I am a professional journalist and a member of the Journalists' Union of Thessaly, Central Greece and Evia.
I have worked in print media, news websites, press offices and radio.
At the same time, I have taught journalism and radio in Public Vocational Training Institutes, as a certified adult trainer.
I studied Communication and Mass Media and hold a master's degree in Political Communication and New Technologies from the University of Athens. I am fluent in English and use of computers and have attended numerous training seminars, conferences and workshops.
I am interested in developments around politics, communication, technology and education.

Kostas Karakostas Website

​journalist | communicator | journalistic content creator

CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Head of Communication & Public Relations Office

Municipality of the Sacred City of Messolonghi: January 2, 2024 until today
Writing press releases, announcements, letters and speeches, editing print, digital and electronic press, informing political leadership, organizing and covering events and press conferences, communicating with journalists, website and social media management, strategic communication planning, crisis management

  • Head of Press Office

Municipality of Amfilochia: January 17, 2020 - December 31, 2023
Writing press releases, announcements, letters and speeches, editing print, digital and electronic press, informing political leadership, organizing and covering events, communicating with journalists, website and social media management, strategic communication planning, crisis management, conducting election campaign

  • Project Team Member

Youth & Lifelong Learning Foundation: March 29 - May 9, 2019
Update of the study guide and the subject bank of the theoretical and practical certification examinations for the Vocational Training Institutes specialty “Radio Producer”

  • Adult Educator

Public Vocational Training Institute of Ioannina: February 19 - June 30, 2018
Specialty: “Radio Producer”
Course taught: Sources of Reporting

  • Adult Educator

Public Vocational Training Institute of Ioannina: October 9, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Specialty: “Journalism, Editors & Reporters”
Courses taught: Reporting - Special Topics, International Journalism, Organization - Production - Presentation of Radio Broadcasts, Electronic Journalism, Periodical Press

  • Head of Communication & Public Relations Office

Organization of Social Protection - Solidarity & Preschool Education - Municipality of Ioannina: May 15, 2017 - January 14, 2018
Writing press releases, announcements, letters and speeches, publishing print, digital and electronic press, informing political leadership, organizing and covering events, communicating with journalists, managing website and social media, creating digital newsletters and online advertising video

  • Project Team Member

Youth & Lifelong Learning Foundation: March 8 - July 24, 2017
Update of the study guide and the subject bank of the theoretical and practical certification examinations for the Vocational Training Institutes specialties “Journalism, Editors & Reporters” and “Sports Journalism”

  • Adult Educator

Public Vocational Training Institute of Messolonghi: November 25, 2015 - June 30, 2016
Specialty: “Journalism, Editors & Reporters”
Courses taught: International Journalism, Reporting - Special Topics, Organization - Production - Presentation of TV Shows, Electronic Journalism

  • Adult Educator

Public Vocational Training Institute of Agrinio: October 1, 2014 - June 30, 2016
Specialty: “Journalism, Editors & Reporters”
Courses taught: Communication Theory, Introduction to Journalism, Law & Ethics, Communication Techniques, Reporting - Special Topics, International Journalism, Organization - Production - Presentation of TV Shows, Electronic Journalism

  • Presenter - Producer

“Dytika FM 96.1” - news station of Western Greece: July 22, 2013 - January 2, 2015
Presentation and production of the two-hour daily journalistic radio show “Without a Title”, with current affairs, national and local news, interviews and information about events

  • Journalist

“Sinidisi” & sinidisi.gr - daily newspaper of Aetolia & Akarnania: May 16, 2013 - January 2, 2015
News writing, reporting, interviews and feature writing

  • Press Office Executive

Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change: June 28, 2010 - June 17, 2011
Writing press releases, announcements, letters and speeches, editing print, digital and electronic press, informing political leadership, organizing and covering events and press conferences, communicating with journalists from Greece and abroad, website and social media management, strategic communication planning, crisis management

  • Journalist

“Dytiki Ochthi” & doxthi.gr - local political newspaper based in Ano Liosia: April 28 - July 2, 2010
Writing news and reports

  • Professor’s Assistant

Laboratory of Psychological Applications & Communication Design - Department of Communication & Mass Media - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: March 1 - May 31, 2007
Assisting members of the teaching and scientific staff in student exercises and examination supervision

  • Professor’s Assistant

Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education & Mass Media - Department of Communication & Mass Media - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: March 1, 2005 - May 31, 2006
Assisting members of the teaching and scientific staff in student exercises and examination supervision


STUDIES

  • Master's Degree: Political Communication & New Technologies

Department of Communication & Mass Media - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: October 27, 2004 - April 7, 2009
Grade: “Excellent 8.93”
Courses: Contemporary Theoretical Approaches to Communication, Communication & Politics in Society, Art & Politics as Communication Systems, Election Campaigns on Television & the Internet, Political Advertising, Organization & Management of Cinematic & Audiovisual Archives in the Digital Environment, Research & Analysis Methods in Communication, New Communication & Technological Environment, Political Discourse Analysis & Argumentation, etc.

