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Executive Producer and Training/Story Coordinator: Rich Beckman, Professor and Knight Chair in Visual Journalism, University of Miami

Programming and Design Director: Donny Lofland, Senior Producer, GameCircus, Dallas, TX

Project Director: Tihomir Loza, Deputy Director, Transitions, Czech Republic

Project Coordinating Committee:
Jarmila Balážova, Chairwoman, Romea, Czech Republic
Mihaela Danga, Deputy Director, Center for Independent Journalism, Romania
Ivan Godarsky, Media and Legal Adviser, MEMO 98, Slovakia
Tihomir Loza, Deputy Director, Transitions, Czech Republic
Ilona Móricz, Director, Center for Independent Journalism, Hungary
Asen Velichkov, Managing Director, Media Development Center, Bulgaria

Project Assistant: Kateřina Becková, Transitions

Story Coaches and Trainers:
Bulgaria: Ben de la Cruz, Trainer; Bob Sacha, Story Coach
Czech Republic: Rich Beckman and Jim Seida, Trainers; Josh Meltzer, Story Coach
Hungary: Candace Barbot, Trainer and Story Coach
Romania: Travis Fox, Trainer and Story Coach
Slovakia: Rich Beckman and Jim Seida, Trainers; Kevin Burke, Story Coach

Chapters:

The Choice
Senior Producer: Bob Sacha
Producer: Yanina Manolova
Associate Producers:
Atanas Kutsev
Valeri Lekov
Asya Metodieva
Biser Petkov
Special thanks to: Miroslava Taskov, translator

 

Because There is Hope
Senior Producer: Josh Meltzer
Producer: Emmie Bultemeier
Associate Producers:
František Bikár
Martin Grinvalský
Vera Lacková
Adéla Zicháčková
Special thanks to: Tereza Freyova, De La Negra and Black Style

 

Fading Notes
Senior Producer: Candace Barbot
Co-Producers: Qin Chen and László Ligeti
Associate Producers:
Zsolt Balog
Marietta Le
Györgyi Rétfalvi

 

A Tale of Two Villages
Senior Producer: Travis Fox
Producer: Aubrey Aden-Buie
Associate Producers:
Dan Băcan
Oana Dan
Silviu Panaite
Elena Stan
Special thanks to: Daniel Dinescu, for the song “Oh Lord, when I look at nature”

 

Home is Home
Senior Producer: Kevin Burke
Producer: Robert Haas and Josh Mauser
Associate Producers:
Marie Balážová Melníková
Emil Balog
Petra Šarköziová
Special thanks to: RTVS, public service broadcaster for archival footage
 


The project is co-funded by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme, with further support from ERSTE Foundation and the Open Society Program on Independent Journalism.