Edik Baghdasaryan

Edik Baghdasaryan is the Editor-in-Chief of Hetq, the investigative online newspaper he co-founded in 2001, and one of the founders of the Investigative Journalists NGO. He has worked in journalism since 1988 and has led and participated in investigations covering corruption, public procurement, trafficking, environmental protection and more. His work has been recognized with several international awards, including the Global Shining Light Award and the Bucerius Foundation’s Press Freedom in Eastern Europe Award. He has participated in major international investigations including the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers and Swiss Secrets. He is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and is the author of Investigative Journalism: The Armenian Experience, which is used as a textbook at different journalism faculties in the country.