Metin ERSOY

Date of Birth ·         15th May 1980

Education/ Qualifications 

• 2003-Present Eastern Mediterranean University, PhD Mass Communications and Media Studies, Famagusta.  Title of thesis “Peace Journalism, News Coverage of the Cyprus Conflict”. The basic aim of the study is to explore the Turkish/Greek Cypriot media coverage of each other to see how they frame the “other” in their coverage. This will help us in formulating a peace journalism approach for the journalists in Cyprus.

• 2001 – 2003 Eastern Mediterranean University, Eastern Mediterranean University, MA Mass Communications and Media Studies 2001 – 2003, Famagusta. CGPA: 3.39. Title of unpublished MA Thesis “Peace Journalism in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus News Media”. This study is showing how the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) news-writing journalists report the conflict news and how much they obey the peace journalism rules. Conclusion of the study is TRNC news writing journalists were 76.6 percent agree with the peace journalism oriented questions in theoretically. Questionnaire results show that TRNC news writing journalists news values are peace oriented.

• 1997 – 2001 Eastern Mediterranean University
  BA High Honors Degree Radio Television and Media Studies, CGPA: 3.04,
  1997 – 2001, Famagusta. Graduation Project: Film Documentary, SILA 4, (Turkish Cypriot Music Group in 1980’s).

• 1994 – 1997 Türk Maarif Koleji
  High School, 1994 – 1997, Nicosia. Average: 6.8

• September 2008 – Present Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta.
  Position: Part Time Senior Instructor. I am teaching peace journalism, sociology of journalism, history of photography, online journalism and desktop publishing courses.
• April 2009 – Present Foreign Press Association, Nicosia.
  Position: Project Coordinator. I am coordinating a European Union project of FPA which entitled “Promotion of youth exchanges and other people-to-people contacts”. www.fpaeuro.com
• September 2001 – 2007 Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta.
  Position: Full Time Research Assistant in Press and Public Relation Office. Rector Assistant. Duties:  Press coordinator of EMU. Coordinating the relationship between the local media and the university; reporting the daily news regarding the events, conferences on campus; managing the team, consist of administrative assistants, that prepares the summary of daily news;  serving as editor-in-chief and designer of internal communication bulletin of EMU; picture editor of Doğuakdenizli magazine; assisting to the vice-rector for advancement of university; managing the cooperation between the university and  other periodicals of Cyprus. 
• June 1998 – September 2001 Advertisement Department, KIBRIS newspaper, Nicosia.
  Position: Mac Operator
  Duties: Creating all advertisement on Mac platform which is publishing in newspaper.
• March 2002- July 2002 Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, EMU, Famagusta Position: Computer Lab. Assistant.
  Duties: Assisting computer instructors, Teaching Quark Xpress design program.

Awards and Decoration

• Actively involved in athletics, basketball, and football since 1987. In different fields of athletics, more than 100 medals and 50 certificate of achievement Record holder on 100m, Jumping and 4x100 m.
• TRNC National Olympics Committee Award of Best Sportsman of  1997
• 1997-1998 fall semester, Dean’s Honour List.
• 1998-1999 fall semester, Dean’s Honour List.
• 1999-2000 fall semester, Dean’s Hon or List.
• 2000-2001 fall semester, Dean’s Honour List.
• 2000-2001 spring semester, Dean’s Honour List.

Publications

Training

• June 2009: Newspaper article. Article entitled “Sport and peace journalism”. Cyprus newspaper p. 17.

• March 2009: Newspaper article. Article entitled “Fast food news and peace journalism”. Cyprus newspaper p. 17.

·         2009: Ersoy, M.. “Medyada barışa bir şans vermek için: Barış Gazeteciliği”, Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta Medya ve Temsil, ed. H. Aliefendioğlu and N. Kara, Dipnot Yayinlari, Ankara. 2009.

·         2007: Metin Ersoy, Sağlıklı gazetecilik için barış gazeteciliği” Kıbrıs Yazıları Dergisi, Kış-Bahar 2007, Nicosia, sf. 103-109.

