Apo Boghigian

Director

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Abraham (Abo) Boghigian studied Biochemistry at the American University of Beirut, and then moved to Los Angeles to continue his studies at UCLA, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a Master’s Degree in Philosophy in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. From 1985-1990 and again from 2008-2019, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Asbarez Daily newspaper, which was largest circulating Armenian-English daily in the United States. He joined CivilNet as director in 2019.

Karen Harutyunyan

Editor-in-chief

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Karen Harutyunyan graduated from Yerevan State University’s Department of International Relations, where he majored in history. Karen has been a media leader for decades, serving as editor-in-chief of “Capital” business daily newspaper and Tert.am news site since 2007. Before that, he worked at World Vision as a rural development project manager, and at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nagorno-Karabakh as a Public Relations Officer.

Hakob Manukyan

Chief Video Director

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Hakob Manukyan received a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Directing Department of the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinematography, 2011 and 2013, respectively. From 2013 to 2015, he completed his mandatory military service as an Operator and Video Editor of the Armed Forces at the Defense Ministry of Armenia. From 2016 to 2017, he worked as a volunteer at the Urbanprod Multimedia Association in Marseilles, France. He has worked with Civilnet in intervals since 2011.

Maria Yeghiazaryan

Managing Editor

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Maria Yeghiazaryan graduated from the V. Brusov Yerevan State Linguistic and Social Science University. She worked at dasaran.am and then joined the Civilitas team. She has worked for Urban Prod Multimedia Association in Marseilles, France, and at RET FILM and LIMAN FILM in Istanbul for the Hrant Dink Foundation exchange program. She is now CivilNet’s managing editor. Maria joined CivilNet in 2011.

Stella Mehrabekyan

Senior Editor

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“Stella Mehrabekyan graduated from Yerevan State University’s Department of International Relations. She joined CivilNet in 2011. Prior to that, she worked in the European Union’s E-Gov.Am program through the Armenian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (Aeplac). with experience in the Foreign Ministry. Currently, she works at CivilNet as Senior Editor. “

Syuzanna Petrosyan

Editor-at-large

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Syuzanna Petrosyan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of California, Irvine and an Master’s Degree in Public Diplomacy from the University of Southern California. Prior to CivilNet, Syuzanna was an Associate Director at the USC Institute of Armenian Studies, where she led the organization’s research and programming initiatives.

Lilit Abovyan

Researcher, Social Media & SEO Manager

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Lilit Abovyan graduated from the Yerevan State University, Department of Economics. She then attained her Master’s Degree and PhD in International Economic Relations. She has worked at CivilNet since 2011 as a researcher, social media manager and SEO specialist.

Ani Grigoryan

Editor, #CivilNetCheck

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Ani graduated from the Department of International Relations at the European Regional Educational Academy. She have been working as a journalist at CivilNet since 2013. In October 2019-2021, she was the editor-in-chief of the Fact Investigation platform – FIP. In December 2021, she founded and heads #CivilNetCheck department.

Hayk Hovhannisyan

Reporter, #CivilNetCheck

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Hayk graduated from Yerevan State College of Informatics with a degree in Computers, Systems, Networks. Until 2021, he worked for the Fact Investigation Platform as a fact-finding journalist. In December 2021, he joined CivilNet’s #CivilNetCheck department.

Shushan Stepanyan

Reporter, #CivilNetCheck

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Shushan Stepanyan graduated from the Multimedia Journalism and Media Management Department at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. As a participant of the Erasmus+ international exchange program, she also studied for a semester at the International Journalism Department at the NLA Høgskolen University in Norway. She has received awards from the Oxygen Foundation and DVV International Armenia for her investigations. She joined CivilNet in 2024.

Alexander Pracht

Reporter

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Mark Dovich

Reporter

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Mark Dovich holds an M.S. in Social Justice and Investigative Reporting from Northwestern University and an M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Michigan. He joined CivilNet in 2019.

