Based in Yerevan, Armenia, Tatev Hovhannisyan is an international investigative journalist and editor with 15 years’ experience.

Until August 2023, she was openDemocracy’s Europe and Eurasia editor. Her writing has appeared in numerous international media outlets, including the BBC, Euronews and The Guardian.

Tatev is also a media and public relations lecturer at the Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences in Yerevan.

In 2023, she received an award from Journalists for Human Rights for investigating illegal adoptions. In 2022, she won an Emma Goldman Award for innovative research on feminist and inequality issues in Europe – the first time a journalist has won the award.

With an academic background and a master’s degree in oriental studies, Tatev is a basic user of Arabic and Hebrew. She speaks English, Russian and Armenian fluently.