·         2006: Metin Ersoy, “Obstacles to Peace Journalism in North Cyprus”, Global Media Journal: Mediterranean Edition, 1(2) Fall, (2006), 68-75.

• October 2006: Newspaper article. Article entitled “Peace Journalism and Obstacles”. Cyprus newspaper p. 17.
• 15 September – 16 September 2006: University of Westminster The Communication and Media Research Institute, Internationalising Media Studies: Imperatives and Impediments Conference. Article entitled “Peace Journalism in North Cyprus”
• August 2006: Newspaper article. Article entitled “Peace Journalism and Traditional Journalism”. Cyprus newspaper pp. 20-21.
• July 2006: Newspaper article. Article entitled “Peace Journalism for Healthy Journalism”. Cyprus newspaper p. 13.
• 26 April – 28 April 2006: Girne American University Communication Faculty, Globalisation and New Media Politics Conference. Article entitled “Peace Journalism and Gatekeeping in North Cyprus”
• 5 May – 7 May 2004: Eastern Mediterranean University Communication Faculty, Ethic Conference. Article entitled “News Selection in TRNC Media and Peace Journalism”
• 17 March - 19 March 2004: Istanbul University Communication Faculty, Second International Communication Symposium. Article entitled “Peace Journalism in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus News Media”

• 28 June – 2 July 2009: Peace Journalism Workshop: Coordinator, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 24 October – 2 October 2007: “6^th international congress on Cyprus studies” Participant. Famagusta, TRNC.
• 20 May – 22 May 2007: “PAXIM Conference.” Participant. Washington State University in Pullman, USA.
• 18 April – 19 April 2007: “Peacebulding in the Face of Political Intractability:  The Future of Bicommunal Efforts in Cyprus.” Participant. Denver, USA.

• 4 September 2006: Participant, Spor Kulvarı Sport Discussion TV Program, BRT, Nicosia. Invited guest panel member. Subject was basketball and North Cyprus.
• 4 December – 5 December 2004: EMU III Cyprus Forum: Scenarios of post December 17. Coordinator
• 10 April – 11 April 2004:  EMU II Cyprus Forum: Brainstorming-Evaluation Conference before the referenda. Coordinator
• 24 April – 3 May 2003: “The active participation of young Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot people in their society” bi-communal management training program in Portugal. The purpose of the project at the beginning to get close the Turkish and Greek Cypriot young at online Internet platform. But cross was open and project coordinator decided to make party to create good friendship between the two groups.
• 14-16 September 2002:  ‘Media Dialogue’ sponsored and organized by the Council of Europe European Center for Common Ground, held at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. 
• 1 October 2002: Participant, AKİS Political Discussion TV Program, BRT, Nicosia. Invited guest panel member. Subject was Cyprus problem and Media Dialogue workshop.

·         Turkish     -  Native

·         English   - Advance

·         Greek      - Good

• Operating Systems, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP, I have used Windows NT and Apple Mac Os as well.

• Web Development Tools, HTML, FrontPage, and Macromedia Dream viewer 4.0.
• Design Media Tools, Adobe Photoshop 5, 5.5, 6, 7, Corel Draw 8-9-10-11, Adope Premier, Adope Acrobat, Quark Xpress 4 , 5 and 3D Studio Max.
• Other Tools, and Utilities Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Ulead Gif Animator.

·         2005- present TRNC Basketball Federation, Vice President, Nicosia.

·         2000, Communication Club, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies,
Famagusta

·         2001 EMU Graduate Club, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta

• Prof. Dr. Halil Güven, Eastern Mediterranean University Former Rector, Famagusta, guven.halil@gmail.com
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil Nadiri, EMU, Famagusta, halil.nadiri@emu.edu.tr
• Prof. Dr. Norton Mezvinsky, CCSU, History Department, CT.

       MezvinskyN@mail.ccsu.edu

Playing basketball, football, tennis

Running, Swimming

Taking Photograph

Making graphic design

Web Page Design