin Hannes Jung is a freelance documentary photographer currently based in Berlin. Born 1986 in northern Germany. He studied photography and photojournalism in Munich, Hannover and Valencia. In 2011 he interned as staff photographer with the german daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Since 2012 he is represented by Laif photo agency.

// Hanno Gundert Managing director, n-ost, Berlin Hanno Gundert is Managing Director of n-ost since 2010. Before that he did project development, consulting and training for numerous clients from Eastern and Western Europe. From 2002 to 2006 Hanno was manager of the German- Russian Exchange in St. Petersburg. He studied history, politics and German language and literature in Freiburg, Dublin and Berlin. After seven years in Russia Hanno moved back to Berlin with his wife and two children in 2008.

// Hrant Galstyan Editor, Hetq, Yerevan Hrant Galstyan is a journalist from Armenia. He acquired a B.A. in journalism and a M.A. in media studies from Yerevan State University. Now he is working at Hetq, a media outlet of Investigative Journalists NGO. He is mostly interested in media, culture, and technology.

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// Igor Burdyga Reporter, Vesti.Reporter newsmagazine, Kyiv Igor Burdyga was born in in Kherson, South Ukraine. At the local university he studied economics and computer science. In 2007 he moved to Kyiv and began his career as a journalist in -Ukraine news agency, where he covered mainly business news. On the same subject he has worked for the daily newspaper Kommersant since 2011. In 2013 he started to work in the Vesti.Reporter magazine, where he thoroughly covered Euromaidan, military conflict in the East of Ukraine and European refugee crisis in in 2015. // Igor Zintulin Head of strategy of Calvert 22 Foundation, London Igor Zinatulin is head of strategy at London-based Calvert 22 Foundation and former deputy editor of The Calvert Journal - an online guide to contemporary culture from the new East with a small suitcase.

// Ilker Abay Filmmaker, Berlin Ilker Abay is a filmmaker, actor, and director. Seven years ago, he left Istanbul and hitchhiked to Berlin with a small suitcase.

// Ingrid Brekke Correspondent, Afterposten, Berlin Ingrid Brekke is a Norwegian journalist, working in the foreign news department of Aftenposten. She was a Berlin-correspondent in 2010-12, covering Central Europe. She has also published a book about 1989 and about what happened afterwards in Poland, Germany and Hungary.

// Irina Roldugina Blogger, Moscow Irina Roldugina is a trained historian, feminist, LGBT activist and violinist. She is trying to keep her balance and is positive that whereas television and press are under state control, the direct speech is the best way to communicate with society and each other. Ira is usually blogging (via facebook) about protest actions in Moscow, feminist and LGBT events and of course she is not the only one who does it, but this is exactly the aim - to erode official discourse, which is extremely strong in Russia, by a numerous examples of personal experiences and opinions.

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// Istvan Deak Editor, mariustuca.ro, Brasov Istvan Deak currently works for one of the most innovative independent media projects of Romania in the past few months, mariustuca.ro, where he has explored, written and edited on topics including national and international politics, foreign affairs, sports, vulnerable groups, media and other topics relevant for the civil society in Ronia. As the editor at Jurnalul National Daily (2010-2015), he was a member of the team, which consisted of reporters, editors, photographers and designers from around the country who realized articles that reached high visit rates in the recent years.

// Ivan Gayvanovych Freelance journalist, Kyiv Ivan Gayvanovych studied psychology and Ukrainian philology at the Mykolaiv Pedagogical Institute as well as Public Administration at the National Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv. He has worked as a reporter, editor, political commentator and host for television (Mykolaiv Regional Television, Novyi Kanal), online media (ForUm, Ukrainska Pravda, Eurasian Home etc.), and radio (Deutsche Welle, Ukrainske Radio (The National Radio Company of Ukraine). He is a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. // Ivan Yakovina Analyst, Novoye Vremya/hromadske.tv, Lviv Ivan Yakovina is a journalist and analyst focusing on international affairs.

// Jan Opielka Freelance correspondent (n-ost, Berliner Zeitung), Gliwice Jan Opielka is 38 and for ten years a freelance journalist working for print media in Germany and Poland. He is mainly writing as a correspondent from Poland, the topics are diverse, ranging from politics and society to economy and religion. Especially he is interested in the correlation between social development and politics, and the underlying historical or religious background.

