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The two editorial teams of Zizanio News, from Pyrgos and Amaliada, select and cover the activities of the Olympia Festival and Camera Zizanio in their own unique way.
A whole journalistic group which consists of:
the Zizanio News newspaper (as a printed insert in the local newspaper "Proini")
the zizanionews.word press.com blog with articles, news reports, film reviews, interviews,
poems, etc.
radio shows and podcasts
videos with interviews, news reports, etc. on our YouTube channel
managing our social media
Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper: Iro Riga
Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Esta Papageorgiou
ext Editing: Iro Riga – Zoë Bekiu – Esta Papageorgiou – Maria Balaska – Nicoleta Tzortzi
Newspaper Graphic Design: Dina Maravelia – Themis Fragodimitropoulos
Blog Management: Iro Riga – Esta Papageorgiou – Ioanna Panagiotopoulou – Charis Karastathis – Nicoleta Tzortzi
Zizanio Radio: Iro Riga – Charis Fafas – Ioanna Panagiotopoulou – Athanasia Karoumbali (ERA Pyrgos) – Charis Papadeas (sound technician, ERA Pyrgos) – Fotis Fotiadis (VOX fm)
Cinematography Pyrgos: Nikos Leivaditis – Zizania
Editing: Nikos Leivaditis – Zizania
Cinematography – Editing Amaliada: Charalampos Kontopanagos
Intro video: Sofia Tsapara
Social media: Iro Riga – Zoë Bekiu – Ioanna Panagiotopoulou – Charis Karastathis
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Iro Riga
Iro Riga lives in Pyrgos, Ilia. She holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Sociology: Gender, Sexuality & Society. She is the president of the Social Cooperative Enterprise Aenaon and a journalist for the daily newspaper Proini. She organizes festivals, events, conferences, and exhibitions such as the Port Festival, the Wine & Taste Festival of Ilia, the European Music Day in Pyrgos, Amaliada, and Ancient Olympia, Bridges: A Conference on Roma and Their Culture, and Music, Culture & Regional Development: The Role of Art Festivals in Economic Convergence, among others. She is also the director of the publishing house Chartinoi Iroes. She has served as Assistant Director of Organization for the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People and Camera Zizanio, as well as Director of Organization and Production for the International Festival of Arts of Ancient Olympia. With over 20 years of experience working with children and adolescents, she has edited numerous school newspapers and radio shows and coordinated workshops for young people in Greece and abroad.
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