Simonyan Margarita - journalist, screenwriter, presenter on TV. Since 2005, she has been the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today channel, and is also the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today, Sputnik agencies.
Family, early years
Margarita Simonovna was born on April 6, 1980. Her hometown is Krasnodar. Margarita’s father is Armenian by nationality, he earned money by repairing refrigerators. Mother was selling flowers.
The girl learned to read early, in kindergarten she often read fairy tales to other children. Simonyan studied brilliantly at school with intensive study of foreign. In 9th grade, she traveled to America through an exchange program.
After school, Rita began her studies at the university in the journalism department. She also studied at the Posner Vladimir School of Theater Arts.
Professional activity
In 1999, Simonyan was taken as a correspondent on the Krasnodar TV channel. A year earlier, a collection of her poems was published. The channel filmed a report about a talented girl. In a conversation with the crew, she said that she wanted to become a journalist, and she was called to work.
At 19, Margarita became a war correspondent; she was awarded the Order of Friendship for reporting from Chechnya. In 2000, Simonyan took over as chief editor of the Krasnodar channel. A year later, she worked in Rostov-on-Don as a correspondent for a television company. She made reports from Abkhazia, covering events in the Kodori Gorge.
In 2002, Margarita received an offer to work on the Vesti channel. In 2004, she covered the events in Beslan.
In 2005, the t / c Russia Today appeared to cover the position of Russia in relation to international events. Broadcasting is in English. Simonyan was appointed Chief Editor.
In 2011, Margarita was invited to become the host of the program "What is happening?" (REN-TV), where the bright events of the week were presented. In 2013, she hosted the political broadcast Iron Ladies (NTV) with Kandelaki Tina.
Simonyan later became the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today agency. In 2010, her book appeared, entitled "To Moscow", for which Margarita was awarded the prize. During the election campaign, Simonyan was Putin's confidant.
Often she is invited to Vladimir Solovyov’s program. In 2018, Margarita interviewed Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, suspects in the Skripal case.
