Marko Mannila

Marko Mannila

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  • About me

    Freelance Journalist, specialized in Middle East

  • Education

    • University of Helsinki

      1986 - 1997
      Master’s Degree Communications

      Minors Political Econony and Spanish

    • Virginia Tech

      2002 - 2004
      Master’s Degree Public and International Affairs
    • University of Helsinki

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      Master's degree
    • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

      1985 - 1986
      Diploma of Spanish language Spanish
  • Experience

    • Helsingin Sanomat

      Sept 1998 - Dec 1999
      Editor

      Responsible for reporting on all aspects of the news, covering the daily news routine and writing feature stories on life issues.

    • Free lancer

      Sept 2000 - Jun 2009
      Editor

      Compiling, editing and translating media technology for the Digitoday websites.Providing weekly articles for various technology magazines, such as Elcoteq EMS News and Wartsila WattsUp, specialising in ICT policy.Editing the history of the Technology Industries of Finland for online publishing.ACHIEVEMENTS:Wrote professional technology articles concerning foreign countries and development policy, which have reached wide audience.

    • Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C

      Sept 2000 - Oct 2001
      Media Assistant

      Working as a Press and Public Relations Assistant at the Embassy and within the diplomatic community.Creating e-government solutions in order to facilitate communications between the government and the public.

    • Inter-American Development Bank

      Mar 2003 - Mar 2004
      Senior Consultant

      • Researching and developing public policy issues that compare open source and proprietary software in public administration within Latin America.• Key Projects:- Open Source in Public Administration in Latin America.- Communication Services in Rural Areas in Nicaragua.- ICT Policy Making and Development.

    • TIEKE

      Jan 2007 - Mar 2007
      Senior Consultant

      • Researching and developing media and internet capabilities for local administration in Nicaragua

    • Impact Consulting

      Jan 2008 - Mar 2008
      Senior Consultant

      • Researching and developing media and internet capabilities for local administration in an environmental project in Laos and Cambodia• Evaluated it-related project proposals for Finnish development cooperation (for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

    • Kynämies/Otavamedia

      Mar 2008 - Mar 2009
      Producer

      Worked as subeditor for Rautaruukki corporate magazine developing magazine´s contentACHIEVEMENTSo Developed contents and concepts of magazines.

    • Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki

      Mar 2009 - Jan 2013
      Editor-in-chief

      Content providing of www.hel.fi, one of the largest public sector portal in Europe, 16 million yearly visits. Developing new interactive features and services for the portalACHIEVEMENTS:• Increased the amount of users • Developed successfully online strategies for City of Helsinki

    • Technology Industries of Finland

      Jan 2013 - Dec 2016
      Communications Advisor

      In charge of communications in the Finnish Marine Industries and The Finnish Mining Association FinnMin and of education in the Finnish Marine Industries. This position included internal and external communications of both associations, lobbying, media contacts and developing social media channels.ACHIEVEMENTS:• Considerably increased publicity of mining industry in the media• Developed a media network and has a large amount of contacts among decision makers• Procuded brochures which received wide attention in international fairs• Developed a popular Linkedin-channel for the Marine Industries Show less

    • Prime Minister's Office

      Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
      Senior Specialist

      Coordinating content and news service for the new government-wide intranet, including all 12 ministries.

    • Self-employed

      Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
      Free lancer journalist | media consultant |

      Writing articles of mining, construction, travel and many more. Writing books about history.

    • Mining Finland

      Jun 2020 - May 2021
      Communications Specialist
    • Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki

      Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
      Project Specialist
    • Freelance

      Jan 2021 - now
      Freelance Journalist
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google digitaalisen markkinoinnin perusteet

      Google
      Sept 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Chairman of the Communications Committee

      Issued by Euromines - European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals on Jan 2014
      Euromines - European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial MineralsAssociated with Marko Mannila