Alina Mazureac

Alina Mazureac (also known as Alina Radu), born on August 24, 1967, is a Moldovan journalist with over 30 years of experience in the press. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Chisinau State University and later undertook study visits to more than 50 countries across five continents. She began her career in 1989 on the news program "Mesager" at National Television. Subsequently, she worked for the first independent television station, Catalan TV, the "Flux" press group, and the IDIS "Viitorul" organization. In 2004, together with Aneta Grosu, she co founded Ziarul de Gardă, the first investigative newspaper in Moldova.

She has been training journalists since 2003 at the School of Advanced Journalism Studies of the Independent Journalism Center and at training programmes organized for journalists by UNICEF, UNDP; UN WOMEN, Independent Journalism Center, Independent Press Association, and Amnesty International. She holds numerous awards in the field of journalism and has worked with various media outlets abroad on cross-border investigations.  Notably, in 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize.

Alina is the executive director of Ziarul de Gardă and the director of "Media Guard", an organization active in the field of journalism, media ownership transparency, access to information for public interest.