Monitoring the media during elections: method, purpose, goals

Dr Gillian McCormack is Training Coordinator of the EU's Network for Enhanced Electoral and Democratic Support project. She has over ten years' experience in training design and coordination and is a specialist in media frameworks for elections and media monitoring methodologies. She led 12 media monitoring missions for elections in the former Soviet Union for the European Institute of Media and participated in four EU EOMs as Media Expert. Most recently she was Director of Development and Team Leader for an EU technical assistance project for the media in the Russian Federation. Gillian holds a PhD from Glasgow Caledonian University and has published extensively in the field of elections and media.