Journalist, social researcher, journalism trainer, based in Budapest, Hungary. Co-founder/Executive Editor of BlueLink - the civic action and support e-network for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Affiliated member of the OpenSpace Research Centre at the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK. Former Editor of Green Horizon at the Regional Environmental Center for CEE. Trainer of journalists and e-networking activists across the EU, CEE, Turkey, the Balkans and the former USSR. Former staff reporter, host and Efitor-in-Chief of Current Affairs at Nova TV, Sofia. Listed among Top 10 civil society promoters for 2010 by Capital for his leadership of the Smokefree Bulgaria campaign. Research: safeguarding ethical watchdog journalism in public interest; expansion of market relationships over journalism and civil society; online pressure against women/gender rights/environmental activists; trans-border corruption; green economy and industry’s interference with society and mass media. CEE Trustee of Greenpeace International. Guitar player and father of 3.