  • Bachelor’s Degree: Communication & Mass Media

National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: October 5, 1999 - October 31, 2003
Grade: “Very Good 7.85”
Courses: Social Theory I & II, Modern Greek Literature, Basic Concepts in Communication Theory, Introduction to New Technologies & Laboratory Applications, Modern European History, Introduction to Communication Psychology, General Linguistics, Theory & Practice of Print Communication, History of Art, Modern Greek History, Art & Mass Media, Political Theory, Electronic Communication Theory & Practice, Aesthetics & Communication, Introduction to Mass Communication Theories, Social Psychology, Quantitative Research Methods in Communication I & II, Discourse & Image Analysis, Television & Radio Production, Contemporary Technology & Mass Media, Communication Philosophy & Culture, Function & Practice of Journalism, Cognitive & Affective Factors of Communication, Ideology, Political Discourse & Mass Communication, Rhetoric, Television & Radio Program Organization & Flow, Media History Mass Media, Construction of Violence & Criminality, Propaganda & Power, Visual Communication, Virtual Ideology & Political Discourse, International Relations & European Integration, The Image of the Criminal, Political Communication & Moral Theory, Theories of Democracy: Institutions & Publicity, Psychology of Perception, Mass Media Management & Marketing, Introduction to Advertising Communication, Public Relations I & II, Introduction to Political Communication, Greek Political System: Comparative Dimensions, Empirical Research in the Mass Media, Social Communication Issues, Normative & Regulatory Dimensions of Communication, Cultural Heritage, Anti-Crime Policy, Communication & Sense of Security, Electronic Press Management, Theories of Organization: The Mass Media Paradigm, Political Communication & Media Policy, Special Reporting, Computer & Network Journalism Research, Contemporary Society & Mass Media, Social Institutions & Social Transition in Greece, etc.

  • High School Diploma

4th General Lyceum of Agrinio: September 11, 1995 - June 16, 1998
Grade: “Very Good 18 3/11”



TRAINING

Foreign Languages

  • Spanish lessons

School of Foreign Languages ​​- National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: October 15, 2003 - June 30, 2005

  • Certificate of Proficiency in English

University of Cambridge: June 1997
Grade: “C”

  • Certificate of Proficiency in English

University of Michigan: March 1, 1997

Computers

  • Certification of Computer Knowledge

Department of Communication & Mass Media - National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: January 15, 2024
Word Processing, Databases, Spreadsheets, Networks & Internet Services

  • Computer Knowledge Certificate

Global Cert Global Intermediate C: December 21, 2017
Computer Use & File Management, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Internet Services, Databases, Presentations

  • Study Certificate of “Computer Operator - Programmer”

Liberal Studies Laboratory “Computer Practica”: September 1995 - June 1998

Licenses - Certifications

  • Basic Principles of Digital Marketing

Google Grow Greek Tourism Online Certification: November 17, 2018

  • Certification of Educational Competence of an Adult Educator of non-formal Education

National Organization for Certification of Qualifications & Vocational Guidance: April 4, 2017

  • English Teaching License

Ministry of National Education & Religious Affairs: May 8, 2001

Seminars

  • Spanish for Tourism (A1 - A2) (educational program)

Lifelong Learning Center of the Municipality of Agrinio - General Secretariat of Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning & Youth: 25 hours: November 4, 2022 - January 20, 2023

  • Promoting Area Attractiveness through Hiking and Introducing a Different Touristic Approach (online training course)

Region of Western Greece: March 19, 2021
Presentation of the multimedia online platform of the PATH project

  • New Approaches to Journalism (educational seminar)

OAED - AMNA: 380 hours: March 5 - June 13, 2019
Training in the developments in the journalistic landscape in the age of the internet, social media and new technologies - internship at the Athenian - Macedonian News Agency

  • E - Learning: Virtual Classroom Training (educational seminar)

WBS Training AG, Dresden, Germany - Erasmus+: 30 hours: March 28 - April 1, 2016
Design and preparation of virtual classroom and educational material, operation and use of the Adobe Connect Pro educational platform

  • University Seminars

Empirical Research in the Mass Media, Electronic Publication Management, Journalistic Research using Computers & Networks, etc.: October 2002 - June 2003


CONFERENCES

  • Valtos in the Revolution of 1821 (two-day historical conference)

Municipality of Amfilochia - Region of Western Greece: October 16 - 17, 2021

  • Drone Technology is Transforming Journalism (conference - workshop on Drones and Journalism)

European Institute of Communication: June 7, 2019

  • Freedom of the Press at risk? (conference)

Greek section of the Union of European Journalists on Media Independence & Transparency: May 12, 2019

  • Quality in Television (international conference)

Ministry of Press & Mass Media - Department of Communication & Mass Media of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - Department of Journalism & Mass Media of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Department of Communication, Media & Culture of Pantheon University: November 28 - 30, 2002

  • Parliament and Mass Media (conference)

Hellenic Parliament - Department of Communication & Mass Media of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens: October 1 - 2, 1999


PUBLICATIONS

  • “Memory of Panagiotis I. Kontos”

Gramma Publications - Messolonghi 2024
Participation in the collective volume published in memory of Panagiotis Kontos, Professor of Linguistics at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

  • “Valtos in the Revolution of 1821”

Printing - Binding: Colorprint Tsekouras EPE - Athens 2023 - ISBN: 978-618-87008-0-2
Organizational editing of the publication in a volume of the proceedings of the two-day historical conference “Valtos in the Revolution of 1821”, which was co-organized in Amfilochia on October 16 - 17, 2021 by the Municipality of Amfilochia and the Region of Western Greece, as part of the 200-year celebrations since the Greek Revolution of 1821


UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

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  • Diploma Thesis: “Terrorism & Mass Media: The Case of “R.O. November 17”

Grade: “Excellent 9”

  • More than 20 university projects on topics such as: the Press, Electronic Mass Media, the Internet, Political Communication, Communication in Technological Environments, Communication Strategies, Political Advertising, Cinema, International Relations, etc.