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Ellada Gamreklidze, MA '04

What do you do?
I am the project associate of the BBC World Service Trust Community Radio Project for Georgia. I love what I do. We established two of Georgia's first-ever community radio stations. Ethnic and religious minority-oriented, the Project selected two regions with predominantly Armenian and Azeri populations. We have hired wonderful, enthusiastic people who produce diverse, informative, entertaining and all-inclusive content. They even record locals who sing folk songs, compose their own hip-hop stuff or read poetry.

What is interesting about this project?
Our teams follow professional journalism standards; they've been trained by BBC consultants and other international trainers. After the IREX Media Innovations Program for Georgia, which was much broader in its concept and covered all journalism-related areas, the current Community Radio Project gave me an insight into minority issues and conflict resolution.

What have you gained as a result of your work?
I became interested in conflicts (We have a couple of unresolved ones here in Georgia.), their historical context, reasons (official as well as hidden) and resolutions. I've been reading a lot on conflicts recently, books written by famous journalists and conflictologists.

What else interests you?
After having watched the Enemy Image by Mark Daniels, I also started to think about maybe doing some research on censorship. The documentary is worth seeing, and I advise every journalism student or professor to see it.