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Levon Sevunts
E-mail: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Objective: Reporter/Writer/Producer
Strengths: Award-winning reporter with 18+
years of journalistic experience covering international politics and ethnic
conflicts in Sudan, Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union, Eastern and Central
Europe, and the Middle East; creativity, versatility, ability to generate
stories, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, fluency in English,
French, Russian and Armenian.
WORK HISTORY
JOURNALIST (PRODUCER/REPORTER)
2006 to present
The Link, Radio Canada International, Montreal, Canada
Generate ideas, research and produce The Link, a two-hour
daily radio show broadcast nationally and internationally by Radio Canada
International and partner stations
CBC News at Six, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
Ottawa, Canada
Generated ideas, researched, produced and
reported on air local, regional and national news and current affairs items
for CBC News at Six in Ottawa and CBC Radio.
JOURNALIST (FREELANCE REPORTER)
1998 to present
Production Sevunts (Self-employed)
Covered the war in Afghanistan for The
Washington Times and the Toronto Star as an embedded reporter with
U.S. and Canadian troops in May and June 2005.
Covered the civil war in
Darfur, Sudan and the humanitarian relief effort in Chad for the Toronto Star
and The Washington Times in July and August 2004.
Contributed freelance
stories for various national print and broadcast media in Canada, the United
Kingdom and the United States, including the Reader’s Digest Magazine, Canadian
Business Magazine, U.S. Homeland Security & Defense Magazine, BBC, CBC, Global
TV and Télé-Québec
JOURNALIST (TV PRODUCER) Jan.-May 2004
On Assignment, CFCF News, Montreal, Canada
Generated ideas, researched and produced long format items for a current
affairs/investigative show called On Assignment at CFCF News, the CTV
affiliate in Montreal
JOURNALIST (GENERAL ASSIGNMENT) 2000 - 2004
The Gazette, Montreal, Canada
Wrote general assignment stories and features for The Gazette,
Montreal’s English language daily, researched and developed ideas for a new
beat dealing with international stories that have a Montreal connection;
worked as a night police reporter and translated wire stories from French into
English
JOURNALIST (WAR CORRESPONDENT) Oct.-Nov. 2001
The Gazette (Special assignment in Afghanistan)
Covered the war in Afghanistan for The Gazette and the CanWest
Corp., the largest newspaper chain in Canada. Wrote news and feature
stories, as well as analytical pieces on the situation in Afghanistan,
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Received the 2001 Norman Webster Award for
Foreign Reporting
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER 1999 - 2000
Grand Tabak Inc., Montreal, Canada
Participated in international business negotiations, wrote news releases,
liaised with media, developed, designed and maintained the company web site
JOURNALIST (POLITICAL REPORTER) 1991 - 1992
Haylur (Armenian News), Armenian TV, Yerevan, Armenia
Covered national politics in Armenia and the former USSR for the daily news
broadcasts.
Carried in depth documentaries on problems of refugees, hostages and PoWs
Investigated activities of organized criminal groups in the former USSR
JOURNALIST (WAR CORRESPONDENT) 1990 - 1991
Information Center of the Armenian Christian Democratic Party, Yerevan,
Armenia
Covered wars in Nagorno-Karabagh and South Ossetia.
Participated in organizing news conferences, briefings, edited and wrote
news letters, press releases and media digests.
Provided media relations support to the leadership of the Armenian
Christian Democratic Party.
Liaised with information centers of European Christian Democratic parties
and international news outlets, providing information and commentaries on
latest political, social and economic developments in Armenia and the CIS.
EDUCATION
Graduate Certificate in Marketing
in progress
Graduate Diploma in International Business Management
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) 1994 - 1996
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Honours Program in Middle Eastern Studies (fifth year) 1986 - 1992
Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
LANGUAGES
English, French, Russian, Armenian
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Windows 2000 and XP, MS Office, MS Internet Explorer, MS FrontPage 2000,
HTML, Quark CopyDesk, Photoshop, Dalet, iNews
PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS
Photojournalism Certificate, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada
SPECIAL SKILLS
Hostile Environment Training, Canadian Forces Peace Support Training
Centre, Kingston, Canada
Military service and combat experience: USSR Air Force (radio-operator,
combat first aid), Armenian Territorial Defense Force (light infantry)
AWARDS
2001 Norman Webster Award for Foreign Reporting, Montreal, Canada
2002 Tekeyan Cultural Association Award for Excellence in Journalism, Canada
2002 Queen Elizabeth II 50th Jubilee Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Canadian War Correspondents Association
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