// Jasna Zajcek Freelance correspondent, Berlin Jasna Zajcek has been working in the Middle East since 2004, where she met her syrian colleague Yahya Alaous (s. below), so they reported together about trafficked girls and women. In 2007, the Goethe Institute chose her to participate in the project "Living Globality" where European and Arab opinion leaders discussed and worked on the different cultural approaches of mass communication. She has written two books and works as a freelance journalist in Berlin, now mostly covering immigration.

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// Jeremy Druker Executive director / editor in chief, Transitions, Prague Jeremy Druker is the executive director and editor in chief at Transitions (TOL), a Prague-based NGO with a mission to strengthen the professionalism, independence, and impact of the news media in the post-communist countries of Europe and Eurasia. He is also the founder of Press Start, a soon-to-be-launch crowd funding site that will assist reporters in countries where freedom of the media is severely limited. He has been an Ashoka Fellow since 2010. Jeremy is also an adjunct professor at New York University's Prague campus. where he teaches a course on social media.

// Joanna Itzek Editor, n-ost, Berlin Joanna Itzek is an editor at n-ost since December 2014. She is responsible for the article service and ostpol.de. Previously, she worked as an editor and reporter for taz, die tageszeitung. Joanna studied Cultural Studies and Journalism in Leipzig, and Jerusalem. Her writing and research have taken her around the world and brought her a grant from the International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP). After the scholarship in Norway in 2013, Joanna worked as a correspondent from the Nordic Countires. She is a guest lecturer at Knowmads International Business School, Amsterdam.

// Judith Fiebelkorn Editor euro|topics, n-ost, Berlin Judith Fiebelkorn joined euro|topics as an editor in February 2014. She studied politics and sociology in Hanover and then completed a cross-media training course at the Protestant School of Journalism (EJS) in Berlin. Prior to her work at euro|topics she was a news editor with the online editing team of Der Tagesspiegel. She trained as an intern with the Frankfurter Rundschau, the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Bayerische Rundfunk, among other media

// Julia Vernersson Operations manager, Sourcefabric, Berlin Julia Vernesson currently works for Sourcefabric, as an Operations Manager. She has a past in the NGO sector, where she has been busy with international projects related to youth, freedom of speech, media and do-it-yourself culture.

// Jutta Sommerbauer Reporter, Die Presse, Jutta Sommerbauer is editor and reporter at Die Presse daily, Vienna (www.diepresse.com). She is reporting on Ukrainian crisis and Eastern European affairs.

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// Kateryna Malofieieva Freelance journalist (Al Jazeera, BBC, CBC News, RFE/RL), Donetsk Kateryna Malofieieva is Ukrainian, and divides her life on "before" and "after" the war. Before the war during 6 years she was occupied with volunteer work, building civil society in Eastern Ukraine. At the beginning of the conflict in Donbass she successfully started working as a producer. Almost for a year she has been working with BBC, CBC News, Al Jazeera and other famous news channels and media outlets. Since May 2015 she films on her own for RFE/RL.

// Kateryna Serhatskova Freelance reporter (Hromadske TV, Ukrainian Pravda), Kyiv Kateryna Serhatskova works as journalist, reporter, TV-presenter. In April 2015 by a presidential decree she became a citizen of Ukraine. Mainly she is working for Ukrainian Pravda, Hromadske.tv, Focus, Esquire, Colta.ru, BBC, Meduza.io. She covered the Maidan revolution in Kyiv in 2013/14. Some of her observations became the basis of the book “Euromaidan: History in the making”, and as soon as the focus of confrontation spread to Crimea and East Ukraine she began to work there. She wrote reports from the territory controlled by separatists and from the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government.

// Katja Gloger Author and reporter, Stern, Hamburg Katja Gloger studied Eastern European History, Political Science and Slavic Studies in Germany and Moscow and got her MBA in the US. She started her professional life as a television reporter for ARD public television and later joined the editorial staff of Stern Magazine. For Stern, she held the positions of Moscow bureau chief, Foreign Editor and Correspondent in Washington, D.C. Back in Germany, she now covers mostly international affairs for the weekly magazine, as well as political and economical issues. Author of the book „Putin’s World. The new Russia, the Ukraine and the West“, she is a board member of Germany's "Reporters without Borders" and a member of the Atlantik-Brücke in Berlin.

