Elena Skochilo

Elena Skochilo

Infobox Person
name = Elena Skochilo
nick_name = morrire


image_size = 240px
caption = Elena Skochilo, April 29, 2007.
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|11|15
birth_place = Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
death_date =
death_place =
residence = Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
occupation = Editor, photographer
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parents =
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Elena Skochilo (born November 15, 1980 in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic), known in the web under the nickname "morrire", is an editor, photographer and blogger from Kyrgyzstan. She is most famous for her LiveJournal award-winning news blog [ [http://ezhe.ru/POTOP/index.2005.html ROTOR blogs awards winners 2005] ] which went widely cited by bloggers and mass media during Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution in 2005 when she was posting news and self-made photographs about civil disorder in Bishkek.

Ms. Skochilo is a current contributor of news articles and photography for NewEurasia.net, a news and information project for Central Asia and the Caucasus region. Skochilo is former editor of News Briefing Central Asia, a regional news project of Institute for War & Peace Reporting. She regularly contributes photography to the Associated Press, Lenta.ru, and EurasiaNet.org [ [http://lenta.ru/photo/2007/04/20/protest/ Skochilo's report on April 2007 protests in Bishkek] ] .

References

External links

* [http://morrire.livejournal.com Elena Skochilo's blog: Дневник бродячей кошки]
* [http://www.iwpr.net Institute for War & Peace Reporting]


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