CONTRIBUTORS OF THE MONTH

CAROLYN CHAPMAN is a freelance journalist based in Budapest. She contributes to local and international publications including CNS News, The Washington Post and the Globe & Mail.

MELINDA TÜNDE DÓRA is an economic journalist with Hungarian daily Magyar Hirlap and edits the paper’s food section. She writes on social issues and the effects of transition in Central and Eastern Europe.

ZOLTÁN HASZÁN is a staff writer for Hungarian daily, Népszabadság. He has extensively covered a wide array of Hungarian issues including the media, politics and defense.

FLORENCE LA BRUYERE is a long time Eastern Europe correspondent for Libération and French Radio. She currently shares her time between Paris and Budapest. Her book "Sarajevo, mon amour," was published in France in 2004.

NÓRA LAKOS is a freelance journalist based in Budapest. She is a regular contributor to Hungarian daily Népszava, and deputy editor of the cultural website ontheglobe.com. She currently studies film direction.

SHAUN MCKENNA is a staff reporter for DT - Diplomacy and Trade at Budapest Week Publishing. He has specialized in arts reporting and has worked in Canada and Japan.

JOHN NADLER is a correspondent for CanWest Newspapers, Canada's largest newspaper chain. He contributes to TIME and Variety magazine. His book, “Searching for Sofia,” was just released in paperback by DoubleDay Canada.

MÁTÉ NYUSZTAY is a staff writer for Hungarian daily, Népszabadság. He covers Hungarian issues and foreign policy with a special interest in Russia and the CIS.

NICK THORPE is a writer, broadcaster and filmmaker based in Budapest since 1986. He is a roving BBC correspondent for a region roughly corresponding to the old Ottoman Empire … and sometimes beyond

PERTTU PITKÄNEN is a journalist writing for Taloussanomat, a Finnish financial daily newspaper. His special field of reporting is information and communication technology.

SAMANTH SUBRAMANIAN is a freelance journalist based in Chennai, India. He writes profiles and articles on film, literature, sports, arts and politics and regularly contributes to The New Indian Express and The Economic Times.

Andrew Princz – founding editor of DT is also editor of cultural portal ontheglobe.com. He has corresponded for the German Press Agency, dpa, and is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal Europe and the Canadian Press.

Jura Nanuk – founding photo editor of DT. For five years he covered the conflict-ridden wars in the former Yugoslavia before moving to Budapest. He is currently in production of a photography book on China.

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