Elli Kodjamani is the News Director of ANT1 Cyprus, since February 2010, and has more than three decades of experience as a journalist in the media field of Cyprus, thus in television and radio, news websites and newspapers. She leads the News Department of ANT1 TV and the online ant1Live and has the supervision of the News Production Departments. She is responsible for all news bulletins and current programs, as well as for the coverage of all news events throughout upcoming events. With origins from the occupied Morphou, one of five children in her family, and with studies in Greek Philology and Journalism, she has managed to fulfill her dream of becoming a journalist, covering major international events, such as the 2004 tsunami in South-Eastern Asia, and interviewing history-makers and world known political figures such as Yasser Arafat. Her interviews, documentaries and political talk shows have given her high recognition among the public. Both as a professional and as an activist, she deals intensively with issues of ethics in journalism, intellectual rights, human rights, gender equality. In October 2020, she was elected Chairwoman of the Cyprus Media Ethics Committee, and has dealt intensively with matters of Media freedom, Media legislation, transparency and the rights and safety of journalists. For more than twenty years, she collaborates with the Department of Journalism of KES College Cyprus, in teaching and training students in various Journalism subjects. As a volunteer, she is the International Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Cyprus, member of WAGGGS, one of the five big world youth movements, and leads activist actions, with a local and international scope, and with an emphasis on the empowerment of girls and young women. In July 2023 she led the Association in hosting in Cyprus the 38th WAGGGS World Conference, which brought together more than 550 participants from 110 countries.
Saturday 30
14.30 - 15.30
THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN A DEMOCRACY
b. Classic Hotel 1, Van Gogh
Knowledge Partner: Department of Communications University of Nicosia