Irakli Iagorashvili
| Irakli Iagorashvili is a student at the Faculty of Science and Arts of Ilia State University. He has been engaged in civil activism since 2013. He has participated in the projects by UN Association–Advancing National Integration in Georgia (ANI) and Promoting Integration Tolerance and Awareness (PITA). In 2015, he was in the United States in the framework of a short exchange program for visitors. In 2016, he worked as an intern at the American Corner Telavi. His spheres of interest include human rights, mainly ethnic and religious minority issues. He has been taking part in projects by Liberal Line (organisation).
Contest Material: Soviet Media Coverage of the Story of the Airplane boys PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Videomanipulation by “Georgian Force”, as if Afghan Migrant is Pushing a German Woman Down a Staircase Four Myths about Ukrainian Church Autocephaly and Patriarchate of Constantinople Disinformation about Stalin Allegedly Saving Germany from Economic Collapse Infographic: Disinformation about Stalin Allegedly Saving Germany from Economic Collapse Falsifying History: Stalin Awarded the Territory of South Ossetia to Georgia How Russian Propaganda Tries to Question photos Showing the August War Interview: Lasha Bakradze Politicano justifies the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union Infographic: Vilnius-The Chronicle of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Occupations The Falsification of History: In 1801 Georgia Joined Russia of Its Own Free Will Timeline: Georgian-Russian relations in 1783-1918 |
Gvantsa Devidze
| Gvantsa Devidze graduated from the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communications of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in 2017. She worked in the University Newspaper and was a reporter at a literary journal – Our Poetry. She is interested in research. She was publishing conference works in the Media and Communication Education and Research Center, where she worked as a monitor. Gvantsa was an intern at the Department of Media and Public Communication of the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. Currently, she is self-employed as a tutor in foreign language for school children.
Contest Material: PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Manipulation by Alt-Info and Breitbart about prayer of Polish Catholics |
Guram Vashakmadze
| Guram Vashakmadze graduated from the Governance and Public Sciences Faculty of the Tbilisi Free University in 2016. He is a member of Georgian National Ski Team. He carries out sport-related multimedia activities and is an adventure tourist. He is interested in media, politics and social sciences. He has work experience in both Georgian public and private sectors (National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, National Tourism Administration, LTD Caucasus Consulting Group), as well as foreign media companies (Red Bull Media, Teton, Gravity Research).
Contest Material: PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Video Manipulation by Npa.ge about Arabs Allegedly Insulting Christ Interview: Davit Kvatadze |
Ekaterine Janiashvili
| Ekaterine Janiashvili is a second-year student at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Ivane Javakhishvili State University. Currently, she is a participant of a project by Journalistic Ethic Charter – Center for Liberalism Studies. In 2011-2012, she was a member of Children’s Council at the Apparatus of Public Ombudsman of Georgia.
Contest Material: Homophobia and Hate Speech in Social Networks PUBLISHED MATERIAL: |
Davit Geladze
| Davit Geladze is a student at the Faculty of State Governance of Caucasus University. He is a winner of a campaign – Say No to Drugs, Let Us Change the Attitude – organized by the Ministry of Education in 2015. In the same year, he was a participant of Buckswood Summer School. In addition, Davit is a winner of the intellectual game – Who? Where? When – in Gori Municipality. He has participated in the projects – Me and the Constitution and Imitated Court. He was representing the Initiative Group of the Information Center on NATO and the EU on the 8th International Forum of Youth Organizations.
Contest Material: Disinformation: USA Conducted Terrorist Attacks in the Occupied Crimea |
Elene Tsutskiridze
| Elene Tsutskiridze is a second-year student at the International Relations Department of Ilia State University. Elene has worked in a project by the coalition Education for Everyone Georgia – National Award of the Teachers – as an assistant. She speaks English, Russian and French languages.
