Yelizaveta Osetinskaya
Yelizaveta Osetinskaya | |
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| Елизавета Осетинская | |
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| Born | Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Osetinskaya May 3, 1977 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation(s) | Russian journalist and media manager |
Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Osetinskaya (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Осетинская, IPA: [jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ɐsʲɪˈtʲɪnskəjə]; born 3 May 1977, Moscow) is a Russian journalist and media manager. She is notable as a former editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes (2011–2013) and RBC (2014–2016).[1] Her reforms at RBC helped make it one of the most-cited Russian media holdings.[2] Under her editorship, RBC emphasized investigative journalism, with highlights including the participation of Russian troops in the War in Donbass and the business connections of president Vladimir Putin's family.[3]
Biography
[edit]Family and early years
[edit]Osetinskaya was born in Moscow in 1977. Her father Nikolay Iosifovich Osetinskiy was a professor in the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. She graduated from Moscow public school №1543 in 1994.[4]
Osetinskaya is an alumna of the MSU Faculty of Economics, graduating in 1998. During her students years, in 1995 she started reporting for RBC.[5]
Career
[edit]Between November 1999 and April 2011 Osetinskaya worked for Vedomosti. She started as a correspondent and gradually rose to editor-in-chief position. In 2005 she obtained an MBA in a joint program of RANEPA and the Kingston University; in the same year she started as a radio host on ‘Echo of Moscow’.[4]
In 2009 Vedomosti had a conflict with Oleg Deripaska's Rusal. The newspaper published data on $5.98 billion losses of Rusal in 2008 and $720 million losses in the first six months of 2009. Rusal lawyers accused the newspaper for disclosing business secrets and demanded to reveal the sources, despite prohibition of such revealing enshrined in state Media Law. The company also tried to forbid Vedomosti to publish any news on its account. Osetinskaya spoke out publicly and condemned the intimidation of the journalists. Due to her positions, the Media Workers Union wrote an open letter to Deripaska, demanding to end pressure on the media. Later on, Vedomisti continued to write about Deripaska's companies and Rusal.[6][7]
Between May 2011 and December 2013, Osetinskaya was the editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes.[5][8]
In January 2014 she started as the editor-in-chief of business-news conglomerate RBC, which included the television network, the website, the daily newspaper, and the magazine.[9]
On 13 May 2016, together with two more editors of the RBC Information Systems, she was fired with immediate effect. It is believed that this was a consequence of the publication about the Panama Papers and their connections to Vladimir Putin.[10] Earlier that year, she was named a 2016–17 International John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.[11][12] In the same year, she also received a scholarship to the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley.[13] After graduation, she returned to Russia and launched The Bell, a six-person media start-up, independent of oligarch or state money.[14][15]
In December 2017, Osetinskaya launched her own Youtube show ‘Russkie Norm’ (trans. ‘Russians are Okay’) where she interviewed successful Russian scientists and businessmen, living abroad.[16]
In July 2020, she signed a letter in support of journalist Ivan Safronov Jr., who was accused for state treason by the Russian authorities.[17]
Crackdown
[edit]Osetinskaya condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. She also stopped releasing her ‘Russkie Norm’ show, explaining that ‘now it would be cynical to speak about talents, business and development’.[18] Instead, she started a series of interviews with political analysts, economists and other experts, trying to analyze Russia's future in economics. On April 1, 2022, she was declared foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Уволены шеф-редактор и главные редакторы РБК" (in Russian). Kommersant. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Rostova, Nataliya (12 December 2016). "Бывший шеф-редактор РБК Елизавета Осетинская: "В конце концов все уперлось в политику"" (in Russian). BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Десять лучших расследований РБК" (in Russian). Slon.ru. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Елизавета Осетинская" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b "Шеф-редактор РБК возьмет отпуск на время обучения в Стэнфорде" [RBC Chief Editor to Study in Stanford] (in Russian). RBC. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ ""Русал" обвинил "Ведомости" в нарушении его коммерческой тайны" [Rusal Accuses Vedomosti of Disclosing Business Secrets] (in Russian). 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
- ^ "Информационный террор против "Ведомостей" или кому не нравятся наши статьи про Rusal". 2009-11-05. Archived from the original on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
- ^ "У руля Forbes станет главред сайта "Ведомостей"" (in Russian). Kommersant. 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "RBC announces new appointment: Elizaveta Osetinskaya to become editor-in-chief of RBC projects". RBC Information Systems. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "РБК вслед за главными редакторами покинули еще 20 журналистов" (in Russian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "International JSK Journalism Fellows named for 2016-17". Stanford University. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ Maria Tsvetkova, Polina Devitt (2016-04-20). "Russian editor who reported on Putin's circle to take study leave". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Elizaveta Osetinskaya: Understanding the Russian Media Landscape" (in Russian). The Fletcher School. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Amos, H. (2018-01-24). "The Bell: meet the Russian media start-up fighting for the precarious future of independent media" (in Russian). The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "'Russia is trending in America, but expertise is in short supply' Journalist Elizaveta Osetinskaya on her new project 'The Bell,' her U.S. experience, and the state of the media". Meduza. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Bobylev, R. (2017-12-18). "Основательница The Bell Елизавета Осетинская запустила видеоблог о русских за границей "Русские норм!"" (in Russian). Afisha Daily. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "За Ивана Сафронова поручились руководители российских СМИ" (in Russian). Daily Afisha. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Глава The Bell Елизавета Осетинская приостановила проект "Русские норм"" (in Russian). The Village. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Erozbeck, D. (2022-04-01). "Минюст объявил иноагентами основателя The Bell Елизавету Осетинскую и еще семь человек" [Elizabeth Osetinskaya of The Bell and 8 More Declared Foreign Agents by Justice Ministry] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 2022-04-28.