// Kostiantyn Medianyk Journalist and blogger, Kyiv Kostiantyn Medianyk is co-founder and journalist at the information agency Actual Pravda, that has been created to strengthen civil society and free media development in Eastern Europe. He is also a member of the Coordinating Council of the public organization International Union Journalists Eastern Partnership "Alazan Club". The organization has already integrated media workers of progressive and democratic positions in five countries in Eastern Europe.

// Kristin Eichhorn Project coordinator, n-ost, Berlin Kristin Eichhorn joined n-ost in September 2015 as a project coordinator for the media conference. She studied Social Sciences and East-European Studies in Berlin and Prague and has worked for the German Youthpress.

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// Kristina Karasu Freelance journalist/correspondent, euro|topics, Istanbul Kristina Karasu is working as a freelance journalist, video editor and documentary filmer in Istanbul, Turkey, manly for German TV, radio stations and print media. Since February 2014 she is the Turkey correspondent of the European press review euro|topics. Her main areas of interest include culture, migration, education and social issues.

// Krsto Lazarevic Freelance correspondent (n-ost, Die Welt), Belgrade Krsto Lazarevic was born 1989 in the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. He mainly covers news from the region for German, Austrian and Swiss media. Currently he is working mostly on the refugee crisis and economic issues in Southeasteurope. He works for Die Welt, Wirtschaftsblatt, TagesWoche and n-ost.

// Letizia Gambini Head of communications, Sourcefabric, Berlin Letizia Gambini is Head of Communications of Sourcefabric and spends her time keeping the community of users, supporters and developers talking to each other. Her passion lies in the intersection between technology, journalism and society. In 2010, Letizia produced "The Caucasus Triangle" a documentary on youth and freedom of expression in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

// Maria Stepanova Editor in chief, colta.ru, Moscow Maria Stepanova is a journalist, poet and essayist living in Moscow. She is the founder and editor in chief of independent web-portal colta.ru (previously OpenSpace.ru), a Russian daily publication covering politics and culture, with monthly audience over 700.000 unique viewers.

// Marion Bacher Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), Marion Bacher is working for the Federal Agency for Civic Education/Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) as a project coordinator Eastern Europe. Before that she has been working as a freelance journalist for a couple of years: www.marionbacher.com.

// Martin Fejér Photographer, Budapest Martin Fejér (born 1965) has been working as a photojournalist ever since 1988. From the very beginning he concentrated on Central and Eastern Europe and moved from Berlin to Budapest in 1997. Today he is leading the German-French picture agency EST&OST active all over the East.

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// Martin Krohs Founder of dekoder.org, Berlin Martin Krohs is the founder of new hybrid media on Russia dekoder.org, which offers German translations of Russian independent press with encyclopaedia and comments by scientific experts. He is academically trained as philosopher & political economist (FU Berlin and Université de Fribourg, CH).

// Martina Kaiser Program Coordinator, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin

// Mathias Becker Freelance journalist, Stuttgart Mathias Becker works as author of reportages, features and portraits for several magazines and newspapers (like Stern, Cicero, Focus) with a slight focus on Eastern Europe. Furthermore, he authors Corporate or NGO publications (Lufthansa magazine, Menschen für Menschen and others. As part of the agency "Zeitenspiegel" he also is editor for books, magazines and exhibitions (like "Wunden der Welt" and "Odysee Europa", two exhibitions of MAGNUM photography). // Medea Kavelashvili Blogger and journalist, Tbilisi Medea Kavelashvili is a freelance journalist, media-monitor, blogger and social media specialist from Tbilisi, Georgia. She is representative and coordinator of Youthmedia Georgia, which unifies young Georgian journalists and media- makers. Furthermore, she work as media-monitor for Georgian Journalistic Charter of Ethics. The main themes of her blogs and articles are media development in Georgia and issues related to Georgian youth.

// Merlin Nadj-Torma Photographer, Berlin Merlin Nadj-Torma was born in 1979 in Hanover, Germany. She studied photography at the University of Applied Arts before moving to Berlin and working as a freelance photographer there. Being the daughter of migrants from , she is interested in human rights issues, migration and religion.

// Michał Kokot Editor, Gazeta Wyborcza,

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// Mihail Popsoi Blogger, MoldovanPolitics.com, Chișinău Mihai Popsop is associate Expert with the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova; Freelance political analysts and avid blogger at MoldovanPolitics.com.

