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“Communication with Azerbaijanis is Definitely Possible”
December 18, 2011
Arthur Khachatryan was 11, when his family moved from Armenia to Russia. There, in the southern Usinsk town he met Azerbaijani Zeynal Zeynalov. They were in the same class in school and very soon became friends. “Sports linked us: both of us were great funs of basketball. In the Russian reality we had much in common – customs, views,” Arthur says.
After finishing school, each of the friends decided to enter his national University. Currently Arthur is a 4th year student of Journalism Department of Russian-Armenian Slavonic University, and Zeynal of Economics Department of Baku University. They maintain relations via Internet.
“When I saw Internews’ announcement on the competition for film production, I immediately decided to participate in order to bring into life my age-old idea – produce a film about two friends,” Arthur says. Within the framework of Internews’ Alternative View project, together with the film co-author Durna Safarli from Azerbaijan, Arthur produced the “Buddy, friend… buddy” documentary on himself and Zeynal.
Arthur and Durna together discussed the script and carried out shooting. The joint work was rather successful. “Durna is a professional journalist and a very open and interesting personality,” Arthur says. As a result, their film was announced the best in the festival, held on 13 December within the framework of the mentioned project.
New Publication: “Journalism Ethics”
December 16, 2011
The idea of Internews’ "Journalism Ethics: Cases and Comments" handbook is based on the analysis of cases on violating specific ethical norms and discussions evolved with this respect.
The handbook includes cases not only on Armenia, but also on other CoE member countries. Internews believes expanding the geography allows to analyze the problem in a more advanced and general way and comprehend the common nature of journalistic approaches in various countries. Each case is followed by a comment on professional ethics, role of media and the social responsibility of the journalist. Expert assessments are also presented to guide the reader in various situations.
In Search of Miracle
December 13, 2011
Ani was 4-year-old, when for the first time in her life viewed David Copperfield show on TV and made her mind to do her best to repeat the magic tricks. That was in 1992. In 2010, Ani Stepanyan participated in the competition organized within the framework of Internews’ Dialogue-Building between Turkey and Armenia project and submitted her script entitled “Looking for magic in Istanbul.” Together with five other participants of the project, Ani left for Istanbul in search of magic.
Turkish Journalists in Armenia
November 28, 2011
Muge Akgun, Journalist of the Turkish Radical newspaper, writes about travelling, culture and cuisine. Sonia Tashjian, popular chef of the Armenian television cuisine, ethnographer, travels throughout Armenia, collects and publishes forgotten recipes. Muge and Sonia met in Yerevan, at Sonia’s home. The Turkish journalist tasted “treasures” of the Armenian cuisine and published recipes of some of them in the Radical newspaper.
First Steps of Dialogue
November 23, 2011
“If a Karabaghi young man could work jointly with an Azerbaijani, the destroyed bridges will be possible to rebuild”, said a resident of Vanadzor after viewing films produced within the framework of the Dialogue Through Film project.
Teenagers Learn Speaking for Themselves
November 4, 2011
17-year-old Arman Grigoryan is a member of Bridge of Hope NGO’s Media Club. Together with his peers he tries to use various opportunities offered by photo and video in order to voice teenagers’ rights and problems they face.
Arman and other members of the Media Club participated in Internews’ journalism training, held during October 10-28, for learning basics of television, radio and multimedia production. They mastered selecting a topic and a hero, conducting an interview, writing script, shooting and editing.
Menk Enk’s 6th Season Starts
October 14, 2011
What teenagers want? Who are their heroes? What problems they face? Answers to these and other questions will be sought by young journalists of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan during the new season of Menk Enk (we are) TV program of Internews’ Kids’ Crossroads project.
View young journalists’ stories on the most actual issues every Saturday, at 13:00 on Shoghakat TV.
South Caucasus Adolescents for Conflict Transformation
August 16, 2011
During the past years 16-year-old Hayk Smbatyan regularly viewed the Menk Enk (we are) TV program and was impatiently waiting for his turn. This year, as a result of Internews’ competition, Hayk was selected as a Kids’ Crossroads project participant, together with 15 other adolescents.
“I Became a Universal Journalist”
August 3, 2011
Addressing challenges of the new convergent environment, Aravot daily set a strategic objective – to present its website in a multimedia format. The newspaper journalists needed specific knowledge and skills on working with new media tools and new approaches to working online.
Flip Camera Worked: Video is a Powerful Tool
July 26, 2011
Arman Gharibyan is one of the leaders of Dignified Transport civic initiative. Together with a group of young people, concerned with the situation of the transport in the country, Arman organizes online and offline actions demanding from the Government to ensure safe and quality transport.
