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Knightfellow witnesses ceasefire & chaos in Georgia first hand2007 Knight Fellow Margarita Akhvlediani of the Republic of Georgia and her husband were carjacked on Aug. 15 near the town of Gori, Georgia in a frightening episode in which her car, camera and other equipment were taken at gunpoint. Here's a link to her latest article in The Nation about the incident and the state of chaos and terror in her country:
The Dart Society, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization of journalists helping journalists, has set up a fund to help Margarita Akhvlediani replace her equipment that was stolen in a carjacking robbery near Gori, Georgian on Aug. 16. About Margarita Akhvlediani Margarita Akhvlediani worked as a reporter, editor and producer at Georgian newspapers, radio and TV stations throughout the civil war and social breakdown of the country in the early 1990s. She helped found the pioneering news agency Black Sea Press and was Georgian correspondent for the legendary Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy. She joined the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in 2002, editing the Caucasus Reporting Service and training journalists throughout the Caucasus. In 2006, she won a Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists and spent a year at Stanford University. In summer 2007, she won a Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship in Journalism and Trauma. |
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