Nadezhda Azhigikhina is a Russian journalist and executive director of PEN Moscow since 2018.[1] From 2013 to 2019, she was vice-president of the European Federation of Journalists.[2] Azhigikhina is a member of the Russian Writers Union, serving it as Executive Secretary, and the Gender Council of the International Federation of Journalists.[3]

Nadezhda Azhgikhina
PhD
Azhgikhina in 2008
Born
Tomsk, Russia
Other namesNadia Azhgikhina
EducationFaculty of Journalism at Moscow State University (PhD) 1990
OccupationJournalist
AwardsSwedish North Star order
Armenian Dink
Diploma of AWSS for development of Russian- American cooperation

She was born in Tomsk.[4]

Azhingikhina was a staff journalist for Ogoniok from 1990 to 1996,[5][6] then Nezavisimaya Gazeta from 1996 to 2001.[7][6] She writes a personal column in Delovoy Vtornik.[5] She was the Russian editor for We/Myi Magazine from 1996 to 2003.[6]

In 1992, with Irina Jurna, she founded the Association of Russian Women Journalists.[7]

She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University with a PhD in 1990, and now teaches at it.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Fetisov Journalism Awards". fjawards.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ efjtrainee (2 March 2022). "Nadezda Azhgikhina: "Let's remember that journalism is a public good, we need this ideal to survive"". European Federation of Journalists. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Nadezhda Azhgikhina". The Nation. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Media responsibility in the age of terror". openDemocracy. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Nadezhda Azhgikhina". Rights in Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Nadezhda Azhgikhina". Nuclearwakeupcall. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "ARTICLE 19 is pleased to announce new members of its International Board". ARTICLE 19. Retrieved 12 September 2022.