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Open University of Cyprus
Sofia Iordanidou
• Associate Professor of Journalism and
Communication at the Open University of Cyprus
• President of the «Advanced Media Institute,
Applied Research in Communication &Journalism
• Publisher of “Dimosiografia” journal
• Website manager of dimosiografia.com
• Hands-on experience on Journalism and Communication Strategy Fields:
• Voice of America
• White House correspondent for newspapers in Greece
• Journalist for both ERT and MEGA channels (Athens)
• Political consultancy & advisory to many companies in corporate communication
• Founder of NETNEWS, S.A., the first television agency in Greece and NETRESULT, Ltd., a communication strategy company
MS Communication & New Journalism
MS Communication & New Journalism
• Communicate, Network, Publish: three practices that play a crucial role in our lives, development and success in our contemporary hyper-communicative world.
• The Postgraduate Program in Communication and new Journalism at the Open University of Cyprus, aims to satisfy this particular imperative need for knowledge and effectiveness in utilizing the Media as well as in creating communication strategies and tactics by combining a theoretical prospective with the required practical training.
• Its main goal is to offer substantial and useful knowledge in communication, networking and publishing– in other words, the enriched new version of journalism.
MS Communication & New Journalism
• The fundamental medium is the education on Media as well as all aspects of what is known as human communication in both micro and macro scale.
• The intended result is students’ solid professional training, empowerment and advancement, by securing them new options concerning employability and all aspects of their social existence and strengthen his/her position in the modern world, since he/she:Understands the basic principles of the new forms of communication and journalism, gains valuable knowledge of new tools and media and is trained in proper argumentation, but also in documenting what he/she publishes or broadcasts.
MS Communication & New Journalism
• Learns to communicate, network and publish regularly, faster and with greater success.
• Understands the value and adopt the new role of “entrepreneur”, who operates autonomously in the labor market and enhances his/her professional potential.
• Second Concentration, Second Degree
• The new innovative concept “Second Concentration, Second Degree”, offers graduates, existing but also future students the possibility to get a second postgraduate degree in communication and journalism specialties.
• Being a pioneer in Cypriot and Greek academic world, OUC and the MSc in Communication and New Journalism focus on students’ high-level professional training, the Programme aspires to provide students with all required academic qualifications so that when they enter the labor market, they will have acquired global knowledge in these two areas as well as strong competitive advantage.
MS Communication & New Journalism
MS Communication & New Journalism
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day.
• 40 postgraduate students
• 27 videos/ interviews
from personalities in Greece,
Cyprus, USA
• Creation of 4 different logos in order to cover the needs of the
press and portals which shared the campaign
• Process of 20 photos and quotes of famous people regarding
the freedom of speech and expression
• Writing, proof-reading & copy-editing of 13 reportages
regarding issues on the Freedom of Press in Greece &Cyprus
MS Communication & New Journalism
Two (2) Research Projects in Progress
1. Developing Life Long Learning in a Feld Undergoing a
Paradigmatic Shift: The Role of Distance Learning
Institutions and The Crisis of Journalism
2. Media Literacy, Activism and Democracy
Advanced Media Institutehttp://advancedmediainstitute.com/
Advanced Media Institutehttp://advancedmediainstitute.com/
Advanced Media Institutehttp://advancedmediainstitute.com/
To become an integrated Newsroom…
Social Media - Blog
Social Media – Blog - Websites
• https://www.facebook.com/epikoinonia.neadimosiografia/
• https://www.facebook.com/dimosiografia/
• https://www.facebook.com/AdvancedMediaInstitute/
• https://twitter.com/ouc_edm
• https://twitter.com/dimosiografia_
• http://commediama.blogspot.com.cy/
• http://advancedmediainstitute.com/
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