Thanos Dimadis

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'''Athanasios "Thanos" Dimadis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Θάνος Δημάδης) is a Greek journalist, political analyst, consultant, and TV news personality.

==Education==
Dimadis was born in Greece and raised in Brussels, Belgium.<ref name= "insider">Cain, Áine, [https://ift.tt/2o6B23g "5 quirks of American business culture you probably won't see outside the US"], ''Business Insider'', March 26, 2017. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref> He received an undergraduate degree from the [[Panteion University|Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences]] in Athens, where he studied journalism and public relations.<ref name= "fair observer">[https://ift.tt/2ZRNTbq "Author: Athanasios Dimadis"], ''Fair Observer''. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref> In 2010, he graduated from [[City, University of London]] with an MA in media, and received an MA in communications from [[George Washington University]] in 2011.<ref name= "fair observer" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/2LgueO5 "Thanos Dimadis"], AngelList. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref> He also has a masters degree in European law and policy from Panteion University, and a masters degree in political science from the [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens]].<ref name= "fair observer" />

==Career==

From 2005 to 2009, he was political editor for the Greek news sites City Press and Free Sunday.<ref name= "guardian">[https://ift.tt/2ZGZOZm "Thanos Dimadis"], the Guardian, February 13, 2010. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref> Dimadis presented the political talk show "London Night" on the independent station Greek London Radio in 2010.<ref name= "guardian" />

In 2010, Dimadis started covering the Eurozone crisis as an accredited foreign correspondent.<ref name= "fair observer" /> He reported on financial news for major Greek broadcast media organizations including [[Skai TV]] and [[Alpha TV]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LgtEQp "Contributor: Thanos Dimadis"], ''Huffington Post''. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref>

According to a 2013 report on global freedom of the press by independent watchdog organization [[Freedom House]], Dimadis resigned from Skai TV in December 2012, saying that he could no longer work under the pressure of maintaining Skai’s pro-austerity editorial line.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2ZIoeBT "Freedom of the Press 2013"], Freedom House, May 2013. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref>

Dimadis wrote a book in Greek documenting his coverage of the [[Eurozone debt crisis|Eurozone crisis]], ''In the Daedalus of the Eurozone Crisis'', published in Greece in October 2014.<ref name= "biznews">Roush, Chris, [https://ift.tt/2Lgufl7 "Columbia names new Knight-Bagehot fellows"], April 11, 2018, ''Talking Biz News''. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref> Greek actor [[Lakis Lazopoulos]] read an excerpt from the book during a release party on October 6, 2014 that was also attended by novelist Konstantinos Tzamiotis and former Greek education minister [[Marietta Giannakou]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1X2CBXG3E "Lakis Lazopoulos: reading excerpt from Thanos Dimadis' book"], Thanos Dimadis YouTube video, October 14, 2014. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref>

Dimadis moved to New York City and began writing for the nonprofit media organization Fair Observer as a US-based foreign correspondent in 2017.<ref name= "insider" /><ref name= "fair observer" /> He also contributed articles about politics to the digital news site Second Nexus.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2ZNzY62 "About Thanos Dimadis"], SecondNexus.com. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref> In addition, Dimadis led public policy for the business leadership community Ivy.<ref name= "insider" /> Later that year, he became executive director of the Foreign Press Association of the United States.<ref>Michaels, David P., [https://ift.tt/2LgtGrv "Year End Message from the President"], December 31, 2018, FPA-USA. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref><ref>Specia, Megan, [https://ift.tt/2ZMtzry "A Deadly Year for Journalists as Risk Shifts to the West"], October 11, 2018, ''New York Times''. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref>

For the 2018 – 2019 academic year, Dimadis was named a [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] Knight-Bagehot Fellow in economics and business journalism.<ref name= "biznews" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/2Lgui0h "Knight-Bagehot Fellows: 2018–2019 Fellows"], Columbia Journalism School. ''Retrieved September 3, 2019''.</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Greek journalists]]
[[Category:George Washington University alumni]]

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