Focus
Cross Caucasus Journalism Network
Years active: 2007-2009
Our mission is to build journalistic connections across the Caucasus, share information and form collaborations across the borders and divides of the Caucasus.
Our values
Human rights, freedom of expression, local empowerment, tolerance.
What we do
- Establish a sustainable network of over 50 journalists from South and North Caucasus
- Develop their skills especially in reporting conflict and national minorities
- Increase the knowledge of the Caucasus journalists of their own region
- Provide the readers of the respective societies with accurate and balanced reporting
- Build dialogue and cross-border cooperation
Georgia's Showcase in South Ossetia
South Ossetians are offered incentives to move to Georgian-controlled territory.
Georgia Border Closure Hurts Armenians
Dozens of Armenians jailed or fined for unwittingly breaching Georgian border regulations.
Outcry at Azerbaijani Editor Arrest
Observers say hooliganism charge against opposition editor is politically motivated.
Armenia: Yezidis Endure Years of Living Dangerously
Ethnic minority blames official discrimination for failure to remove potentially lethal electricity pylons from their village.
Dagestan's Pre-Scripted Phone Chat With Putin
The Russian president gets only a censored view of a North Caucasian village’s problems.
A Taste of China in Karabakh
Three Chinese cooks enliven life in a small Karabakhi village.
Agonising Scenes at Razed Baku Cemetery
Relatives distraught as bodies exhumed to make way for new highway.
Caucasian Enemies Engage in Unofficial Trade
Karabakh conflict doesn’t stop Armenians and Azeris buying each others’ goods.
Two States in One
An Abkhaz journalist on the elusive statehood of Nagorny Karabakh.