Suren Deheryan 4 D. Malyan, Apt.31, Yerevan 0096, Armenia;

Suren Deheryan 4 D. Malyan, apt.31, Yerevan 0096, Armenia;

Phone: (+37410) 58-36-20; Mob: (+37493) 53-93-34;

E-mail: :

Birth Date:June 14, 1977,Republic of Armenia

Education:

2004(January-November)Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA),

Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management Degree: MA in Journalism and Media Management;

1994-1998State Engineering University of Armenia,

Faculty of Cybernetics; Degree: BA in Cybernetics:

Work Experience:

Since Oct 2007“Journalists’ Team for Sustainable Future” NGO,

President,Editor of Caucasus Media News Bulletin

July-October 2008Center for Information Law and Policy/Internews Armenia, Project director;

Sept 2006–June 2008 Journalism Faculty/Yerevan State University,

Armenian School of Journalism, teacher

May 2006–Jan 2008“AN Media” LLC, executive director

July 2002– Jan 2008 ArmeniaNow.comInternet weekly,reporter

Sept 2001–July 2002 ArmeniaWeek.comInternet weekly,reporter

Feb 2001– Sept. 2001 Armenian International Magazine (AIM),reporter

Relevant Journalism training experience:

• Lecturer on “Perfecting Newsletter” as part of the annual conference of the Youth and Community Action Program (YCAP) held in Tsakhkadzor city, organized byAcademy for Education Development(AED), funded by USAID, September, 2008;
• Co-trainer and Armenian editor on “Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Raising Workshop for Journalists”, UNFPA, May, 2008;
• “Reporting case study: Mining and its consequences”, co-trainer with BBC reporter Kieran Cooke, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, November, 2007;
• Investigation Journalism, co-trainer, Eurasia Foundation/Armenia, August, 2007;
• «Raising Role of Media in Monitoring Government Programmes», co-trainer in Armenian regions,British Council/UNDP, Armenia, November, 2006;
• «Reporting and Writing», co-teaching with instructorMargie Freaney from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ, Washington D.C.), Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia,October, 2006;
• «The Role of Mass Media in Discovering Environmental Problems and in their Effective Solution»,for armenian journalists, Regional Environmental Center in Caucasus,Ararat city, Armenia, September, 2006;
• Series of journalism workshops for youth groups, co-teacher with instructor Timothy Spence from Knight International Press Fellowships, YCAP/AED, Armavir and Gegharkunik regions, Armenia, June, 2006;
• «Business Reporting», Armenian School of Journalism, co-teaching with instructor Margie Freaney from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ, Washington D.C.),March, 2006;

Participate in Training of Trainers (TOT):

• “Journalism Faculty Training”, Centre De Formation et de Perfectionnement des Journalistes/ Academy For Educational Development/USAID, Paris, August, 2007;Certificate of Recognition;

• Using Polish Experience in Training Journalists for Armenia "Independent media" Program, Warsaw, Poland, November, 2006, Certificate of Recognition;

Professional Trainings:

• “Exchange of Experience Tour for Press Secretaries and Journalists”, UNDP, Vilnius, Sept, 2007,Certificate of Recognition;

• “Strategic and Business Planning” symposium, IREX CMSPA/ KPMG Armenia, 2007,

Certificate of Recognition;

• “Media Business Development Symposium” IREX CMSPA Armenia, April 2007,

Certificate of Recognition;

• “Raising The Role of Media in Monitoring Government Programmes”, organized by Brithish Council and UNDP, London, UK, July, 2006,Certificate of Recognition;

• Master’s Degree, International Center for Journalists (Washington D.C, USA), 2004,Certificate of Recognition;

• Media Management Workshop, lecturer: Tatiana Repkova (World Association of Newspapers (WAN)), Tbilisi, Georgia, October 2004;

• Internship to REN-TV, weekly information-analytical program «Nedelya» (Moscow, Russia), September, 2004, Certificate of Recognition;

• Master class on election coverage, Irex/ProMedia Armenia, 2002,Certificate of Recognition;

• Workshop for strengthening NGOs’ and building media relationships (State University of Georgia (USA), IREX/ProMedia Armenia), 2002, Certificate of Recognition:

Computer Skills: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Internet Explorer

Languages:Fluent in Armenian, Russian and English

P.S.From May 2006 to January 2008 Deheryan has been experiencing his managing skills for developing and realizing several kinds of special projects of ArmeniaNow.com weekly. He was the author of ArmeniaNow’s internet advertising strategy 2006-08. Deheryan has also managed all the process of special issues of this weekly. Some of them were on-line; otherswere published and as supplementswere distributed through the republican newspapers and also through special distribution system “hand to hand” in 9 cities of Armenia. He managed the process of publishing and distribution of the supplements.