10/12/2009
Asos Hardi is the editor-in-chief and founder of the Awene newspaper in Iraqi Kurdistan. He has gained a reputation as newspaperman with exceptional leadership skills and high professional standards in a country where the media face great difficulties in holding on to their neutrality. Under Hardi's leadership, Awene has established itself as one of the only truly independent newspapers in Iraq today.
Before launching Awene (The Mirror) newspaper, Hardi founded Hawlati (The Citizen) in November 2000, and worked as its editor-in-chief until November 2005.
At the launch of Awene, Hardi said: "We would like to be an independent newspaper that is a source of neutral news and exchange of different opinions. Awene shall mirrors facts. /.../ The team has several valuable years of experience in Hawlati. We can use this in a number of ways starting form marketing and distribution to shaping and production of our paper. We would be transparent to ourselves and to our readers, and we work as a strong team. The paper shall be financed as a share-holding company. So that one person - the owner of the paper - cannot have full control for simply financing the paper."
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Asos Hardi is the editor-in-chief of Awene awarded