Angela Hassassian

Reporter, English Section

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Angela Hassassian received a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Affairs from the American University of Armenia. She received her bachelor’s degree from the European Regional Academy. She previously worked at Media.am as an English translator. She joined CivilNet in 2023.

Paul Vartan Sookiasian

Journalist, English Section

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Paul is a graduate of Villanova University with a degree in History. Over the past years he has published articles for a number of outlets, including OC Media, the Armenian Weekly, and AGBU magazine. He is also the editor of the 2023 book “Outcasting Armenians” by Dr. Talin Suciyan which frames the history of the 19th century Ottoman Empire from the perspective of Armenian sources. Paul interned at CivilNet in 2012-3 and has now returned as a staffer.

Arshaluis Mghdesyan

Reporter

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I joined CivilNet Online TV as a political commentator and host on November 1, 2019. I have started working in the media sphere since 2009 in cooperation with PanARMENIAN.Net. In 2010-2014, I started working for the Russian international news-analytical agency REGNUM, covering political, foreign policy, economic and social topics. I am currently working with EADaily.com news agency and Kommersant newspaper. I am also the coordinator of Article 3 club’s media program, founded by the For Equal Rights NGO.

Gevorg Tosunyan

Reporter

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Gevorg graduated from Yerevan State University’s Journalism Department. He has worked in the field of journalism since 2011. He worked at “A1” and iravaban.net, and then joined CivilNet in 2017.

Zhanna Avagyan

Reporter

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Zhanna graduated from the Department of Armenian Philology at the Yerevan State University. She studied at the school of TV and radio presenters. She previously worked for “News Radio” as a news commentator, and she also produced her own programs. She has also worked for 106-9 FM radio station. She joined CivilNet in 2020.

Georgi Mirzabekyan

Reporter

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Georgi received a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Yerevan State University’s Department of Archeology. Hedefended a dissertation at the National Academy of Sciences, where he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. Georgi is the author of more than a dozen scientific articles. He joined CivilNet in September 202. He is in charge of CivilNet’s Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Iran beats.

Lia Avagyan

Reporter

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Lia Avagyan graduated from Yerevan State University’s Department of Journalism. She joined CivilNet in 2021.

Lusine Vardanyan

Reporter

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I have graduated from the Intercultural Communication department of Yerevan State University named after Valery Brusov in 2018; in 2020 I received a master’s degree as a German translator. In 2021-2022, I have studied at Hetq media factory. In 2022, I did an internship in the German Parliament, the Bundestag, as part of the International Parliamentary Scholarship. I joined the CivilNet team in 2019.

Anna Eganyan

Reporter

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Anna Eganyan graduated from the Department of International Relations and Socio-Political Sciences of the Moscow State Linguistic University ին 2012. Prior to joining CivilNet, Anna taught English and French in Russia. Anna moved to Armenia in 2022 to join CivilNet.

Geghecik Voskanyan

Reporter

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Geghetsik graduated from Yerevan State University’s Journalism Department. She joined CivilNet in 2019.

Ani Paitjan

Reporter

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Ani Paitjan dreamt of becoming a journalist since she was eight. After studying Journalism at Brussels University and working as a journalist in Belgium, she wanted to tackle a new challenge and work in her native country of Armenia. In 2016, she packed her bags and arrived in Armenia to work for CivilNet – a media company that she had admired from Belgium.

Narek Hayryan

Cameraman, Photographer

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Narek graduated from the Cinematography Faculty of the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema, after which he worked for various media platforms and on films. He has been working as a cameraman at CivilNet since 2016.

Tigran Margaryan

Cameraman, Photographer

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Tigran graduated from the Yerevan State Theater and Film Institute. He has previously worked at Shant TV, Bars Media, and Vitamin Production: He joined CivilNet in 2021.

Armen Mkryan

Cameraman, Photographer

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Armen graduated from Yerevan State University’s Journalism department. He has previously worked in various TV companies as a video editor. Having a certain professional base in videography, he has smoothly shifted his profession towards becoming a cameraman. He joined CivilNet in 2016.

