REPORT – Professional Needs Assessment of Forcibly Displaced Media Professionals from Nagorny Karabakh

Within the framework of the “Professional Media and Civil Society Join Forces for Dialogue” project, the Public Journalism Club conducted an assessment of the professional needs of media professionals who were forcibly displaced from Nagorny Karabakh (NK) and took refuge in Armenia. The primary goal of the project is to support and empower forcibly displaced NK media professionals and to facilitate their active involvement in the Armenian media ecosystem. By assessing their needs, the program also aims to highlight directions for capacity development, which can be a guide for the implementation of other support projects.

In 2023, after the September events, more than 100,000 people were displaced from Nagorny Karabakh and found refuge in Armenia. Among them were many employees of the
media sector: editors, journalists, photographers, operators, presenters, and others. The urgency and necessity of assessing the professional needs of NK media workers displaced to Armenia stems from the imperative to help them adapt to a new environment. This research aims to highlight their professional needs and develop needs-based programs.

The Needs Assessment was authored by Lilit Hovhannisyan and Shishan Shatikyan