Edik Baghdasaryan – `Our newspaper will be a good read’
2009/09/25 | 15:14

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Natasha Harutyunyan

`Hetq’ Chief Editor Edik Baghdasaryan announced that the much awaited
new print edition of the online investigative newspaper is now
available at local newsstands.

`Now, we will be working in two directions – on the weekly newspaper
and the daily internet edition of `Hetq’. There will be articles
appearing on-line that will not show up in the newspaper and
vice-versa. We still have to work out the logistics. Articles
appearing in the print edition will show up on-line after a week or
so,’ Mr. Baghdasaryan stated.

He argued that there was a need for the print edition of `Hetq’, even
in these troubled financial times, since there are many people out
there with no access to the internet. `Hetq Online’ has been around
for eight years already and is widely read in Armenia and overseas by
both Armenians and non-Armenians alike.

Editor Baghdasaryan noted that the aim of `Hetq’ remains the same – to
publish quality articles on the issues that matter; to publish only
verified material, to adhere to journalistic ethics; not to use
profanity and allow for reader feedback. He also stressed that `Hetq’
will continue to press government officials to comment on issues
raised within the pages of the paper.

Touching on the financing for the 2,000 print run edition, the
seasoned investigative journalist confessed that subscriptions were
needed to keep the paper going and that the staff is working to get
gift subscriptions from individuals in the diaspora so that the paper
can be sent to people and institutions in remote border communities
and the liberated territories of Kashatagh, etc.

He promised that the paper would differ from the rest of the crowd in
every aspect. `It will focus on the lives and stories of common folk
and present issues from a human perspective.

Mr. Baghdasaryan stressed that the paper had no local backing and that
it would never become a tool for local clans or political forces.

`We write about corruption, judges, criminal cases, and the
environment. We leave no stone unturned. We have a few surprises up
our sleeves that will raise a few eyebrows and kick up some dust. I
believe that the paper will be a welcome addition to what’s already
out there. We will offer a new face to Armenian print journalism,’ he
concluded.