Gevorg Haroyan

Cameraman, Photographer

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Gevorg Haroyan studied in the Acting Department of the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinematography from 2003 to 2009. He has starred in many performances and films. In 2013, he joined the CivilNet as a cameraman and photographer. Since 2015, he has been a member of the Armenian Geographic project.

Garnik Stepanyan

Graphic Designer, Animator

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Garnik graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Design at the Armenian National University of Architecture and Construction. He has been working as an animator at CivilNet since 2018.

Marine Danielyan

Graphic Designer

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Marine Danielyan is a designer in a wide array of fields, from theater costume to service design. Her work is derived from her drawings, which she considers the most important part of the design process. In addition to her work at CivilNet, Marine teaches shadow theater at the Ayb School in Yerevan․

Njdeh Khachatryan

Video Editor

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Njdeh Khachatryan was an electrician in Iran. In 2007, he began to work at Shant TV in Yerevan. Since 2013, he has been a video editor at CivilNet.

Karen Petrosyan

Videographer/Video Editor

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Gurgen Hovsepyan

Video Editor

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Gurgen graduated from the Department of Directing Television Films and TV Programs at the Faculty of Culture of the Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University in 2012. He has worked in various TV stations as a video director and video editor. He joined the Civilnet team in 2023.

Hayk Ghazaryan

Reporter, CivilNet Artsakh

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Hayk Ghazaryan is a graduate of the Artsakh State University’s journalism department. From 2011-2012, he studied at the political and social journalism department of the Caucasus Institute. Prior to joining CivilNet Artsakh, Hayk edited the Stepanakert Press Club’s “Analitikon” magazine, and wrote for Hetq media.

Siranush Adamyan

Reporter, CivilNet Artsakh

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I graduated from Artsakh State University journalism department. For two years, I participated in media literacy and multimedia journalism courses, which were mainly conducted by the specialists of the Media Initiatives Center from Yerevan. I joined CivilNet in July 2022 as a journalist in the Artsakh office.

Ani Balayan

Video Editor, Photographer, CivilNet Artsakh

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Ani Balayan began attending the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies in 2017. In 2022, after successfully completing a CivilNet training course, she joined CivilNet Artsakh as a video editor and photographer.

Hasmik Khachatryan

Videographer, CivilNet Artsakh

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Hasmik Khachatryan is a graduate of the Artsakh State University’s journalism department. She has conducted filming, video editing and other multimedia journalism trainings at the Media Initiatives Center in Yerevan. Prior to joining CivilNet Artsakh as a videographer, Hasmik worked at the Artsakh Public Television.

Armine Simonyan

Correspondent, CivilNet Syunik

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Armine Simonyan is a graduate of the Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University’s TV-Radio Journalism program. She began working at Ararat TV in 2007, where she served a a reporter and head of advertising and staff.

Since 2012, she worked at the Operativ.am news site, at the Yerevan branch of the Armenian-Russian TVARMRU TV channel, and at the UMCOR ARMENIA NGO, reporting on education and agriculture. She joined CivilNet in 2022 as a correspondent in the bordering Syunik region.

Srbuhi Vardanyan

Operations Manager

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Srbuhi Vardanyan graduated from the Yerevan State Linguistic University, Department of Foreign Languages. She also studied at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International University. She has worked at the Civilitas Foundation since 2015, first as a Financial and Legal Assistant, and now as Projects Manager. Prior to this, she worked at the Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation.

Anush Hovhannisyan

Financial Associate

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Anush graduated from Yerevan State University’s Department of History, and Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences’ Political Science department. In 2018, she completed a training program at the Armenian National Committee of Europe and at the European Parliament. She has previously worked in the ARF Youth Office’s as the head of cultural programs. She joined the Civilitas in 2020.

Siranush Adamyan

Administrative Assistant

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Siranush Adamyan graduated from International Relations Faculty at Yerevan State University. She joined CivilNet in 2019.

Khosrov Tadevosyan

Inventory Manager

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Khosrov has been with the Civilitas foundation since 2008.