1513 E Franklin St Apt 140-D
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2801
(919)270-8847; home: (919)960-9753
demetrius@unc.edu, grigolaya@unc.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

Aug 2000 - Aug 2002

 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. in journalism; mass communication/business journalism

 

Dec 1997 - Jun 2000

Sci-Research Economic Institute, Minsk, Belarus
research project "Monetary policy's impact on economic growth in Belarus"

 

Sep 1993 - Jun 1997

Belarusian State Economic University, Minsk, Belarus
B.A. Department of Banking: Finance and Credit

 

May 2001 - Aug 2001

Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC
- wrote weekly stories for State&National desk

 

Belarusian Business Newspaper, Minsk, Belatus, daily
free-lance/columnist, then staff-writer
- covered financial markets
- interviewed high-ranking officials: central bank, economic agencies
- authored columns on major economic events in Belarus

 

independent PR consulting, Minsk, Belarus
- consulted major businesses on favorable coverage in the news
- designed programs for training PR writers

 

Aug 1998 - Mar 1999

National Economic Gazette, Minsk, Belarus, weekly
- covered financial markets; banking and forex regulations
- co-edited a monthly insert for consumers

 

Jan 1997 - Apr 1998

Belvnesheconombank, Minsk
- traded U.S. Treasures, emerging markets, eurobonds, forex, derivatives
- developed software financial reporting tools
- troubleshooted deals on international financial markets
- established framework agreements with clients and partners

 

 

HONORS

 

April 2001

 

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, IExplorer, NNavigator, PowerPoint, HTML, Dreamweaver; Lexus-Nexus, statistical packages (SPSS), programming languages: Pascal, C

 

Looking for international experience