Journalists

Leyla Shirinova is a seasoned media professional with extensive experience in broadcast journalism and political communication. She previously served as an English News Anchor at Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting, where she was responsible for delivering daily news coverage, on-camera reporting, and voice-over narration for international segments.

Emil Kaziyev is a graduate of the Faculty of History at Baku State University (1992-1997) and former editor of the BBC Monitoring Baku Bureau.(1998-2025).

Aysel Mammadzada is a journalist, a graduate of the Faculty of Translation at the Azerbaijan University of Languages (2019–2023), and the former journalist of the Idman.biz news portal (2023- 2024).

Salman Rahimli is a journalist, a graduate of the Faculty of Management of the Derbent Humanitarian University of the Russian Federation (2013–2017), and the journalist of the Vzglyad.Az news portal (2022–2025).

Ulviyya Salmanli is a journalist, a graduate of the Faculty of English Language at the Azerbaijan University of Languages. With over 10 years of experience in the media, she worked at the APA Information Agency (2014-2017), Report.az Information Agency (2020), Defence.az news portal (2017-2024).

Faig Mahmudov is a Baku-based journalist. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Translation at the Azerbaijan University of Languages, where he studied from 2005 to 2009, and he also completed his studies in linguistics at Baku Slavic University. He served as Head of the Translation Department at APA News Agency from 2018 to 2025.

Nijat Babayev is a journalist, a graduate of the Faculty of Philology at the Azerbaijan University of Languages (2006-2010), and a former journalist of APA news agency (2012-2018).