// Mikolai Vdovenko Editor and Social Media administrator, Culturemeter, Odessa Mikolai Vdovenko worked 2 years in the social coworking Impact Hub Odessa (international network Impact Hub), learning creation of various social projects and social entrepreneurships. This has inspired him to create the Сulturemeter – the citizen journalism project. Now it is a popular web-portal devoted to cultural and social life in Odessa. Сulturemeter was created to provide informational support to cultural and art projects in Odessa. Currently he is working on this project as an editor and social media administrator, as well as doing photography.

// Miloš Đorelievski Reporter, Mondo, Belgrade Miloš Đorelievski worked as a reporter at Beta News Agency, Belgrade, from 2002 to 2014. Since 2015 he is reporter for Mondo (www.mondo.rs). He covers mainly politics, then judiciary, trials, organized crime, LGBT issues, and the process of European integrations. Additionally he worked for local media clipping service Ebart and as a night reporter for Kurir daily.

// Moritz Gathmann Freelance journalist (Spiegel Online), Berlin Moritz Gathmann is reporter for various German magazines and newspapers (Spiegel, Der Tagesspiegel, Brandeins, Neon) with a focus on post-Soviet countries.

// Natalia Pisarenko Program coordinator "Perspektivy", Thomson Foundation, Moscow Natalia Pisarenko is a media events manager with over 13 years experience in press-centers in Russia. She worked for Interfax information agency, RIA Novosti, Thomson Reuters. Her main topics and interests include: regional authorities policy, government and business development including oil and gas sectors, PR in charity and CSR. Currently she is a program coordinator in Media Development Department of Thomson Reuters Foundation, responsible for "Perspektivy" program.

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// Nenad Sebek Spokesperson, Regional Cooperation Council, Nenad Sebek is Spokesperson for the Regional Cooperation Council (www.rcc.int) having previously served as Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (www.cdrsee.org) for 12 years. Before that, he was a journalist for 26 years. He spent his last two years as Moscow Correspondent for the BBC and before that for 4 years as a Correspondent. Working for the BBC, he covered the Balkans through the tumultuous 1990s. He started his career at Radio Belgrade. Sebek is also lecturing atp ostgraduate courses in Human rights at Vienna University.

// Nils Bröer Photographer, Berlin Nils Bröer is freelance photographer and reporter with a focus on social issues, documentary and portrait photography based in Berlin. His work has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines. He has travelled Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union extensively and gained comprehensive knowledge about Central Asia during a research residence in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 2012-2013. Nils Bröer is not afraid in the dark, prefers film over digital and Fender amps over Marshall. He loves Fellini and Antonioni and a has a general fondness for Modal Jazz.

// Nora Haakh Theatre director, Berlin Nora Haakh is a theatre director, dramaturg, and researcher.

// Oksana Yushko Photographer, Moscow Oksana Yushko is a freelance photographer. She started working as a professional journalist in 2007, based in Moscow. Currently she focuses on personal projects in Russia, Ukraine and post-Soviet countries. She has won Award of Excelence in NPPA Contest 2015, Prix Bayeux Calvados award 2014 for web journalism, BURN Magazine EPF grant 2013, the Grand Prize Winner of Lens Culture IE Awards 2011, a finalist of the Aftermath Project 2010, among others. Yushko’s work has been exhibited in galleries in Russia, France, Finland, UK, USA, Spain, Germany, and her work has been published by media across the world. // Oleksandr Holubov Editor, Deutsche Welle, Bonn Oleksandr Holubov is journalist at the Ukrainian desk of "Deutsche Welle" based in Bonn. Predominantly he is covering the topics of Ukrainian and World Politics. He is working for example with German Zeit Online, Russian Carnegie.ru, and Ukrainian Fokus. He holds a M.A. in Political Science from National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

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// Olga Kapustina Freelance journalist (Deutsche Welle), Bonn Olga Kapustina is a journalist in Bonn. She works for Deutsche Welle and various German radiostations. She writes about politics and life in the former countries of the Soviet Union, especially in Belarus and Russia. Homepage: www.kapustina.de

// Oliver Bilger Freelance journalist (Zeit Online, Cicero), Moscow Oliver Bilger is a German freelance journalist in Moscow. His articles have been published in Zeit Online, Cicero, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Welt and other newspapers, magazines and online media. He received his journalistic education at Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich. He studied political science and communication studies in Mainz, Zurich and London. He has been travelling Russia and CIS countries since 2004.

