Onnik James Krikorian has over 25 years of experience as a journalist, fixer, media trainer, and consultant working in areas including the Caucasus, Turkey, and Central Asia. He has trained journalists and activists in new media and conflict-sensitive reporting. Krikorian also speaks at international conferences on topics such as countering violent extremism, conflict communication, and evaluating the impact of new media.

1. ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN
Summary
• Journalist with 25 years experience working for the national and international media, including
contracts for The Bristol Evening Post, The Independent, The Economist, EurasiaNet, Transitions
Online, Global Voices, and BBC World Service. Fixer for international media including the BBC, Al
Jazeera English, Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic.
• Media Trainer in England, Armenia, Georgia, Northern Cyprus, and Turkey training activists,
journalists, analysts and other professionals since 1995. Since 2009 includes new and social media as
well as conSlict-­‐sensitive reporting for journalists and activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
and Turkey as well as the disputed territories of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno Karabakh.
• Media Consultant for Free Press Unlimited, Canal France International, and the National Film Board
of Canada. Caucasus Editor for Global Voices Online, curating and amplifying alternative voices in the
South Caucasus. Held workshops for the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and
Transparency International Georgia to elaborate an advanced online communications strategy.
• Expert Speaker at intergovernmental seminars on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) and Counter
Narratives organised by the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), Centre for Strategic
Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC), Hedayah Center. Speaker at the CVE Expo organised by
the GCTF and Hedayah Centre.
• Participant of expert working groups on CVE organised by the Hedayah Center, International Centre
for Counter-­‐Terrorism — The Hague (ICCT), OSCE OfSice in Tajikistan, OSCE Transnational Threats
Division, United Nations Counterterrorism Committee (UNCTED), and United Nations OfSice on Drugs
and Crime (UNOCD).
• Speaker on ConSlict and Communication at seminars organised by the United States Institute of Peace
(USIP), Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat. Expert working
group participant on ConSlict and Communication organised by USIP and George Washington
University Institute for Public Diplomacy.
• Responsible for drawing up the schedule and selecting journalists and civil society activists from
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia for the Canal France International 4M Caucasus Social Media and
Journalism two-­‐day conference held in Tbilisi, Georgia, in November 2013. Consultant on a number of
regional cross-­‐border multimedia projects unveiled in 2015.
Web: http://www.onnik-krikorian.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/onnikkrikorian/
Contact: http://onnik-krikorian.com/contact-2/
Date of Birth: 11 July 1968
Place of Birth: Portsmouth, England
Nationality: British

2. ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN
November 1995-present
Freelance journalist, photojournalist, and fixer
Working assignments and contracts for the Los Angeles Times, New Internationalist, Geographical,
The Scotsman, BBC, Eurasianet, Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Transitions Online,
RFE/RL, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, Routledge, UNICEF, UNDP, Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD),
Caucasus International, Habitat for Humanity, EveryChild, and Fox News.
Fixer for New Internationalist, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera English, BBC, and National Geographic.
Supplied photographs and assisted Thomas de Waal with the research for Black Garden: Armenia and
Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. Contributor on the politics of the South Caucasus to Routledge /
Europa's Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia annually since 2010.
September 2009-present
Professional media and citizen journalism trainer
Holding media workshops for journalists, analysts, and activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
and Turkey, as well as the breakaway regions of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno Karabakh, for
organisations such as Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), European Union
Monitoring Mission (EUMM), Free Press Unlimited, Hrant Dink Foundation, Transitions Online,
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Oxfam, and Europe House. Consultant on projects by
Free Press Unlimited, Canal France International and the National Film Board of Canada.
Involved in expert working groups on Social Media and Communications Strategies for the United
States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Secretariat.
Expert speaker and participant at working groups, seminars and conferences on Countering Violent
Extremism (CVE) for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC), Global
Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), Hedayah Centre, and the International Centre for Counter-­‐Terrorism
— The Hague (ICCT), OSCE ofSice in Tajikistan, United Nations Counterterrorism Committee
(UNCTED), OSCE Transnational Threats Division, and the United Nations OfSice on Drugs and Crime
(UNOCD).
October 2007-October 2012
Caucasus Regional Editor, Global Voices
Monitoring, curating, and putting into context citizen media in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. This
also involved managing and mentoring a team of authors from all three countries as well as outside
the region. Speaker at high-­‐level international conferences on new and social media.
June-1995-November 1995
The Economist
Photo Desk Operations (6-­‐month contract)

3. ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN
May 1993-June1995
The Independent
Photo Desk Operations (3-­‐month contract extended). Visited the disputed territory of Nagorno
Karabakh to document the 1994 ceaseSire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
January 1990-January 1993
The Bristol Evening Post and Western Daily Press
Proof-­‐Reader, Sub-­‐Editor, Page Layout , Photo Desk Operations (6-­‐month contract extended)
Education
University of the West of England
Backwell Sixth Form College
Backwell Comprehensive
References
Available on Request
Additional Information
Expert Working Group Participant:
Evaluating the Impact of New Media on Conflict, U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP),
Washington D.C., July 2010
Developing an Effective Counter-Narrative Framework for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE),
International Centre for CounterTerrorism — The Hague (ICCT) and Hedayah Centre,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 2014
Regional Counterterrorism Expert Workshop for Central Asia on Regional Co-operation and
Effective Responses to the Phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters*, OSCE Office in Tajikistan,
OSCE Transnational Threats Division, United Nations Counterterrorism Committee (UNCTED), and
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNOCD),
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, February 2015
*chaired and moderated one of two working groups to elaborate a national counter-radicalisation strategy.

4. ONNIK JAMES KRIKORIAN
Seminar Speaker:
Blogs and Bullets: Evaluating the Impact of New Media on Conflict, U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP),
Washington D.C., July 2010
OSCE Talks: Preparing for Peace: Communications in Conflict Resolution, Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat,
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, October 2012
Evaluating Methods to Combat Violent Extremism Online, Global CounterTerrorism Forum (GCTF),
Center for Strategic CounterTerrorism Communications (CSCC), and Hedayah Centre,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 2013
Conference Organiser:
4M Journalism and Social Media
Canal France International, Tbilisi, Georgia, November 2013
Conference Speaker:
Global Voices Summit,
Budapest, Hungary, July 2008
New Media Forum,
Tbilisi, Georgia, October 2008
World Blogging Forum,
Bucharest, Romania, November 2009
E-Society,
Skopje, Macedonia, December 2009
Social Media for Social Change,
Tbilisi, Georgia, April 2010
World Blogging Forum, Vienna,
Austria, November 2010
New Media -New Opportunities of Communication in the Region,
Yerevan, Armenia, May 2011
4M Journalism and Social Media,
Montpellier, France, June 2013
Council of Europe: International Media Experience and its application in the Georgian Reality,
Tbilisi, Georgia, September 2013
4M Journalism and Social Media,
Tbilisi, Georgia, November 2013
Personal Democracy Forum,
Warsaw, Poland, March 2014
Hedayah and Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) Expo,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirats, December 2014