Demetrius Grigolaya

1513 E Franklin St Apt 140-D
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2801
(919)270-8847; home: (919)960-9753
demetrius@unc.edu, www.grigolaya.net, 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
EXPERIENCE
May 2001 - Aug 2001		Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC - wrote weekly stories for State&National desk
Apr 1999 - Aug 2000 Feb 1998 - Mar 1999		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
Aug 1999 - Aug 2000		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 frameworks agreements with clients and partners

AWARDS
April 2001	M.S. Van Hecke Award in Business Journalism
August 2000	U.S. State Department's Edmund S. Muskie/ Freedom Support Act fellowship

COMPUTER SKILLS
	Word, Excel, PowerPoint, IExplorer, NNavigator, PowerPoint, HTML, Dreamweaver, Lexus-Nexus, SPSS, programming languages: Pascal, C
LANGUAGES
English, Russian, Belarusian, (basic) German
Looking for international experience