// Oliver Trenkamp News Editor / Managing Editor, Spiegel Online, Hamburg Berliner living in Hamburg, missing Istanbul.

// Orhan Cem Çetin Photographer, Istanbul Orhan Cem Çetin is recognized for his focus on a conceptual and interdisciplinary approach. He is an artist, a photographer, a consultant on photography and photographic technology, and a lecturer, currently teaching at Galata Academy of Photography and Bahçeşehir Uni. Dept. Of Photography and Video.

// Paul Katzenberger Editor, SZ.de, Munich Paul Katzenberger is Arts and Media Editor of SZ.de, the website of foremost German national daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. He covers mainly cinema and photography and is writing film reviews, exhibitions reviews, festival reports, and is exploring new forms of online journalism. He works for SZ.de since 1999. Due to his interest in Eastern Europe he joined the board of the n-ost network in 2012.

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// Pavel Lokshin Freelance journalist (Spiegel/Spiegel Online), Moscow

// Petrut Calinescu Freelance photographer (Panos), www.petrut-calinescu.com

// Piotr Markelau Blogger at Intermarium, Minsk Piotr Markelau is leading "Intermarium" — the youth wing of Belarusian NGO Movement "For Freedom". He does campaign-like blogging as a part of youth- directed political campaigns. So far he got two, local council electoral campaign of political satire "Piotr the Candidate" and election observation campaign "#87percents " (facebook.com/candidatpiotr). He enjoys new experiences in all manner of forms.

// Piotr Skwieciński Deputy editor in chief, wSieci, Warsaw Piotr Skwieciński graduated in history from the Warsaw University. He works as a journalist since 1990. During this period he has worked for several media – daily papers, TV and a press agency. He was a foreign correspondent in Moscow. His interests include Russia (and other former Soviet Union countries), history (mainly Polish and Russian), and Polish politics. Being currently a deputy editor in chief of wSieci weekly (the biggest right-of-center Polish printed media) he works on a daily basis on those three subjects. // Radina Koleva Freelancer, Sofia Radina Koleva is a Sofia University graduate and Bulgarian journalist with 6 years experience. She is currently covering foreign affairs with focus on macroeconomy, central banks, and commodities. Her interests are human rights, minorities, the Balkans and ex-communist countries.

// Rahma Janetzke Media program coordinator, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin

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// Ramin Mazur Photographer, Chisinau Ramin Mazur was born and raised on left bank of Dniester in the Moldavian Soviet Republic, which became an unrecognized state of Transnistria after 1991. He graduated from Journalism Department of Moldavian State University and started to work with different print media in his country as photo reporter. The local media’s lack of understanding what photojournalism actually is, led him to start working on his independent projects. After attending the “Human Rights Magnum Foundation Scholarship” he focused mostly on independent storytelling, based on observation of his own and nearby countries in their time of transition.

// Ramona Westhof Intern, n-ost, Berlin Ramona Westhof is an intern at n-ost. She studies Media in Bielefeld and has worked and studied in Romania and Croatia.

// Ruslan Moldovanov Blogger, Rostov-on-Don Ruslan Moldovanov is a PhD-student of Southern Federal University. He has participated in many student programs in Eastern Europe and chose to study this region at a professional level. At the present time he runs a little blog about Eastern Europe and he wants to make it very popular in the Russian segment of social networks. In his opinion, despite the closeness of these countries there is information vaakum about the life and culture of each other in their media sphere, which he wants to overcome with his blog. // Sarah Portner Editor euro|topics, n-ost, Munich Sarah Portner has been working as an editor for the euro|topics press review since 2012. Besides, she likes writing about cultural and historical topics. She has spent one year as a volunteer in Moscow, worked as a city chronicler in Tallinn, the European Capital of Culture 2011, and was granted the IJP scholarship Marion Gräfin Dönhoff to discover Kaliningrad in 2014. And still doesn’t get enough of it…

// Saken Aymurzaev Senior editor, Radio Vesti, Kyiv Saken Aymurzaev studied foreign languages and linguistic at Moscow State Pedagogical University. Since 2006 he has been working as journalist, and from 2008 to 2013 he was correspondent for Radio Echo of Moscow in Ukraine. Currently he is senior editor at Radio Vesti in Ukraine.

