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Lianna K. Sayadyan
Associate Professor | Chair of Communication and New Media Education
1994-1999 Journalism Department of Yerevan State University 1999-2003 Post Graduate School (Department of Journalism, Yerevan State University) 1999-2001 Public Administration School, Republic of Armenia Academic degree 20.10.2005 Doctor of Philology, Council of Yerevan State University 2012 Associate Professor Professional experience 2019-2020 Media expert at “People in Need-Armenia” 2012-2015 BBC Mentor, Media Neighborhood Project, implemented by BBC Media Action, Canal France International and AFP. 2010 Editor of electronic bulletin of Region Research Center 2005 to present Deputy Editor, Hetq online newspaper of Investigative Journalists NGO 2003 Press Attaché at French Embassy in Armenia 2001 to 2004 Expert for Freedom of Information Center 2000 to present Full-time lecturer at Journalism Department, Yerevan State University 1995-1999 Freelancer for “Lragir”, “Aravot” dailies, “Kanch” weekly, “Hayreniq” TV Academic courses Investigative Journalisms, The History of Modern Armenian Media, Reporting and Writing Scale of professional interests Mass Media – Politics Relations Participation in grant projects (present and past) 2006-2007 Chief of Party of the Project "Sharing Experience in Armenia: Introducing a Journalism Education Model", implemented at Armenian School of Journalism, International Center for Journalists-Armenia (ICFJ-Armenia), sponsored by USAID 2006-2007 “Caucasus Journalism higher education initiative”, sponsored by Eurasia Foundation 2007-2009 “Investigative Reporting for Human Right’s Protection, sponsored by European Commission 2009-2013 Chief of Party of the Project “Violence and pressure against journalists and media in Armenia: cases and analysis”, sponsored by OSCE Yerevan office 2012-2015 Mentor for young journalists, European Media neighborhood, BBC Media Action, sponsored by European Commission 2014-2015 Chief of Party of the Project “Independent News Website”, sponsored by NED 2015 Country responsible of the Project “Investigative journalism in the context of the Eastern Partnership ", Independent TV Journalists Association, Moldova, sponsored by European Commission 2016-2021 Chief of Party of the Project “Newsroom on the wheels”, sponsored by Prague Civil Society Center 2018-2019 Chief of Party of the Project “Use new tools to grow investigative journalism in Armenia”, sponsored by US Embassy in Armenia 2021-2023 Representative of a National Partner Organization of the Project “Online Journalism In-Depth: A Transitional Media Network and Three Topic Platforms for Resilient Independent Online Journalism in the Countries of The EAP”, The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (Germany) Professional membership (NGO, professional council, editorial staff of scientific journal, funds etc.) 2001 to present Board Member of the “Investigative Journalists” NGO 2005 to present Member of the Association of European Journalists Awards 2019 Silver medal of YSU Languages Armenian, Russian, French, English |