Alina Radu (born 24 August 1967) is a Moldovan journalist. She is the director and co-founder of the newspaper Ziarul de Gardă.[2]

Alina Radu
Radu in 2009
Born (1967-08-24) 24 August 1967 (age 56)[1]
Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMoldovan
OccupationJournalist

Biography edit

Radu studied at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, Moldova State University.[1] She has two children.[3]

Career edit

Radu received her first experience in journalism in 1989 on the TVM news show "Mesager". Since 1994, she has been working at Catalan TV, since 1998 he has been a reporter at GP FLUX, and since 2002, she has been collaborating at IDIS "Viitorul". In 2004, Radu founded "Ziarul de Gardă" alongside Aneta Grosu where she also became director. In addition to written journalism, she collaborates in the production of documentaries, such as În așteptare, Doctor SIDA acuză, Duși de vânt, and Ilie.[4]

Radu was awarded the Grand Prix at the TV Festival in Košice, Slovakia (1997) and the II prize at the TV Festival in Timișoara, Romania. She received the title of journalist of the year in Moldova in 2005, according to the celebrity magazine VIP Magazin. Also in 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; that year, two more women from Moldova were nominated for the Nobel Prize.[4] In 2009, she was named one of the "Ten Journalists of the Year" by the Center for Independent Journalism.[4][3] In 2013, IDIS "Viitorul" awarded Radu the "Freedom Award", "for courage, vision and integrity in the effort to bring the truth to people's homes".[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Omul săptămânii: Alina Radu, jurnalistă". Timpul. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Rolul mass-media în prevenirea violenței împotriva femeilor și fetelor" (in Romanian). UN Women Moldova. 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Alina Radu – jurnalista de gardă". ea.md. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  4. ^ a b c Rodica Trofimov (December 2005). "ALINA RADU. „Ziarul de Gardă" mai romantic decât „Play boy"". Vip Magazin. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Alina Radu, deținătoarea Premiului Libertății". Asociația Presei Independente. 25 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-22.