Contact
symela.touchtidou@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/
symelatouchtidou (LinkedIn)
Top Skills
Journalism
Online Journalism
News Writing
Languages
English (Full Professional)
French (Professional Working)
Italian (Professional Working)
 
Symela Touchtidou
Financial Journalist/ Correspondent, Foreign Media Fixer
Summary
15 years of active journalism brought me from a national TV station
to a global TV/ web network, talking to everyday people on the
streets to high rank officials and covering breaking news of Greece
and the wider S.E. Europe.
Along this road I have learned personal contacts are our most
valuable asset.
I have grown a network of professionals contacts in politics,
economics and media in the Balkan region that allow me to claim no
Balkan story is out of my reach.
Every new task is a challenge, every day brings new possibilities.
I fluently speak Greek and English and have a working level of
French and Italian.
Experience
EuroNews
Business Journalist
November 2012 - Present 
Athens, Greece
Correspondent at the Greek Ministry of Finances, covering Greek and South
East Europe financial and business stories
Story AB
Fixing
February 2016 - September 2017 (1 year 8 months)
Idomeni, Petra Olimpou, Thessaloniki, Athens
Arrangement with local authorities of Katerini city for the filming of the refugee
camp in Petra where an Yezidi family has been hosted, arrangement with the
Greek Asylum Office for filming the interviews of the family for their relocation
and for filming the delivery of the decision, arrangement with the International
Organization for Migration for filming their preparation for departure to
Germany.
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Euronews
New Media Journalist
January 2017 - April 2017 (4 months)
Lyon Area, France

Trained in web journalism, photo editing, video editing for online broadcast,
infograms training, web design and management of the webpage

Smartcare Programme
Fixing
March 2016 - April 2016 (2 months)
Athens

Booked interview with the Greek Health Minister, Andreas Ksanthos, booked
interviews with the President of the Greek Doctors' Association Matina Pagoni
and the President of the Greek Association of People with Diabetes, Christos
Daramilas.
Arranged filming of the interior of hospital.

Al Arabiya News Channel

Fixing
September 2015 - September 2015 (1 month)
Athens

Covering the Greek elections, polls opening, vox pop, results announcement,
celebrations

Al Arabiya News Channel

Fixing
June 2015 - June 2015 (1 month)
Athens

Covering the Greek Referendum, polls opening, vox pop, results

announcement, Alexis Tsipras speech, celebrations

ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ TV
Broadcast Journalist
January 2003 - July 2012 (9 years 7 months)
Thessaloniki, Greece

Live reporting in field and on set, covering political/ business news

HYPERPRO SA (ADVERTISING COMPANY)

Communication Assistant
April 2001 - December 2002 (1 year 9 months)
Thessaloniki, Greece

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Member of the promotion team, planning and handling advertising and

marketing strategies.

MYTHOS 93,4 FM (RADIO STATION)

Financial Journalist
October 2000 - March 2001 (6 months)
Thessaloniki, Greece

Preparing and presenting news bulletins, producing financial and business

stories of North Greece

CENTRE FOR THE GREEK LANGUAGE (PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTION)
Public Relations Executive
June 2000 - December 2000 (7 months)
Assessing the communication needs of the Center (http://
www.greeklanguage.gr), planning its communications policy. We produced
appropriate materials to promote its goal, organising lectures and seminars,
producing videos and advertising material, preparing press interviews and
releases.

MULTIMOTION LABS (ADVERTISING COMPANY)

Communication Service Assistant
October 1999 - October 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Thessaloniki, Greece

Preparing commercials and organizing TV shootings. Producing sound

dubbing. Digital editing of video and sound.

Education
International Hellenic University
Master's degree, BLACK SEA CULTURAL STUDIES (Politics/ Economy
Stream) · (2010 - 2012)

Internal training
Digital Communication and New Media/Multimedia · (2017 - 2017)

University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

The Power of Macroeconomics: Economic Principles in the Real
World · (2014 - 2014)

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe · (2013 - 2013)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Bachelor's degree, JOURNALISM AND MASS
COMMUNICATION · (1995 - 1999)

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