George Chartolani
Position - Faculty of arts science, media and management of Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Film of Georgia; Head of the department of mass communication and media research, Professor
Education - Shota Rustaveli State Institute of Theater and Cinema, theatre historian- 1981-1986
Academic /Scientific degree, title (PhD) - Doctor of Arts, Professor
Work experience:
The head of the department of mass communication and media research of faculty of arts science, media and management of Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Film, Professor - 2012-till present; Associate Professor of journalism of faculty of social and political sciences of Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Manager of the master program "Media criticism" of the faculty of art history of Ap. Kutateladze State Academy of Arts; Magazine "Theater and Life" - Head of the publicism department; Georgian television and radio broadcasting State Corporation - production group "Art" - deputy editor-in-Chief; Georgian TV and Radio Broadcasting - TV company "First Channel" News-Analytical Program "End of the Day" Team manager; Georgian TV and Radio Broadcasting - "First Channel" TV company - production group "Day", General Producer; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian-English magazine "Free Time Color"; Mze TV company - Main producer and host of news program "Vision-Culture"; Public Broadcaster - General producer of Morning and Day programs; Public Broadcaster - Deputy general director in the field of TV broadcasting; Public Broadcaster - Head of Archives - 2015-till present
Textbooks, monographs
1. Textbook: "TV and Radio Journalism, part. I TV Journalism "Tbilisi, 2008;
2. Textbook: "Television Producer", Tbilisi, 2016;
3. Monograph - "1918-20. Georgian press on theatrical reform
4. (Giorgi Jabadari Studio) "- 2019.
5. Collection of scientific works "Culture in Media" Co-author, Scientific Supervisor - 2019.
Important publications
1. "From TV play to TV series"; "Birth and death of a hero in the Soviet era (Vakhtang Chabukiani and his historical period) "; "The role of the Georgian Drama Studio in the formation of the professional Georgian theater in 1918-20"; "Myth as a determinant of the political agenda and The role of the media in the process of establishing new myths "; "Main Trends in the Transition to the Western Model of Post-Soviet Television News Production"; "Postmodernism and Georgian TV Media"; "Soviet Propaganda of Channel I of Post-Soviet Russia"; "Culture instead of ideology?; "Georgian analogues of foreign talk show as an attempt to establish pseudo-democratic values in modern Georgian television"
Qualification raising courses, trainings, seminars
Caucasus International University - Scientific-Practical Seminar - 2017
United Nations Population Fund, Media Training - Sensitive Reporting: Gender Coexistence and Reproductive Health and Rights - 2012
Participation in grant / contract projects
1. Project "Orientation" of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports and Youth - Student Scientific Conference and Competition, "Coverage of Arts and Culture in the Media" - Project Manager - 2019-2020
2. Grant project of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports and Youth - "Orientation" - Promotion of art education - Collection of scientific-research works "Culture in Media" - Project manager, scientific director and co-author of the collection - 2018-2019
Cooperation with foreign scientific centers
1. CERTIFICATE - Training of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Journalism Academy - "Training for Trainers". 2015
2. CERTIFICATE - Training of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Journalism Academy for active journalists of the Public Broadcaster, "Fundamentals of Journalism" course Trainer of the Academy – 2016
3. CERTIFICATE - Has successfully completed the training course a 20-hour online course on the audiovisual media archiving chain and the methods & strategies to valorize media archives for different audiences. Exclusive online content developed and delivered by the Institut national de l’audiovisuel (France) - 2022
4. CERTIFICATE – The American Academy for International Multimedia Journalism Educators Program - (MEP) - Chicago - 2022
Award, prize
1. International Journalism Award "Golden Wing" 2012.
2. Kote Marjanishvili Award 2000
3. Award "Best Critical Work of the Year" 2017.
Additional information
Certified Trainer of International Journalism Academy of European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 2015
Author, producer, presenter of many TV projects and video films.
