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Levon Sevunts

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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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