VASILOPOULOU THEODORA

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information
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Date of Birth January 5th, 1980

Nationality Greek

January 5, 1980
Professional Background

February’11 – present NEWSBEAST (News Website)

I am working as an editor at the news website “Newsbeast”.

September’10 – present / E.R.T (Public Hellenic Radio- TV) – “Europe 27’’
I am working as a journalist for the T.V. program “Europe 27”. This program focuses on major current social issues, illustrating European citizens’ day life routine and concerns.
October ’09 – April ’10 / E.R.T (Public Hellenic Radio- TV) – “Correspondents’’
I have worked as a journalist for the T.V. program called “Correspondents’’, aiming at registering and depicting significant worldwide events.
March ’07 – June ’09 / E.R.T (Public Hellenic Radio- TV) – “EU.DOC’’
I have worked as a reporter for the T.V. program “EU.DOC”. The aim of this program was to compare the Greek status quo against the one in other European countries, as far as various primarily social and political issues were concerned.
December ’06 – April ’10 / E.R.T (Public Hellenic Radio- TV) – Satellite TV ERT World
I have worked as a reporter for the T.V. programs “Hellenic Panorama” and “Edo Athina”, transmitted worldwide by the E.R.T’s satellite channel.These programs would consistently inform Greek people living abroad on the social, political and economic development taking place in Greece.
January’03–April ’10 / E.R.T (Public Hellenic Radio- TV)- International News Department
my duties focused on:
  • Watching all international news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press, CNN, BBC, Sky News and other European channels in order to remain updated on important events taking place in every part of the world.
  • Selecting the most interesting news to be broadcast on channel’s bulletins.
  • Writing and editing the topics and headings above.
  • Communicating daily with the E.R.T’s correspondents in the rest of the European countries, in order to establish a proper coordination between them and the international news department for all sorts of events that would take place both within the borders of the European Union and in the United States.

April’06 – June’06 / PressCenter of the Eurovision Song Contest - Press Attache
  • Assisting all journalists covering the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens.
  • Keeping accredited journalists and fans updated by providing news and information.

July’02 – January’03 / Citibank S.A. - Citiphone – Customer’s Service Department
  • Working in the Department of credit cards, having as main competence the service of customers via telephone.

Education
September ’09–June’11 / AthensUniversity of Economics and Business,
Department of International and European Economic Studies
-MSc in“European Studies for Business Executives and Organizations”.
-Dissertation Title:“Change in British Foreign Policy after the Cold War and in Israel’s Foreign Policy against the Palestinians’’.
September ’99-June ’03 / National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
Bachelor in Communication and Mass Media.
Research Papers
September’99-June ’03 / National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
During my studies I undertook the following research papers:
  • “Institutional and Political Prerequisites set on Society by and via the Media’’
  • “Amsterdam and Nice Treaties: The Institutional Changes’’

Other skillsand competence
March ’07 – July ’07 / I attended notable seminars on the Constitutional Law in Greece and the European Law to obtain better knowledge of the European Union, its institutions and policies.
December 2007 / ECDL Certification (Word, Excel, Internet)
September ’01–June’03 / National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
Translation of European Union’s official documents from Greek and English into French and vice versa.
LANGUAGES
GREEK / Excellent (mother tongue)
ENGLISH / Excellent (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency)
FRENCH / Excellent (Certificat Pratique De Langue Française – Sorbonne 1)
ITALIAN / Excellent (Celi 4)
SPANISH / Quite Good (Diploma De Nivel Intermedio)
TURKISH / I have attended Turkish courses for 4 years