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// Sergii Pishkovtsii Blogger and editor in chief, Inspired, Kyiv Sergii Pishkovtsii is editor in chief of one of the biggest Ukrainian online magazines, called Inspired. Inspired is about design, culture, urbanism, traveling and many other things that can make our world better. The biggest aim of Inspired – to motivate people to do good things, to believe in themselves and be the right place in internet where you can find good content.

// Siarhei Kazlouski Blogger, Global Voices, Moscow Siarhei Kazlouski was born in Belarus, but now lives in Moscow. Since 2011 Siarhei works as a journalist. In his blog on Global Voices he writes mostly about Internet in Russia and Belarus. His field of interests is business, economics, cenzorship.

// Silja Schultheis Freelance journalist (ARD, Czech radio, n-ost), Prague Silja Schultheis is a freelance journalist, living and working in Prague since 2001. She contributions mainly to German public radio (ARD), to Czech radio, n-ost and other Czech and German media. Tematically her work is focussing on the situation of minorities (Roma) in Czech and Slovak Republic and, lately, on the position of the Visegrad states in the European debate about refugees.

// Silviu Mihai Freelance Correspondent, Berlin Silviu Mihai is a freelance journalist and Southeastern Europe correspondent for leading German speaking newspapers and magazines. He studied Politics and Philosophy, travels throughout the region and published features, analysis and background reports.

// Simon Kamm Freelance journalist/correspondent, euro|topics, Lisboa Simon Kamm is an experienced multilingual journalist now working freelance between and Berlin. He began his journalism career at the Portuguese News Agency LUSA (International & Africa desk), in Lisbon, where he spent eight years variously covering real-time news from Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly on Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola & Mozambique) and Brazil. Now he is working as a sole news correspondent in Portugal for euro|topics.

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// Simon Shuster Correspondent, TIME Magazine, Berlin Simon Shuster is correspondent for TIME Magazine, based in Berlin since 2013, mostly covering politics, conflict and social issues in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Previous posting includes seven years in Moscow (2006-2013), writing for TIME, Foreign Policy, Slate, the , Reuters and The Moscow Times.

// Sonja Volkmann-Schluck Editor, n-ost, Berlin Sonja Volkmann-Schluck is editor at the n-ost article service. Before coming to n- ost, she worked as business editor at SWR and RBB Inforadio. She studied Journalism as well as political science and European Studies in Munich and at the London School of Economics, and attended the German School of Journalism in Munich. Sonja has worked as guest editor at the Polish Radio and the weekly magazine Polityka in Warsaw.

// Stefan Günther Photo editor, n-ost, Berlin Stefan Günther has been in charge of n-ost's photo section since the start of 2011. After design and photography studies in Potsdam he worked as a freelance photographer in Berlin. Between 2005 and 2010 Stefan helped with organization and image processing in the studio of an internationally active photographer.

// Stefan Schocher Editor, Kurier, Vienna Stefan Schocher is an editor for the austrian daily Kurier, specialized on Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova as well as the Middle East and Afghanistan/Pakistan. He conducted frequent research-trips to theese regions – but recently he is mainly occupied with Ukraine.

// Steffen Neumann Freelance correspondent (Sächsische Zeitung, Freie Presse), Dresden Steffen Neumann is print journalist. He works as correspondent for the newspaper Sächsische Zeitung and other media in Czech republic.

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// Susanne Kiefer Strategic Communication Expert, East StratCom Task Force, EEAS, Susanne Kiefer works in the EU's East StratCom Task Force, having worked in EU- related communications for ten years. This follows studies at the Universities of Oxford, Munich and Bonn.

// Tamina Kutscher Editor and project leader, n-ost, Berlin Tamina Kutscher is editor and project leader at n-ost since May 2010, realizing a.o. media conferences, international publishing projects, and trainings. After finishing a journalism school she studied history and Slavic studies in Regensburg, , and Berlin, and has been working as a freelance journalist and project manager for international organizations and festivals. Tamina is a guest lecturer at Humboldt-University, Berlin.

// Tibor Rácz Editor, HVG, Budapest Tibor Rácz is a 34 years old investigative journalist from Budapest, Hungary.

// Timur Olevskiy TV-Reporter (TVRain, Current Time), Prague Timur Olevskiy is a journalist working in the project "сurrent time", Radio Liberty. He was a television reporter and worked at Echo of Moscow. He worked in Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Syria and Ukraine.

