The slides I'll speak over while talking about my work in the UK media and especially as a freelancer now based in the South Caucasus. Online media, citizen journalism, and conflict reporting will specifically be included.

1. ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN
HTTP://WWW.ONNIK-KRIKORIAN.COM
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2. AZERBAIJANI POW, NAGORNO KARABAKH © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 1994
NAGORNO KARABAKH

3. STEPANAKERT, NAGORNO KARABAKH © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 1994
NAGORNO KARABAKH

4. KURDISH BEGGAR AT NOVRUZ IN ELAZIG, TURKEY © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 1997
KURDS IN TURKEY

5. YEZIDI CHILD, ALAGYAZ, ARMENIA © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 1998
KURDS IN ARMENIA

6. “TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION,
THE SOUTH CAUCASUS COUNTRIES CAN NO LONGER BE
CONSIDERED ‘IN TRANSITION.’
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ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA HAVE BUILT
FUNCTIONING SOVEREIGN STATES. BUT MANY QUESTIONS
REMAIN ABOUT HOW WELL THEY ARE FARING […]”
THOMAS DE WAAL, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
THE SOUTH CAUCASUS

7. AZERBAIJAN FROM THE TBILISI-BAKU FLIGHT © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2013
SOUTH CAUCASUS

8. VAZGEN SARGSYAN FUNERAL, ARMENIA © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 1999
1999 ASSASSINATIONS

9. POST-ELECTION OPPOSITION PROTEST, ARMENIA © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2003
ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA

10. HALO TRUST DEMINING, NAGORNO KARABAKH © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2002
LANDMINES & UXO

11. 44-YEAR-OLD TUBERCULOSIS SUFFERER, ARMENIA © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2004
POVERTY IN ARMENIA

12. GYUMRI, ARMENIA © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2005
EARTHQUAKE ZONE

13. RUSSIAN MILITARY ROAD BLOCK, ROAD TO GORI © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2008
AUGUST 2008 WAR

14. Anyone who believes that all citizen media are objective and impar tial is
either mad or hasn't actually read any citizen media. […] What's
become ver y difficult is using citizen media to understand what's actually
happening on the ground. As we all know, some of the repor ts from both
camps in the South Ossetian conflict were likely manufactured and
inaccurate. This sort of situation can get even more complicated
when there aren't impartial journalists on the ground.
ETHAN ZUCKERMAN, GLOBAL VOICES CO-FOUNDER
http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/ar ticles/13149/
RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR

15. (TOP) BURNING OF THE TURKISH
FLAG, ARMENIA. (RIGHT) ARMENIA-
TURKEY BORDER GATES © ONNIK
JAMES KRIKORIAN 2009
ARMENIA-TURKEY

16. MEDIA & CONFLICT-REPORTING
[…] people are often inclined to consider their existing attitudes and
beliefs to be true and filter the news through this lens. Thus, they accept
messages in order to maintain their original perceptions. […] bias in the
local media [...] serves as a means to fuel and perpetuate hatred. This is
a role the media has and continues to play with regards to the conflict
over Nagorno Karabakh.
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ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI INTERNATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE,
CAUCASUS RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTERS (CRRC)
http://epfound.am/files/mb_fg_report_finalized_edited_12.27.2008.doc

17. CONFLICT VOICES

19. ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES

20. ALAVERDI, GEORGIA © ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN 2009
THANK YOU

21. CONTACT
EMAIL
onewmphoto@gmail.com
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WEB
http://www.onnik-krikorian.com
http://www.conflict-voices.net
FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/onewmphoto
http://www.facebook.com/conflictvoices
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TWITTER
http://www.twitter.com/onewmphoto
http://www.twitter.com/caucasusproject
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