Elena Skochilo
Encyclopedia
Elena Skochilo known in the web under the nickname morrire, is an editor
, photographer and blog
ger from Kyrgyzstan
. She is most famous for her LiveJournal
award-winning news blog which went widely cited by bloggers and mass media during Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution
in 2005 when she was posting news and self-made photographs about civil disorder in Bishkek.
Ms. Skochilo is a current contributor of news articles and photography for neweurasia
, a news and information project for Central Asia and the Caucasus region. Skochilo is former editor of News Briefing Central Asia, a regional news project of Institute for War & Peace Reporting. She regularly contributes photography to the Associated Press
, Lenta.ru
, and EurasiaNet.
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, photographer and blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger from Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
. She is most famous for her LiveJournal
LiveJournal
LiveJournal is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community....
award-winning news blog which went widely cited by bloggers and mass media during Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution
Tulip Revolution
The Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005...
in 2005 when she was posting news and self-made photographs about civil disorder in Bishkek.
Ms. Skochilo is a current contributor of news articles and photography for neweurasia
Neweurasia
neweurasia is a network of weblogs about Central Asia and the Caucasus. neweurasia's central idea has revolved around "bridge blogging", enlisting bloggers who speak both English and local languages to serve as links between the English and local-language blogging communities...
, a news and information project for Central Asia and the Caucasus region. Skochilo is former editor of News Briefing Central Asia, a regional news project of Institute for War & Peace Reporting. She regularly contributes photography to the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, Lenta.ru
Lenta.Ru
Lenta.Ru is a Moscow-based news website in Russian language, owned by Rambler Media Group which belongs to Prof-Media. It is considered one of the most popular Russian language online resources with over 600 thousand visitors daily....
, and EurasiaNet.