// Tom Gebhardt Freelance journalist/correspondent, euro|topics, Bunyola Tom Gebhardt is a freelance German journalist, based in Spain. He is the Spanish correspondent for eurotopics.net and freelanced for several German newspapers, magazines and travel guides in Spain. He studied Journalism, Political Science and Philosophy in Germany and Bolivia. From 2002 to 2005 he teached German at the Goethe Institut in , Bolivia.

// Tsveta Stoeva Journalist and blogger, Sofia Tsveta Stoeva is a freelance journalist, human rights activist and award-winning writer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. She works for the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the country's largest and most influential human rights organization, as well as for liberties.eu - an independent watchdog that informs and mobilises citizens for the protection of human rights. For both organizations, she writes and translates articles and study cases on human rights topics. Tsveta Stoeva has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from Sofia University.

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// Tural Ibadov Blogger, Baku Tural Ibadov has been working as journalist since 2005. He participated in different trainings, seminars and conferences to improve his knowledge. The media ethics, media law, reporting, extremely reporting, medial journalism, and other related trainings are a few of them. He used to be as a trainer in NGO projects several times, mainly in trainings related to media law. He also taught the topics registration of Azerbaijan TV and Radio companies, work with information sources and so on. // Ulrike Christl Editor, euro|topics, Berlin Ulrike Christl joined n-ost as an editor for euro|topics in November 2014. Before she wrote for Tagesspiegel, heute.de, Deutsche Universitätszeitung and Cicero Online. She worked as a news editor at the German press agency and in the online editorial office of Tagesspiegel. She studied journalism and political science in Leipzig.

// Ulrike Gruska Press Manager, Reporters Without Borders, Berlin Ulrike Gruska works in the press department of Reporters Without Borders Germany since 2012. Before, she was a freelance correspondent for German print media and found her stories in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia and the Southern Caucasus (www.ulrikegruska.de). Ulrike holds a degree in Political Science, Eastern Europe Studies and Journalism of the University of Hamburg. She worked as an editor for German newspapers in the Wolga region and for n- ost, the Network for Reporting in Eastern Europe in Berlin. // Vitalii Atanasov Freelance journalist (Focus Magazine), Kyiv Vitalii Atanasov is an Ukrainian journalist and media activist, and coordinator of media education projects in Center for social and labor research (Kyiv). He contributes to Focus, Commons, Political Critique (Ukraine), Osteuropa magazines. He is the author of reports from former Yugoslavia, Russia, Belarus, Crimea during the annexation and Eastern Ukraine. He authored the research documentaries: Kherson Machine-Building Plant (2011), and Voices of Protest (2014). // Vitaliy Leybin Chief editor, Russian Reporter, Moscow Vitaliy Leybin is media manager and reporter. From its beginning in 2007 until now he is the chief editor at Russian Reporter magazine. He was born in Donetsk and is a Ukrainian citizen, but live in Moscow. In the time of recent conflict he has worked as reporter on both sides. He is an expert in Russian and Ukraine politics and society.

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// Vlada Ciobanu Blogger and project manager, Chișinău Vlada Ciobanu believes in the power of people and communities and she has been involved in many projects that proved that. She had a blog for almost 8 years, where she writes about politics, community, culture and other topics. Also, she is am program manager with four years of experience in developing projects to increase community’s participation in political and decision-making processes.

// Vytautas Bruveris Political commentator, Lietuvos rytas, Vilnius Vytautas Bruveris graduated university as historian, but turned to journalism and has gained journalistic expierence in the main medias of Lithuania for 18 years now. For the last 11 years he is the political commentator of biggest Lithuanian daily newspaper "Lietuvos rytas" and one of the main internet news portals lrytas.lt. Issues he deals with are Lithuanian domestic political life and policies, international relations and topics – especially Russia and Ukraine, problems of postsoviet "transition societies", historical memory of 20th century and political and ideological problems related to it. // Yahya Alaous Freelance journalist and female rights activist, Berlin Yahya Alaous left Damascus in Syria, where he was operating a website for women affected by violence. He also was working as a political correspondent for a large daily newspaper. He came to Germany in April 2015 with the help of "Reporters without Borders". He recently started writing and reporting for Handelsblatt's Berlin office, covering immigration.

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Tamina Kutscher (project leader) Kristin Eichhorn (project coordinator) [email protected] Phone: +49.(0)30.259 32 83-22 www.n-ost.org/translating_worlds

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