Contest Material: Giphy: Georgian astrologer on Russian orbit |
Ioseb Dzamukashvili
| Ioseb Dzamukashvili graduated from the International Relations Faculty of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. He also studied Political Science at the Charles University in Prague (2014-2015). In addition, he has completed a European Studies Course at Comenius University in Bratislava in the framework of Erasmus+ program. In 2015, he represented Georgia at the UN Conference at Oxford University. Ioseb has volunteered in several organizations. Currently, he is a programme coordinator at Erasmus Student Network. He is interested in propaganda-related issues, European Studies and Security. His hobbies include photography, books, classic music and figure skating, he has been keeping a collection of coins since his childhood. He is also fond of travelling and he has been to 20 countries so far. He plans to get around every country in the world in the future. Ioseb intends to create a travel blog to describe his travel experiences. He has command of English, German and Russian languages.Contest Material: Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Commercials PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Misinformation: According to a new law adopted in the Netherlands, a homosexual person can have sexual intercourse with a 12 year-old teenager.Disinformation by GEWORLD.GE and Russian Media that Sanctions on Russia Could be Lifted The statement of the Alliance of Patriots as if Foreign Nationals Can Change their Surnames to the Georgian Ones is a Lie Interview: Giorgi Antadze |
Tamar Gegidze
| Tamar Gegidze is a first-year student at the Faculty of Philosophy of Ivane Javakhishvili State University. In the past, she has graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the same university. Tamar was studying at the Center for Liberalism Studies and Civil Journalism Club. She was a journalist at On.ge, as well as an editor at Arili TV. She has worked as social media manager and PR manager. She would like to pursue a journalistic career.Contest Material: Budget Financing in MediaPUBLISHED MATERIAL: Manipulations about the Association Agreement Allegedly Violating the Sovereignty of GeorgiaVideo: Pro-Russian parties trust Western Institution |
Ravil Mamedov
| Ravil Mamedov is a third-year student at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Journalist of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. He is the Founder and the Director at an NGO – Self Development University. He has worked at the AGFM Radio as a host. He speaks Russian, Azerbaijani and Turkish languages.Contest Material: A Photo manipulation by Saqinform Regards USA and Ukraine as Supporters of Nazism |
Tamar Jibuti
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Tamar Jibuti is a fourth-year student at the School of management and Public Sciences of the Free University. In 2016, in the framework of a summer exchange program, she studied US political system at the South Illinois University. She has been a member of various international youth organizations, including Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA) and European Youth Parliament (EYP). Contest Material: Geworld Disseminated Fake Information on the Number of Muslims in Europe PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Infographic: Share of Muslim Population in European Countries and Russia |
Giorgi Rizhvadze
| Giorgi Rizhvadze is a student at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Ivane Javakhishvili State University. He has taken a one-year course organized by the Center for Liberalism Studies (2016-2017). He writes blogs. He loves to camp, walk, listen to music, attend performances in theatre and opera, movies and interesting videos. He would like to get at least minimal knowledge on every sphere. He is interested in philosophy, politics, modern technologies, biographies of famous people, space and world news.
Contest Material: Deflective Model in Georgian Media PUBLISHED MATERIAL: TV11’s Entertainment Video about Svaneti has been Portrayed as Reality by a Nationalist Facebook Page StoryMap: The oldest metropolitans of the world |
Lianna Eloyan
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Lianna Eloyan is a third-year student at the Faculty of Law in Ilia State University. Since 2014, she has been a member and one of the most active volunteers of Tbilisi Youth Center. She has participated in the following projects: Club of Young Leaders, 1+1=United Georgia, Protectors of Nature, Cultural Heritage of Georgia, Tutorium 2016 etc. She has conducted trainings on human rights and ethnic minority-related issues. Contest Material: PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Interview: Nino Beselia Interview: Maia Kuparadze |
Mariam Patsatsia
| Mariam Patsatsia graduated from the Faculty of International Relations at Ivane Javakhishvili State University in 2017. Mariam has been an intern at the Danish Refugee Council and the Tbilisi office of the International Transparency Georgia. In 2015, she studied in Vilnius University (Lithuania) in the framework of an exchange program. Her research interests include nationalism, conflict and peace issues. Mariam has been working as a journalist and a translator in the Observer Newspaper.Contest Material: Strategic Action Plan of the Government of Georgia on the Communication of Georgia’s Membership to EU and NATOPUBLISHED MATERIAL: Two Lies about the Association Agreement with the European UnionRussian news agency TASS and Georgian Saqinform manipulate a statement made by the NATO Secretary General |
Merab Doborjginidze
| Merab Doborjginidze is a Law student at Ivane Javakhishvili State University. In 2012-2013, he was studying in the School of Debates. He was also a member of Lanchkhuti Youth City Assembly and the Head of the School Self-Government. He was working in the Union of Young Pedagogues as a volunteer in 2014-2015. He writes blogs about law and politics.
Contest Material: Religious Censorship in the Media PUBLISHED MATERIAL: |
Lalita Alexandria
| Lalita Alexandria is a student of the Faculty of Public Governance in the University of Georgia. She has completed courses in human resource management, strategic management and marketing. She has participated in several programs by the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and is a member of several NGOs. Lalita holds several diplomas with honors for several student conferences and competitions in literature. She has participated in international conferences, seminars and study courses. She speaks English, Spanish and Italian languages. Currently, she is studying German.
Contest Material: Gender Stereotypes in Georgian Media PUBLISHED MATERIAL: |
Mariam Mumladze
| Mariam Mumladze is a fourth-year student at the School of Public Sciences in the Free University. She has written blogs about social media, technologies and travel on Socialsharks and Eventer.ge. Mariam was the Vice-President of European Students’ Forum (AEGEE) and has since been actively engaged in its various local and international projects. She is interested in arts, photography and modern technologies, especially their point of intersection.
Contest Material: Fabricated image used by “Antiliberal Channel” about migrants, is in fact a grabbed movie frame PUBLISHED MATERIAL: Disinformation about how the EU was campaigning against Baltic cows for 800 euros |
