Qualifications
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BA in Sociology – Panteion University, Athens – 1993
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MSc in Journalism – Boston University, Boston, MA –
1994
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PhD in Media and Communications – LSE, London – 2001
Honours and Prizes
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Prizes of excellence awarded to me every year of my
secondary education for performance in all classes (1982-88)
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Ranking first among candidates from Cyprus seeking
a place for sociology studies in Greek universities (1988)
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Awarded an A.B.Botsis Journalism Foundation scholarship
for my postgraduate studies (MSc)
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Awarded an Onassis Foundation scholarship for my doctoral
studies (PhD)
Career
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Oct. 1989 – June 1996 – Journalist, Athens daily
Avgi, education correspondent (1990 - ’93), research and investigative
reporting (1994 - ’96)
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Sept. 1990 – May 1993 – Correspondent in Athens,
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Third Radio Program
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January 1994 – August 1996 – Journalist, Athens
daily Eleftherotypia; new technologies’ reporting, columnist
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October 1997 – June 1999 – Visiting lecturer
at the University of Westminster; teaching for the Master’s Programme in
Journalism Studies.
Professional Activities
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Organiser of two sessions, the 3rd Crossroads
Conference in Cultural Studies, Birmingham, June 2000
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Conference Presentations:
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‘Flicking through Identities: Constructing Ethnic Identities
in a Media-Saturated World.’ Paper presented at the 2nd Crossroads
Conference in Cultural Studies, Tampere, July 1998
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‘Negotiations and Co-existences – Global and Local
Ethnic Media and the Construction of Multiple Identities: The Case of Greek
Cypriots of London.’ Paper presented at the IAMCR Conference, Leipzig,
July 1999
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‘Constructing the Public Space – Constructing Identities:
Using Ethnic Media in the Cypriot Community Centre of North London.’ Paper
presented at the ‘Identities in Action Conference, Gregynog, Wales, November
1999
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‘Being Here, There and In-Between: Consuming Ethnic
Media and Constructing British Greek Cypriot Identities in Everyday Life.’
Paper to be presented at the 3rd Crossroads Conference in Cultural
Studies, Birmingham, June 2000
Publications
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(2000) ‘Beyond the Domestic: Constructing Ethnic Identities
and Media Consumption in the Public Ethnic Space: The Case of the Cypriot
Community Centre in North London’. In www.photoinsight.org.uk
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(2001) ‘Crossing the Boundaries of the Ethnic Home:
Media Consumption and Ethnic Identity Construction in the Public Space:
The Case of the Cypriot Community Centre in North London’. Forthcoming
in the Gazette, 63(4)
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‘Negotiated Uses, Contested Meanings, Changing Identities:
Greek Cypriot Media Use and Ethnic Identity Formations in North London’
(forthcoming) in Multiple Ethnicities, edited by F.P.Gingras
Languages
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Greek
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English
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French
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German
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