A multimedia journalist with 10 years of experience at Voice of America’s Georgian Service, based in DC. She hosts a weekly show as well as works for digital platforms, covering US foreign policy, US-Georgia relations, diaspora stories, etc. Before joining VOA Georgian she worked for an independent media outlet Liberali and used to cover different social and political issues, including environment, energy, cultural heritage. Eka is also GIPA – Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management – graduate and used to work as a host and producer for the Radio GIPA.

Margarita has been reporting on all aspects of political and economic life in Georgia and the South Caucasus region since 1988. She has an extensive experience of working in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other ex-Soviet republics, including coverage of conflicts, riots, major political events, as well as conferences, visits and summits. Margarita was one of the leaders of the Reuters team winning Political and General News Story of the Year in 2008 for coverage of the August war in Georgia.

Giorgi is a correspondent for EurasiaNet, a New York-based publication specializing in the former Soviet Union. He has 15 years of experience of covering news from the South Caucasus and the wider region. His work has been published in the major international publications such as the Wall Street Journal, NPR and the Guardian.

Nestan is the artistic director and co-founder of the Tbilisi Photo Festival – the first international annual photo festival in Georgia – founded in 2010, and the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum – the first Georgian institution entirely dedicated to the contemporary image – inaugurated in 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Both platforms use the medium of photography as a catalyst for social and cultural change in Georgia and the South Caucasus region.  Nijaradze has curated numerous exhibitions of international photographers in Georgia and abroad, promoting the vibrant emerging regional scene of visual artists as well as rich traditions of Georgian photography.